Race 7 (329)
SOUTH WALL HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1400m Sha Tin Good
Section 2
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 13 | GOLDEN FOUR (B225) | B Shinn | -- | Moderate start, settled mainly in midfield on the rail, saved ground turning in, switched in for a run upon straightening, ran on to gain upper hand close to home. |
2 | 4 | TRIPLE TRIPLE (C359) | J Moreira | -- | Broke well, settled one-out-one-back just off the pace, became over nearly 3L back in 4th when pace quickened around the bend, ran on steadily under pressure but unable to peg back the winner. |
3 | 2 | CIRCUIT HASSLER (A041) | T Piccone | B/H/TT | Unbalanced at start, settled wide in midfield in 7th, similar but wider turning for home, ran on steadily to be nearest at finish. |
4 | 7 | SPRINT FORWARD (C353) | S De Sousa | CP/XB/TT | Jumped awkwardly from the widest gate, recovered to join the leaders 3-wide 1100 metres out, pulled to the front 2-wide rounding home bend kicking 2L clear early in straight, swamped under pressure inside the final 50 metres. |
5 | 11 | NUNCHUKS (C357) | C Y Ho | TT | Began fairly, soon came forward to share early lead, taken one back for 3rd with cover when pace quickened around home bend, kept on steadily without threatening. |
6 | 9 | YES WE CAN (C307) | M L Yeung | TT | Jumped fairly, settled better than midfield in 5th on the rail, drifted slightly backward when pace quickened on the bend, fought on steadily on the rail without threatening. |
7 | 6 | SHADOW BREAKER (C268) | A Badel | -- | Crowded at start, settled wide in rear of midfield, drifted backward rounding home bend, remained wide into the straight, fought on steadily without threatening. |
8 | 1 | KING'S TROOPER (C130) | K C Leung | -- | Jumped awkwardly, quickly recovered to midfield, came under pressure to challenge after straightening, ran home one-paced. (Blood in trachea) |
9 | 14 | JUNZI (V274) | T H So | -- | Settled in last few on the rail from a low gate, switched out for a run upon straightening, ran on steadily. |
10 | 10 | DESTINE JEWELLERY (D032) | G van Niekerk | B | Broke well to lead from a wide draw, obtained rails run coming onto home bend before drifting one back to 2nd, faded shortly after straightening. |
11 | 8 | BABY STORM (C500) | H W Lai | H/TT | Settled just worse than midfield, dropped to last few into home straight, made up some late ground closing stages. |
12 | 5 | XPONENTIAL (D049) | K Teetan | XB | Crowded at start, settled in last few, baulked for a run early in straight, ran on past well-beaten horses in the run to the line. (Questioned for disappointing performance.) |
13 | 12 | WILLFUL (C047) | M F Poon | B- | Jumped fairly, soon taken well back, saved ground turning for home but did not find much under pressure. |
14 | 3 | SPLENDID TIMING (C161) | N Callan | B/TT1 | Jumped awkwardly, soon dropped well behind racing wide, widest runner turning in, made no show in home straight. |
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 |