Race 1 (272)
URANUS HANDICAP Rating:40-15 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 5 | SOUTHCHINA COMMAND (S290) | G Benoist | V | Settled towards the rear on rails after beginning from a wide gate, commenced move on straightening, ran on under pressure to hit the front about 100 metres out. |
2 | 11 | BORNFREE (P285) | H W Lai | B | Settled mainly in midfield on rails, switched out for a run entering straight, ran on steadily to hit the front momentarily 100 metres out, soon outsprinted. |
3 | 8 | COOL PAL (S035) | M L Yeung | B | Slowly away, well behind before making swift progress far side to be prominent and wide in 3rd or 4th rounding home bend, held some chance 100 metres out, soon swamped. |
4 | 1 | MEDIC SWORDSMAN (P168) | J Moreira | B | Niggled along in 5th within 3L of pace most of way, tightened 200 metres out, one-paced closing stages. |
5 | 9 | ORIENTAL FANTASIA (P269) | H N Wong | P-/H2/SR2/TT | Led from the one draw setting a good pace, unable to sustain effort and headed inside final 200 metres. |
6 | 4 | TELECOM PRINCE (P017) | R Fourie | B | Settled in midfield in 6th on rails, kept on same pace without quickening in straight. |
7 | 2 | ENCHANTING DIAMOND (S136) | D Whyte | B | Never better than midfield, lost position into straight, kept on at the finish. |
8 | 6 | ZACHARY (N146) | V Cheminaud | B/TT | Began moderately, soon dropped well back, trailed the field into straight, only ran past well-beaten horses. |
9 | 7 | RUGBY AMBASSADOR (S314) | U Rispoli | CP1/TT | Settled towards the rear from a wide gate, ran home one-paced. |
10 | 10 | GREAT SPEED (S251) | K C Leung | B/XB | Chased leader to straight, weakened under pressure. |
11 | 3 | LUCKY BOLE (P075) | C Y Ho | B | Travelled just off the pace on rails, unable to sustain effort and folded up quickly inside final 200 metres. |
12 | 12 | CASA JUNIOR (M366) | C K Tong | CP | Worked his way across from the widest gate to settle wide in 2L 4th, dropped out of contention from the 600 metres. |
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 |