Race 4 (368)
SWAN HANDICAP Rating:40-0 1650m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 6 | VICTORY FOLLOW ME (V182) | Z Purton | PC/TT | Moderately away, positioned 2 wide, 2 lengths or so back, there to turn, took the lead early in straight, kept on strongly to score easily. |
2 | 4 | FURIOUS PEGASUS (S441) | C Schofield | CP/TT | Jumped well, raced 2 wide in midfield, 3 to 4 lengths back, angled out near 400M, closed off well to take 2nd, no threat to the winner. |
3 | 12 | EMPIRE OF MONGOLIA (V317) | K Teetan | B | Average to begin, raced 4 lengths back on rail, saved ground to turn, angled out early in straight, made reasonable headway in straight to take 3rd without threatening. |
4 | 2 | GLENEALY PRIZE (T181) | J Moreira | B | Inconvenienced after the moderate start, positioned 5 lengths or so back at rear, 2 wide on turn, taken wide in straight and made some progress to make frame. |
5 | 11 | WINNINGLI (V377) | M F Poon | B/TT | Jumped with them, raced prominently, 3 wide with no cover throughout, peaked and headed after turning in, stayed on one paced to the line. |
6 | 10 | EQUITY DOCTRINE (T329) | A Badel | B | Taken back from the widest draw, raced 3 wide with cover at rear. 6 lengths back, still well back on turn, widest in straight, made some headway in straight. |
7 | 3 | DOUBLE POINT (S246) | C Y Ho | PC | Taken back from a wide draw, raced at tail, 8 lengths back, slightly improved on turn, no clear running early in straight, made minor progress when clear thereafter. |
8 | 5 | HAPPY BEAUTY (V375) | K C Leung | V/TT | Average to begin from gate 12, unable to slot in, travelled 4 wide and without cover, 1 to 2 lengths back, still no cover on turn, peaked early in straight, weakened gradually thereafter. |
9 | 8 | EXPONENTS (A031) | U Rispoli | H- | Jumped well from a wide draw, raced 3 wide with cover behind midfield, 4 wide on turn, failed to close off in straight. |
10 | 14 | SNOWHOOVES (S409) | K C Ng | SR/XB | Away with them, positioned 2 lengths behind the leader on rail, easy run to turn, angled out near 400M, kept on same pace early in straight, peaked near final 200M, weakened thereafter. |
11 | 13 | RAINBOW GOLD (T237) | M Chadwick | B | Began well, sent forward to share the lead early, positioned in 3rd after 1000M, 2 wide throughout, peaked early in straight, emptied final 200M. |
12 | 9 | GREAT WISDOM (V084) | M L Yeung | B | Slowly away, raced at rear, 7 lengths back, found the rail in the middle stages, 4 lengths back on turn, emptied early in straight. |
13 | 7 | HAPPY OUT THERE (A255) | W M Lai | V1/TT | Jumped well from gate 1, shared the lead, peaked on turn, emptied early in straight, eased final 200M, finished tailed out. |
14 | 1 | AMBITIOUS SPEEDY (T063) | B Prebble | PC | Moderately away, sent forward to race 3 wide with cover, 2 lengths or so back, peaked in the middle stages, weakened on turn, eased early in straight. (Lame right front leg next day.) |
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 |