Race 8 (642)
LOTUS HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1400m Sha Tin Soft
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 13 | ALL IS GOOD (G269) | C Y Ho | B | From wide draw moved up to take the lead, quickened up well top of straight on rain affected surface, held on comfortably from runner up towards the finish. |
2 | 12 | LADY'S CHOICE (H155) | A Hamelin | B/H | Tracked leader (eventual winner), fought on well from top of straight, but always held by winner. |
3 | 10 | TOGEPI (G458) | S De Sousa | -- | Caught wide no cover towards the rear, went wide into straight, responded well down outside of track, nearest finish. |
4 | 6 | STURDY RUBY (H207) | K C Leung | TT | From wide draw taken across behind runners, restrained at the rear, swung widest home, stayed on well along stand's rail to be nearest at the line. |
5 | 11 | DRAGON STAR (H128) | L Ferraris | B/XB | From draw 13 moved up to track leader, tried hard on straightening but couldn't get closer to leader, flattened final 150M. |
6 | 1 | GOOD NEWS (E374) | H Bowman | B/TT | Dropped back to the rear 6Ls off the pace, gave mild response under top weight passing 400M, stayed on without threatening first few on rain-affected ground. (Lame next day.) |
7 | 5 | DRAGON DELIGHT (G395) | L Hewitson | CP-/B1 | Given a waiting ride towards the rear, swung wide into straight, responded only fairly over final 400M, not reach contention. |
8 | 2 | MASTER HERO (D501) | Y L Chung | XB/TT | Settled just ahead of midfield, kept on same pace turning home, posed no threat to leaders final 200M. |
9 | 3 | FORERUNNER (G465) | C L Chau | CP- | Held up in mid-division, kept on only fairly passing 400M, never able to challenge. (Lame next day.) |
10 | 9 | NATURAL GOLD (E402) | H Bentley | SR/XB | Tracked leaders, raced keenly 900M, remained in touch top of straight but couldn't run on, out of contention 200M. |
11 | 14 | DAZZLING FELLOW (G058) | M Chadwick | B/XB | Settled down 3-wide in midfield, had 4Ls to make up 400M, failed to quicken on ran-affected track. Never dangerous. |
12 | 4 | GOLDEN BULL (H019) | Z Purton | B/XB/TT | Jumped fairly, held up towards the rear, saved ground on inside turning for home, moved up to 4th 200M before weakening final stages. (Jockey : concerned with the respiratory noise that his horse had made / Roarer.) |
13 | 8 | WIND SPEEDER (E281) | B Avdulla | -- | Restrained in midfield along the 3-path, failed to quicken on rain affected ground turning for home, no extra final 200M. |
14 | 7 | COPARTNER PUDONG (H313) | K Teetan | -- | Began very awkwardly and lost ground, held up behind midfield, weakened fast turning into straight, soon left behind by rivals. |
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 |