Race 1 (278)
SATURN HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1650m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 2
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 4 | ACCLAIMED LIGHT (T369) | N Callan | B | Broke well, taken back to race with cover towards the rear, commenced move from the Rock improving 3-wide to reach midfield home bend, widest entering straight, sustained effort to prevail by a narrow margin. |
2 | 11 | AGIAAL (N177) | M L Yeung | B | Taken well back and waited with, commenced move entering home straight, finished off race well to just fail to get up on line. |
3 | 5 | SUPER FORM (T232) | J Moreira | V/TT | Settled in midfield, commenced move passing the Rock gaining to 2L 5th rounding home bend, sustained good progress under pressure in straight, just failed to get up on line. |
4 | 3 | EXCEL ONESELF (P287) | C Y Ho | H | Pressed forward from the widest gate, obtained rails run in front over 1200 metres out, came under pressure to hold position 200 metres out only to be caught in the final strides. |
5 | 6 | GOOD CHOICE AHEAD (V329) | K C Leung | B/H | Settled in last few, made good headway rounding home bend, fought on steadily from over 2L off the lead into the straight. |
6 | 2 | METALLIC STAR (N309) | K C Ng | B/H/TT | Settled one back in 3rd on rails, became second though not any closer on straightening, kept on at the one pace. |
7 | 10 | REWARDING FLYER (T401) | S Clipperton | B/TT | Broke well from the one draw, settled in forward of midfield in 5th over 3L back, in similar position when 7th around the bend, kept on at the same pace. (Blood in trachea) |
8 | 1 | LITTLE FANTASY (T298) | O Doleuze | B/TT | Settled just behind midfield on rails, kept on at the one pace when tight on rails passing the 200 metre mark, no further impression. |
9 | 7 | SALSA BROTHERS (V022) | O Murphy | B/TT | Began well, settled just off the pace outside the leader, soon faded after straightening. |
10 | 8 | BEST TANGO (S121) | B Prebble | B/TT | Raced 3 wide at rear, similar position throughout, failed to close off in straight. (See racing incidents.) |
11 | 9 | OSCAR MIRACLE (P431) | A Badel | V/TT | Caught wide in forward of midfield after beginning from a poor draw, settled in 2L 4th from over 1000 metres out, faded under pressure in straight. |
12 | 12 | INVISIBLE (T418) | S De Sousa | -- | Broke well, drifted back wide in midfield, remained wide throughout far side, dropped out from home bend. (Tactic questioned) |
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 |