Race 8 (453)
CITI INSURANCE SERVICES HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1600m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 2 | UNIVERSAL HORIZON (G360) | C L Chau | B | Tracked leaders in a race with genuine pace, 4th at 400M, closed off willingly when asked, got up late to prevail in a busy finish. |
2 | 3 | KARMA (G392) | J McDonald | TT | Jumped well, restrained midfield in a race with genuine pace, over-raced middle stages, responded well 400M and kept giving to the line, just missed in a pulsating finish. |
3 | 9 | SILVER UP (J078) | M Chadwick | H-/B/TT | Slow to begin, improved to sit in midfield passing 1400M, driven and ran on well over final 300M, just denied in a blanket finish involving first 7 horses. |
4 | 12 | BEATO (H090) | Z Purton | B/TT | Began awkwardly, soon towards the rear, travelled well with little change to the turn, finished off steadily down the outside, just missed out top 3 finish in a photo. |
5 | 5 | SOLEIL FIGHTER (J127) | K Teetan | XB | Jumped on terms, maintained position just off the lead 2Ls away, responded well early straight, 2nd at 200M and kept battling under pressure, joined by 5 other rivals in a blanket finish. Just missed. |
6 | 4 | BEAUTY FIT (E279) | A Hamelin | E/P | Positioned ahead of midfield, in touch behind leaders turning for home, kept going soundly to the line, just missed out on first five in a blanket finish. |
7 | 8 | FRANTANCK (H429) | Y L Chung | H- | Soon led and set good pace, still going fine early straight, tried hard final 200M but was claimed late by pursuing rivals in a blanket finish. |
8 | 11 | ZOOM BOOM (G131) | A Atzeni | XB | Reserved near last 10Ls off the pace middle stages, still plenty to do top of straight, closed off final 400M fastest, finished 8th but beaten 1L only in a busy finish. |
9 | 6 | SWEET BRIAR (H044) | L Hewitson | B/TT | Chased leaders, 3rd at 500M and close enough to launch a challenge straightening, kept on evenly, run ended 100M and swamped by rivals. |
10 | 10 | MIDORI BURLY (J083) | B Thompson | XB | Not hurried after the start, dropped back to race in 2nd half of the field, lacked a finishing kick on straightening, never reach contention. |
11 | 7 | EIGHTEEN CARAT (J104) | A Badel | B/XB | Jumped only fairly, settled down along the fence in mid-division, ran on one paced and couldn't go on with rivals final 200M. |
12 | 1 | BEAUTY LIVE (G057) | K C Leung | TT | From wide draw switched off early stages to race in last, plenty to do 500M, failed to close off under top weight. |
13 | 13 | MARADO (E245) | H T Mo | B | Bumped at the start, taken back from wide draw, settled near last over 10Ls off leader, found nothing from 500M. |
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 |