Race 2 (456)
SO UK HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 1 | HK DRAGON (E222) | L Hewitson | B-/V1/TT | Slow to begin, reserved towards the rear in a race run at good tempo, crept closer 650M, wide into straight, finished off well under top weight to lead 150M, won going away. |
2 | 12 | CORDYCEPS ONE (E107) | K Teetan | H-/B | Settled ahead of midfield, moved up 450M to challenge, briefly led 200M but not going the pace of winner final stages. |
3 | 9 | HAPPY JAI JAI (E069) | M L Yeung | TT | Began well, tracked leaders on inside, ran on steadily to go 3rd 150M out but comfortably beaten by winner. |
4 | 11 | CHATER PINS (E057) | C Y Ho | SR | Switched off to race at the rear about 8Ls off leader, moved closer passing 600M, stayed on without threat. |
5 | 5 | SIXTH GENERATION (G120) | S De Sousa | H/TT | Went forward but unable to find cover, crossed to the lead 1200M setting good pace, responded only fairly top of straight, faded 200M. (Jockey : instructed to go forward and if possible to obtain cover.) |
6 | 3 | ROBOT WARRIOR (C532) | Z Purton | V | Caught 3-wide near the rear, 7-8Ls off the good pace, stayed on fairly over final 300M, not reach leaders. |
7 | 7 | CHARMING STEED (E494) | K H Chan | TT | Tracked leader in a race run at good pace, driven along home turn, soon beaten and out of contention. |
8 | 8 | CIRCUIT ELITE (E487) | M Chadwick | CP2/TT | From draw 9 caught wide no cover chasing leaders, pushed along back-straight, moved up to 2nd home turn, run ended 250M, faded away. |
9 | 2 | EXUBERANT (E282) | C L Chau | B-/TT | Jumped with them, restrained to a midfield position, failed to pick up turning into straight, never threatened. |
10 | 6 | PEAK TO PEAK (D472) | M F Poon | PC/TT | Taken back and raced at the rear early and middle stages, came under pressure 600M, failed to make ground in the straight. (Jockey : instructed to ride conservatively from wide draw.) |
11 | 10 | JUST GREAT TWO (G174) | L Currie | B | Held up in mid-division, pushed along 600M to hold its position, not quickened on straightening. |
12 | 4 | SCHOLARLY KING (H096) | H Bentley | B1/TT1 | Jumped only fairly, settled behind midfield, never travelled, fell back to last 500M, eased down, finished tailed out. (Unacceptable Performance.) |
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 |