Race 5 (198)
MUI WO HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1400m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 14 | VOLITATION (V223) | J Moreira | -- | Away quickly, shared early pace then eased into box seat 1200m. Tailed leader to straight, rolled forward from 400m to hit front 250m, won readily. |
2 | 4 | WINNER'S WAY (A025) | M Chadwick | TT | Jumped with field but no early toe, dropping towards rear and taken to fence. Got held up in traffic around turn, switched in and then switched out in straight to get run, finished strongly when clear. |
3 | 3 | GREEN CARD (V126) | H Bowman | P-/TT | Began awkwardly, made up ground along fence to sit in midfield, then switched off. Came off fence on straightening and chased winner to the post without closing the gap. |
4 | 10 | SHAMAL (V290) | C Y Ho | SR | Began well, pressed forward to lead clearly before being joined up front passing 800m. Retook lead around turn, caught 250m, but battled on gamely until swamped final strides. |
5 | 8 | DESMIOS (T142) | G Mosse | -- | Slow into stride, pushed forward, settling between horses at midfield. Got clear run on straightening and finished off steadily, doing best work final 100m. |
6 | 9 | AEROSPEED (T351) | S De Sousa | -- | Began OK, pressed forward to join leader 800m. Lay out turn, kept shifting ground in straight forcing jockey to stop riding several times and not properly tested. Had substantial amount of blood in trachea. |
7 | 2 | DRAGON MASTER (V099) | Z Purton | -- | Off nicely, racing behind early pace until settling 2-back along fence 1000m. Shifted out 400m to obtain clear run but lay out under pressure. One-paced. |
8 | 6 | LANG TAI SING (S280) | S Clipperton | B | Pressed forward from outside draw, racing 3-wide till settling one-back, one-off 1000m. Swung wide entering straight, kept on fairly until 200m when one-paced. |
9 | 1 | CONVINCIBLE (T399) | D Whyte | H | Began well but held back, dropping to midfield but 3-wide. Still wide turning for home and only one-paced in straight. |
10 | 11 | THE SHOW (T256) | T H So | -- | Bumped start, ridden to hold forward position, settling in one-out position 3L from leader. Bumped and taken wider entering straight, kept on fairly till 200m when ran out of steam. |
11 | 13 | SMART BOY (V076) | B Prebble | -- | Jumped OK, no speed, dropping towards rear. Taken 3-wide approaching home turn, switched out even wider entering straight but no response despite hard riding. |
12 | 5 | GOLDEN SLEEP (T117) | K Teetan | TT | Began well but restrained, taken back and shifted across behind horses, settling in last pair. Taken very wide in straight but failed to respond despite several reminders. |
13 | 7 | CAPE THE FAITH (V349) | O Doleuze | TT1 | Jumped fairly, no speed, dropping back to last pair, then racing fiercely and refusing to settle. Under pressure from turn before losing contact with main field from 300m. Not ridden out. |
14 | 12 | DRAGON DANCE (V409) | C Schofield | B1 | Began well, ridden along but 4-wide behind midfield to 1000m when started to lose ground steadily. Clear last entering straight and finished tailed 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 |