Race 8 (555)
MEI LAM HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1800m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 13 | PING HAI TREASURE (B407) | J Moreira | P | Began well, soon led, quickened up pace from 1000M, shook off nearest pursuer early straight and kept galloping strongly to the line, never in any danger. |
2 | 7 | GRAND CHANCELLOR (B111) | M Chadwick | B-/XB/PC1/TT | Handily placed behind leaders, tried hard in straight but couldn't get closer to the leader (eventual winner), held 2nd comfortably. |
3 | 4 | BEAR SLAM (C143) | N Callan | -- | Unable to slot in, raced 3-wide in mid-division, 3Ls behind eventual winner at 400M, stayed on mildly for non-threatening 3rd. |
4 | 3 | VINCY (B213) | Z Purton | TT | Away with them , ended up in a 3-wide spot behind midfield, driven out 500M, made some progress but never close enough to challenge leaders, stayed on into 4th late. |
5 | 12 | RED ELYSEES (A005) | H T Mo | B | Went forward and prompted the pace on outside, held ground early straight, faded final 150M. |
6 | 14 | GOOD FIT (S131) | K Teetan | PC/TT | From draw 12 taken across to race at the back, swung wide for home and ran past tired rivals only, no impression on leaders |
7 | 6 | VOLPINO (B161) | U Rispoli | H/XB/TT | Settled down in midfield, 5Ls to make up 400M, battled at same pace only, never reached contention. |
8 | 5 | NAMJONG PLUS (B048) | C Schofield | -- | Dropped back from draw 13, raced in last early stages, moved a bit closer entering back straight, wide on final bend and couldn't finish off. (Blood in trachea / Lame next day). |
9 | 11 | RIGHT HONOURABLE (A164) | K H Chan | H/P/TT | Reserved behind midfield 6-7Ls back, in 10th place on settling, driven out 500M but run ended quickly on straightening. |
10 | 9 | WILLIE WAY (T281) | K C Leung | B | Towards the rear, never travelled and had to be niggled along from halfway, never involved. |
11 | 8 | DRAGON COMMANDER (C208) | C Y Ho | -- | Shifted across from draw 11, held up 2nd last , over 8Ls off leader home turn, ran past well beaten rivals only. Never in the picture. |
12 | 1 | GENERAL SHERMAN (V125) | C Wong | CP/TT | In midfield 4-5Ls away, checked 600M losing ground, kept to inside on straightening but couldn't muster the pace to challenge. |
13 | 2 | SARRI (C196) | M Harley | -- | Pressed forward from draw 14 to be chasing the pace, caught wide no cover throughout, no extra passing 450M, weakened away finished tailed out. (Unacceptable Performance.) |
14 | 10 | KING PRINT (C123) | M F Poon | -- | Close up in 5th on settling, came under heavy pressure after 800M to maintain its position, gave ground 600M, finished tailed out. (Unacceptable performance / Lame 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 |