Race 8 (412)
PEACH BLOSSOM HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1000m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 1 | I AM POWER (B240) | H T Mo | -- | Dropped in behind leaders, travelled strongly, came through down center of track and took over nearing 100M, eased off close home when well in control. |
2 | 2 | SEVEN HEAVENS (B089) | D Whyte | H/TT | Bumped on jumping, settled in midfield, stayed on well final 400M but couldn't reel in the winner. |
3 | 7 | HAIR TRIGGER (A215) | M F Poon | B/TT | Outpaced early, settled last 5-6Ls off the pace, made good progress final 300M when switched across to center of track, got up for 3rd late stages. |
4 | 3 | SPEEDY KING (A391) | K C Leung | -- | Fast into stride, up with early pace, took up lead from halfway, responded well under pressure, headed near 100M but kept fighting, edged out to 4th close home. |
5 | 5 | CEREFINO (A398) | A Sanna | B-/TT | Bumped on jumping, towards the rear and not hurried early stages, 11th at 400M, ran on steadily for 5th. |
6 | 14 | TRAVEL EMPEROR (A316) | A Badel | TT | Began awkwardly, 3Ls back in mid-division, ran on final 400M without threatening leaders. |
7 | 8 | UTOPIA LIFE (C166) | S De Sousa | -- | Up with early pace, 2nd at 400M, battled at same pace under pressure, no extra close home. |
8 | 9 | SPECIAL STARS (C010) | J Moreira | -- | Away well to be tracking leaders on settling, couldn't quicken when asked passing 400M, beaten at 150M. (Jockey unable to explain for its poor run.) |
9 | 13 | CHEEKY BEE (B471) | G van Niekerk | B | Settled near rear along the stands' rail, 12th at 400M, stayed on past weakened rivals only, never reached contention. |
10 | 12 | DEMONS ROCK (B263) | C Y Ho | H | Began awkwardly, settled towards the rear 4-5Ls behind leader, didn't quite finish off when driven out inside 400M. |
11 | 11 | CALIFORNIA GUNGHO (B204) | K Teetan | TT | Up with early leaders, outpaced passing 400M, soon out of contention. |
12 | 6 | GUVNOR (C182) | N Callan | H- | From draw 14 rolled along the stand's rail to be just off the pace, found little when pace quickened halfway, soon weakened away. |
13 | 4 | MY BEGINNER'S LUCK (A420) | H N Wong | TT | Close up early stages, dropped away 500M, weakened rapidly. |
14 | 10 | PRINCE HARMONY (V012) | M L Yeung | -- | Sped forward, stayed prominent on the outside of group until halfway mark, didn't run on and weakened rapidly latter stages. |
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 |