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Race 8 (358)

KEUNG SHAN HANDICAP   Rating:90-65   2000m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 10 NATURAL STORM (C461) A Hamelin B Settled behind midfield, waited with on the inside turning home, into clear 300M, drove hard final stages to get up near line in a game effort.
2 5 ENSUED (H452) K Teetan -- Maintained a position just off leaders, worked into the race nicely passing 500M, kept battling to the line, just couldn't hold off winner in concluding stages.
3 4 C P BRAVE (E306) J McDonald V Reserved behind midfield 5Ls back on settling , swung wide passing 500M, picked up well when asked, lay in under pressure final 300M, dug deep to get up for joint 3rd at the line.
3 11 WOODFIRE BRO (G115) K C Leung TT Soon prominent and sat in behind leader, fought on well to hit lead 150M, tried hard late stages but was collared close home.
5 3 BUTTERFIELD (C462) Z Purton CP/TT From draw 1 jumped on terms, maintained a midfield spot 3-4Ls off the pace, responded well early straight and looked a threat, wilted in the chase late stages.
6 1 BOURBONAIRE (E365) B Avdulla H Crossed to the lead nearing 1600M, led at good pace before slowing down the tempo middle stages, fought on under top weight early straight, headed inside 200M and had no extra late.
7 13 KA YING GENERATION (J075) A Atzeni B-/PC1 Soon taken across to the fence, behind midfield early before falling back to a rearward position, came with an even run from well back but never looked a winning hope.
8 2 THE BEST PEACH (H139) H Bowman TT Switched off to race at the rear, long way off the pace early stages, moved closer home turn but still had task in hand 400M, stayed on without really threatening.
9 7 ELLIPTICAL (J052) C Y Ho TT Given a waiting ride towards the rear, in a 3-wide position entering back straight, couldn't pick up well enough passing 400M, never reach leaders.
10 8 HAMERON (H265) L Ferraris B/TT1 Away well enough, restrained to race in midfield, swung wide for home but couldn't quicken as required and was never a real threat.
11 12 LOOKING GREAT (E053) M F Poon TT Dropped back from wide draw, settled near last, bustled along 550M but couldn't muster any sort of challenge in the straight.
12 9 BEAUTY LIVE (G057) A Badel TT From draw 7 ended up racing 3-wide in midfield, widest turning into straight but offered little and was easily accounted for.
13 6 COLUMBUS COUNTY (C465) H Bentley V/TT In the group chasing leaders, caught wide no cover until near 1200M then stalked the leader into straight, failed to finish the job and weakened rapidly passing 400M.
14 14 ENIGMA (J077) Y L Chung TT Held up 3-wide in midfield, left with no cover from 1200M, pressed leaders entering home turn, run ended 300M, dropped away to finish last.
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