Race 1 (127)
PIAGET EXCELLENT HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1000m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 6 | LUCKY TIME (A045) | Z Purton | B/H | Jumped well from the one draw, taken back behind midfield for cover early stages, commenced move down the centre of the track coming onto course proper, fought on gamely to assert authority final strides. |
2 | 14 | TOURBILLON KING (A104) | C Y Ho | CP/H | Broke well from the middle draw, soon came to join the leaders and hit the front after the first 400 metres, caught final strides. |
3 | 9 | FISH N' CHIPS (T099) | M L Yeung | -- | Disputed lead, unable to sustain effort inside the final 200 metres. |
4 | 5 | ROOKIE STAR (A384) | C Schofield | H1 | Settled in last few, finished off race strongly inside the final 250 metres, did best work late. |
5 | 13 | NICE FANDANGO (A209) | D Whyte | H/TT | Moderate start, held up just off the pace, unable to sustain effort inside the final 200 metres. |
6 | 10 | KIWI SUNRISE (A077) | W M Lai | -- | Jumped awkwardly losing ground, soon recovered to midfield, inconvenienced briefly coming onto course proper, one-paced under pressure closing stages. |
7 | 12 | HOT HOT PEPPER (V026) | U Rispoli | V/TT | Moderate start, gradually settled just better than midfield near the centre of the track, found nothing closing stages. |
8 | 4 | RAY'S CALL (A269) | K C Leung | -- | Given early reminders, chased behind the leaders early stages, lost position over half-way out, one-paced closing stages. |
9 | 7 | LUNAR ZEPHYR (V385) | H N Wong | TT | Shared the pace on the rail, weakened from over 400 metres out. (Questioned for disappointing performance) |
10 | 1 | CALIFORNIA ASPAR (A117) | K C Ng | B/H/TT | Broke well, gradually dropped to last few despite ridden along. |
11 | 8 | OCEAN ELITE (A013) | J Moreira | TT1 | Tightened at start, niggled along improving to within 2L of pace coming onto course prosper but soon folded up, beaten when checked about 200 metres out. |
12 | 2 | XIANG HUANG QI (A312) | K Teetan | -- | Soon dropped to the last, trailed the field most of the way, never seen with a chance. |
13 | 11 | RESPECT (T359) | T Berry | B/H/TT2 | Ridden positively from a low draw before settling in forward of midfield near the centre of the track, yielded ground from the 300 metres. |
14 | 3 | ELITE POWER (B059) | N Callan | -- | Settled behind midfield, found nothing under pressure inside the final 400 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 |