Race 1 (221)
LONDON HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1200m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 1 | AEROVELOCITY (P069) | Z Purton | B/TT | Ridden clear to cross from a wide draw, soon ceded advantage to avoid a speed battle, renewed effort turning into straight, quickened to soon draw clear after 300 metres, just held off fast-finishing runner-up at line. |
2 | 8 | SILLY BUDDIES (S054) | T Angland | -- | Jumped well, settled just off the pace on rails, baulked briefly after straightening, quickened well to challenge, closed well but the post came too soon. |
3 | 13 | HEARTS KEEPER (N360) | K C Leung | B | Jumped fairly, raced keenly in midfield early, became 5th about 3L back coming out of back straight, gained closer on turn, ran home steadily and never really mattered. |
4 | 12 | G-ONE LEADER (P383) | M Guyon | H1 | Jumped well, shifted back steadily to be just behind midfield around the bend, finished off race nicely. |
5 | 14 | MONEYMAKER (M244) | W M Lai | -- | Jumped moderately from the one draw, niggled along to muster before settling in mid-division on rails, saved ground turning in, kept on steadily without quickening. |
6 | 11 | PSYCHOLOGIST (N390) | C Lemaire | B/TT | Jumped fairly, gradually settled in last few, produced for a run inside final 300 metres, made modest headway without threatening. |
7 | 10 | MAZANDARAN (P408) | U Rispoli | TT | Settled just worse than midfield, commenced move approaching home turn, switched for a run 300 metres out, one-paced under pressure. |
8 | 5 | MASQUERADER (N234) | T Berry | B/XB/TT | Jumped awkwardly losing ground, settled at the back, inconvenienced on straightening, made up good ground under pressure down the centre of the track. |
9 | 2 | TALLEY CLOSE (M280) | R Moore | B/TT | Travelled in last few throughout, briefly baulked over 200 metres out, produced good late impression closing stages. |
10 | 9 | GENUINE CHAMPION (P402) | A Suborics | -- | Travelled behind midfield throughout, kept on same pace in the run home. |
11 | 6 | MR GINGER (N307) | C Soumillon | SR-/B2/TT | Jumped moderately, picked up steadily to a prominent position, improved further to join leaders 3-wide around home bend, soon weakened after straightening. |
12 | 4 | ULTIMATE WINNERS (CL428) | O Doleuze | B/TT | Settled wide without cover in rear of midfield from a wide draw, remained similar into straight, ran home one-paced. |
13 | 7 | JOYFUL THE GREAT (N407) | M L Yeung | CP | Began moderately from the widest gate, rushed up to take up running 800 metres out, led until headed by early leader and eventual winner upon straightening, folded up quickly. |
14 | 3 | EXCITABLE BOY (P440) | N Callan | XB/TT | Jumped fairly from a wide gate, raced keenly mainly in forward of midfield position without cover, one-paced when bumped 300 metres out, dropped out. |
B : | Blinkers | BO : | Blinker with one cowl only | CC : | Cornell Collar | CP : | Sheepskin Cheek Pieces |
CO : | Sheepskin Cheek Piece One Side | E : | Ear Plugs | H : | Hood | P : | Pacifier |
PC : | Pacifier with cowls | PS : | Pacifier with one cowl | SB : | Sheepskin Browband | SR : | Shadow Roll |
TT : | Tongue Tie | V : | Visor | VO : | Visor with one cowl | XB : | Crossed Nose Band |
"1" : | First time | "2" : | Replaced | "-" : | Removed |