Race 8 (491)
NGA TSIN WAI HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1000m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 6 | BABY CRYSTAL (H081) | A Atzeni | B/TT | Away smoothly, sat in behind leader, took over nearing 300M when still under a hold, always holding on when challenged by the runner up over final 200. |
2 | 8 | JAMES TAK (J007) | C L Chau | -- | Settled midfield 2Ls off pace, quickened up nicely from 400M to challenge leader, fought hard to line but always held. |
3 | 4 | STELLAR EXPRESS (J186) | Z Purton | -- | In mid-division never far off from leaders, responded moderately under pressure, moved up to 3rd near 100M, comfortably held by first two. |
4 | 7 | GRACIOUS EXPRESS (J188) | H Bentley | -- | Jumped awkwardly and then crowded for room, chased leaders along stand's side, kept on steadily over final 400M, not able to challenge first two but ran a pleasing race on debut. |
5 | 1 | FLYING HIGH (E204) | M Chadwick | TT | Maintained a midfield position towards the stands' rail, battled on same pace passing halfway, safely held by leaders. (Jockey : his mount did not quicken under top weight on a track that had some give in it.) |
6 | 2 | HEROIC MASTER (G394) | H Bowman | CP/TT | Bumped with rival at the start, soon towards the rear 6Ls off the pace, made some progress final 400M but couldn't get into the finish. |
7 | 13 | PRINCE OF PORTY (H009) | A Badel | CP/TT | Crowded at the start, maintained a position towards the rear, picked off a few final 400M but posed no serious threat to leaders. |
8 | 14 | RUBYLOT (H412) | K Teetan | -- | Badly crowded at the start, held up at the rear 7Ls off the pace, had some work to do passing halfway, made up some ground but never a threat to leaders. |
9 | 11 | CHEVAL VALIANT (E336) | B Thompson | B/TT | Bumped shortly after the start, soon took up running along the stands' rail, headed inside 400M and failed to run on. |
10 | 10 | YOUTHFUL SPIRITS (J082) | L Ferraris | H1/SR1/TT1 | Began awkwardly, soon took up a forward position chasing the pace, struggled to make an impression passing 500M and gave ground. |
11 | 9 | ATOMIC ENERGY (H150) | Y L Chung | TT | Restrained after the jump, soon towards the rear, struggled to keep up halfway, never in the hunt. |
12 | 12 | CALIFORNIA TOUCH (J051) | M L Yeung | TT | Bumped on jumping and became unbalanced, moved up to be prominent behind leader, struggled to maintain his position 400M, soon out of contention. |
13 | 5 | SPARKLING KNIGHT (C201) | K H Chan | CP1 | Jumped awkwardly, settled in midfield but never far off the pace, couldn't go on passing 400M and gave ground. (RF tendon injury reported on the day after racing.) |
14 | 3 | VIVA CHALEUR (G368) | A Hamelin | PC1/TT- | Settled midfield 4Ls off the pace, under the pump near 500M, emptied final 200M and weakened to 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 |