Race 7 (326)
SPORTS ROAD HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 7 | HEROIC GURU (S260) | B Prebble | CP | Jumped well, not pushed, held behind midfield in one-off position. Covered extra ground turn, very wide into straight, finished strongly down centre track for comfortable win. |
2 | 9 | RED MARVEL (T417) | V Cheminaud | H/TT | Got off OK, ridden to hold one-off position in midfield. Got close to heels entering turn, switched out in straight, tightened 300m, finished strongly. |
3 | 8 | BEAUTY KINGDOM (T189) | C Y Ho | B/TT | Pressed forward from outside draw, racing wide before settling outside hind quarters of leader back stretch. Rolled forward entering straight, looked winner 200m, run down. |
4 | 6 | TONYBOY (S101) | M L Yeung | TT | No early speed, settling 3-back along rail. Got shuffled further back turning for home, took run between horses in straight and finished off nicely. |
5 | 3 | SUPEROI (T017) | N Rawiller | -- | Ridden to hold forward position but not enough sped, crossed and shuffled back towards rear. Switched out 600m, circled field to hit front 200m, flattened late. |
6 | 11 | UNBEATABLE GUTS (S231) | Y T Cheng | V | Hard ridden to lead but overtaken 1000m. Held on to box seat to straight, boxed on gamely to 200m before tiring. |
7 | 2 | GOLDEN SLEEP (T117) | S De Sousa | TT | Hampered start, last on settling, shaken up 800m but bumped and unbalanced 700m. Held at rear to straight and ran on fairly. |
8 | 5 | CHARITY KINGDOM (S278) | K C Leung | XB | Pushed forward from an outside draw, racing wide till taking over lead 1000m and crossing to fence. Collared 200m and gave ground gradually. |
9 | 10 | SPARKLING SWORD (P256) | C Schofield | H/TT | Ridden to share early pace before crossed and shuffled two back first turn. Under pressure turning for home but didn't respond and faded. |
10 | 1 | CLUB LIFE (P309) | G Benoist | B | Began awkwardly, shifted in, bumped. Urged forward, kept wide, then eased behind pace. Raced fiercely and lost position entering straight, steadied 200m when giving ground. |
11 | 4 | ROYAL PARTNER (N394) | N Callan | V/TT | Bumped shortly after start, pressed forward 3-wide settling 2L from leader. Improved around turn, but tired soon after straightening and faded. |
12 | 12 | LEOWL (S295) | K Teetan | CP | Shifted across behind runners from an outside draw, settling at rear along rail. Trailed field thereafter and never competitive. |
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 |