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Race 8 (044)

HKU FACULTIES OF ARCHITECTURE AND SCIENCE HANDICAP   Rating:60-40   1400m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 1 GREEN N WHITE (H186) Z Purton TT Broke a step slow, raced in midfield, wide no cover from 900M, struck the lead past 350M, held on well when pressed by the persistent runner up over final 200M.
2 5 LOST CHILD (G461) L Hewitson B- Close up behind leaders early stages, reined back to sit in 5th spot making home turn, lay in early straight when driven, emerged as the only challenger to leader passing 200M, just held.
3 12 STRONGEST BOY (H027) C Y Ho B/TT Held up behind midfield, driven along 500M, stayed on moderately to claim 3rd, nearest finish.
4 7 NOBLE PURSUIT (H324) H Bowman B-/TT Jumped only fairly from draw 1, moved up to chase leaders, briefly held up top of straight before closing off the race steadily. Just missed 3rd.
5 9 AESTHETICISM (H289) L Ferraris CP-/B1 Settled down mid-division along the 2-path, made mild gains from 400M to claim 5th, not far off behind 3rd and 4th.
6 11 STRATHPEFFER (H095) K Teetan B Up with early pace before taking a trailing spot behind leaders, kept on evenly turning home but never going the pace to challenge.
7 8 PO ON WAY (H201) M L Yeung CP/H From wide draw dropped back to race in last, 8Ls off the pace middle stages, stayed on mildly passing 400M, not reach leaders.
8 2 RED HARE KING (H188) A Badel TT Vied for lead on outside, tried to keep up with pursuers from 350M but to no avail, soon out of contention.
9 14 FASTPASS (H040) H T Mo B/SR/XB Sent forward, vied for the lead on inside, soon over taken 350M, weakened towards the finish.
10 3 CASA COSMO (G436) A Atzeni CP/XB/TT Jumped only fairly from wide draw, soon shifted across to the fence, towards the rear entering home turn, made little impact from 400M.
11 10 E GLORY (H304) C L Chau -- From wide draw unable to slot in, travelled 3-wide towards the rear, wide into straight, couldn't make any headway.
12 4 CAN'T GO WONG (H087) K C Leung V/TT Taken back from wide draw, settled towards the rear, couldn't go on passing 400M. Never involved.
13 13 SEIZE THE DREAM (G379) M F Poon -- Jumped awkwardly, recovered to a midfield position, under serious pressure 600M, faltered from top of straight. (Bled.)
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