Race 7 (536)
POTTINGER PEAK HANDICAP Rating:100-80 1000m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 7 | MOMENT OF POWER (V138) | C Wong | B | Made all from a low draw, held on well to the line. |
2 | 6 | LITTLE BIRD (B069) | Z Purton | V/TT | Chased the leader throughout, unable to quicken to threaten throughout home straight. |
3 | 9 | FABULOUS ONE (T005) | H T Mo | CP-/XB/B1/TT | Ridden early before travelling keenly when held up between runners in midfield in back straight, 3-wide rounding home bend before swinging wider into home straight, ran on to be nearest at finish. |
4 | 5 | BALTIC WHISPER (B216) | G van Niekerk | B/TT | Slightly slow out, soon picked up to 4th about 2L off the speed on the rail, held a similar positon into home straight, kept on same pace without quickening. |
5 | 3 | MUSIC ADDITION (B308) | M F Poon | -- | Jumped awkwardly losing ground, recovered steadily to within 3L of pace in 5th 2-wide over 600 metres out, in similar position turning for home, fought on steadily without threatening. |
6 | 8 | CALIFORNIA ARCHER (A417) | K C Ng | H/TT | Improved steadily to join the leaders briefly 3-wide approaching the Rock, drifted back to 3rd some 1.5L off the speed around home bend, lost position on straightening after racing wide throughout, fought on steadily. |
7 | 1 | SUPER TURBO (V310) | C Y Ho | B | Gradually dropped to last few, came under pressure early on home bend, tight between runners after straightening, ran on well to do best work late. |
8 | 11 | BREEDERS' STAR (V197) | M Chadwick | H | Settled well back for cover, saved ground on the rail turning for home, produced good late impression inside final 200 metres. (Questioned for riding in the straight) |
9 | 10 | STARLIGHT (V273) | J Moreira | -- | Settled well back from the widest barrier, came under pressure from last few into home straight, made good progress early on but ran out of room nearing finish. |
10 | 4 | BIG TIME BABY (A157) | U Rispoli | -- | Jumped awkwardly from a wide gate losing ground, gradually taken back towards the rear in back straight and carried further back approaching the Rock, widest runner when last turning for home, finished off the race well. |
11 | 12 | HAPPY FAMILY (C116) | T H So | TT1 | Ridden early, improved to just worse than midfield on the rail, saved ground turning in but soon weakened under pressure. |
12 | 2 | SAUL'S SPECIAL (A293) | K Teetan | B/H | Broke well from a wide gate, gradually shifted back to behind midfield but remained 4-wide without cover throughout back straight, still 3-wide rounding home bend, made no impression in the run to the line. |
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 |