Race 9 (697)
AUDEMARS PIGUET HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1000m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 3 | COUNTRY MELODY (T011) | N Rawiller | H | Began awkwardly and bumped, recovered to race with leading pack before slipping back to behind midfield 600m, came off outer fence 350m to take split between horses and finished strongly to win on the line. |
2 | 14 | E-SUPER (T010) | K C Leung | -- | Began well, quickly moving towards outer fence about 2L from leading duo. Began forward move from 350m, hit front 150m, run down on the line. |
3 | 7 | TRIUMPHANT JEWEL (P310) | O Doleuze | B/TT | Aggressively ridden from inside draw to stay with leading pack while edging towards outer fence, settling 2.5L from leader. Urged forward passing 300m and kept on well to the line but unable match first two. |
4 | 2 | ACCEPTED (T291) | Z Purton | H | Began fairly, ridden along down centre track while edging forward gradually to 400m when picked up momentum and motored home strongly to just miss a placing. |
5 | 11 | CHATER ROCK (S223) | J Moreira | -- | Jumped with field and quickly taken to outer fence, settling one-away about 3L from leader. Switched out passing 400m and made ground gradually to be closest at the finish. |
6 | 5 | SKY MAN (S091) | M L Yeung | -- | Quickly into stride, sharing early lead before slipping 3L back along outer fence. Put under pressure from 350m and made ground gradually without looking dangerous. |
7 | 8 | WINFULL PATROL (P063) | G Mosse | B | Jumped well and shared early pace before taking clear lead entering course proper. Joined up front passing 150m but kept on well till running on empty final 50m. |
8 | 10 | SUPER ABUNDANTE (S004) | C Y Ho | -- | Crowded out and lost ground start, hard ridden to stay at midfield one-away from outer fence. Urged forward from 350m but hampered 150m when finishing nicely. |
9 | 9 | SPARKLING TALENT (T346) | A Suborics | -- | Outpaced early, settling toward rear close to outer fence. Put under pressure passing 400m and kept on fairly to the line. |
10 | 1 | BUDDY BUNDY (T157) | Y T Cheng | TT | Began OK, hard ridden early but failed to muster, settling towards rear along outer fence. Well back passing 400m before running on fairly final stages. |
11 | 6 | NO MONEY NO TALK (S404) | H N Wong | XB | Began awkwardly and then crowded before picking up pace some 5L from leader. Kept on fairly till passing 200m before tiring. |
12 | 4 | TANGO FIRE (S081) | D Lane | B/H | Jumped with field then taken to outer fence, losing contact with main bunch and settling second last. Hard ridden from 500m but little response. |
13 | 12 | HARBOUR ALERT (T254) | D Whyte | -- | Quickly into stride but once in front started racing keenly. Under pressure from 500m and weakened quickly from 300m. Performance deemed unacceptable. |
14 | 13 | MULTIEXPRESS (P029) | K C Ng | B/TT | A little tardy from the gate, ridden but failed to muster and clear last from 800m. Never likely thereafter. |
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 |