Race 2 (465)
CUMBERLAND HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 3 | EXCELLENT FIGHTER (G343) | S De Sousa | TT | Well there from a wide draw, held narrow advantage rounding home bend, drew clear under pressure inside final 300 metres. |
2 | 6 | GALVANIC (H147) | C Y Ho | XB-/CP/TT1 | Well there early from a wide draw, drifted back to 2L 6th before re-gaining closer position to 5th 4-wide onto home bend, fought on steadily from similar position into straight, never threatening. |
3 | 1 | CLASSIC MOON (E439) | M Chadwick | CP/TT | Wide in last few travelling keenly around home bend, one of the widest entering straight, ran on steadily without threatening. |
4 | 14 | RED TITAN (E309) | L Currie | TT | Moderate start and soon dropped to last few, trailed the field onto home bend, ran on inside final 200 metres to be nearest at finish. |
5 | 9 | GOLDEN LUCK (H159) | M F Poon | XB1/TT1 | Always prominent, one-out-one-back rounding home bend, jostled between runners when keen about 550 metres out, unable to quicken under pressure to threaten in straight. |
6 | 10 | PLENTIFUL (G400) | A Hamelin | H1/XB1 | Began fairly, soon recovered to one back position on rail, baulked in similar position turning into straight, unable to quicken under pressure. |
7 | 12 | M UNICORN (G466) | H Bentley | H/P1/TT | Jumped awkwardly losing ground, soon taken across for rails run trailing at the back, improved to 11th onto home bend 900 metres out, steadied for a run 250 metres out, kept on steadily to the line. |
8 | 4 | FUN TOGETHER (H041) | C L Chau | TT | Began well from a wide draw, soon taken back behind midfield wide without cover in back straight, drifted to last over 500 metres out, fought on steadily without quickening down centre of home straight. (Tactic questioned) |
9 | 5 | STAR ASCENSION (G206) | H Bowman | TT | Settled some 2L back in 6th, in similar position into straight, soon faded. (Questioned for disappointing performance) |
10 | 8 | CURLING SPEED (H015) | M L Yeung | B | Slowly away, soon recovered to midfield along the rail some 3L back, saved ground turning for home, one-paced under pressure. |
11 | 13 | GOAL ORIENTED (G254) | K C Leung | SR/TT | Soon dropped behind midfield, lost position when crowded 950 metres out, ran home one-paced under pressure. (Jockey reported racing keenly early and middle stages.) |
12 | 11 | SPEEDY CHARIOT (H193) | K Teetan | -- | Held narrow advantage 4-wide onto first corner, shared pace 2-wide around home bend, folded up quickly inside final 300 metres. |
13 | 2 | JAZZ CLUB (G285) | R Maia | B | Travelled wide in midfield, found nothing under pressure in 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 |