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Race 8 (768)

THE HONG KONG RACEHORSE OWNERS ASSOCIATION TROPHY (HANDICAP)   Rating:100-80   1400m   Sha Tin   Good To Firm

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 3 LUGER (P255) D Whyte TT Settled into midfield, travelled 3-wide with cover, shoved along 500M, picked up strongly from 250M and made rapid headway, hit lead 100M drew away impressively.
2 13 MULTIVICTORY (P254) M Chadwick B/TT Unable to find cover from wide draw, moved forward to attack the lead, pulled over 2Ls clear along with joint leader inside 350M, kept on well but not pace of winner final 150M.
3 11 LITTLE MEN (N441) C K Tong B Shaken up after the start, settled 3-wide in the group chasing the pace, stayed on evenly for 3rd over this shorter trip, no impression on runway winner.
4 7 DINING WORLD (P384) Z Purton B/TT Held up in midfield, saved ground along the inside, 3Ls to make up on leader 400M, kept on steadily but no match with winner's acceleration final 200M.
5 9 SEA DIAMOND (N237) J Moreira CP/H/XB/TT Crossed to the lead near 1000M, pressed by rival entering home turn, dueled 400M-200M, weakened final stages.
6 10 IMPERIAL ROME (N012) C Reith TT Slow to begin, vigorously ridden, settled near the rear 6Ls off leaders, stayed on mildly, not reached leaders.
7 8 HO IN ONE (N382) T Angland CP Held up in midfield along the 2-path, fell back a bit nearing home turn, switched out 500M but lacked the needed response, never got into contention.
8 12 COUR VALANT (P190) T H So -- Blundered after the start and lost ground, ended up in the rear 7Ls off leaders, not clear run early straight, ran on only fairly past weakening rivals final 300M.
9 5 NOBLE DELUXE (M063) C Y Lui TT Soon guided to the fence, raced towards the rear 5Ls behind leader, kept on same pace turning in , ran past well beaten rivals only.
10 2 VICTORY MASTER (M148) T Berry B Taken back from wide barrier, reserved at the rear 7Ls off the pace, brought wide 550M, failed to quicken. (Jockey reported his horse felt short in its action in the straight)
11 14 GREAT STORM (S198) H W Lai -- Held up towards the rear, travelled 3-wide home turn, failed to pick up, never involved.
12 4 DR GOOD HABIT (N300) K Teetan P- Hard driven early stages to take up a forward position, sat just off the pace making the turn, soon outpaced passing 350M, soon weakened out of contention. (Lame next day)
13 1 NEW VISION (M028) M Du Plessis B/TT Up with early pace, tracked leaders from 900M, unable to keep up entering straight, weakened rapidly.
14 6 NONE OTHER (S349) K C Ng TT Never far off from leaders, raced a shade keenly middle stages, failed to pick up the pace inside 400M, faded to last.
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