Race 2 (783)
WORLD-CLASS LEADERSHIP 1400M HANDICAP Rating:40-0 1400m Sha Tin Good
Section 2
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 4 | HARMONY N HOME (C531) | M F Poon | -- | Settled midfield three wide with cover. Worked into race coming to home turn and sustained run from 400m mark to win, safely held second who ate into margin late. |
2 | 10 | PERFECT PEACH (E488) | K Teetan | P-/B2/TT | Jumped only fairly, settling fourth last and raced keenly. Switched across heels at 400m to make run and finished strongly last 200m. |
3 | 11 | SPEEDSTAR (G181) | H Bowman | B | Jumped on terms but beaten for early speed by leading group, settling fourth the rail. Not a lot of room in straight and hit line strongly when clear last 100m. |
4 | 7 | MEDIC ELITE (G129) | A Hamelin | PC/TT | Restrained at start from outside gate diving down to rail and making ground along the rail to settle midfield. Held up for run 400m to 250m and made good ground when clear. |
4 | 9 | JAZZ CLUB (G285) | Z Purton | -- | Jumped well and settled second crossing to rail passing 800m. Came off rail at 300m and momentarily hit front at 200m before headed by winner, losing third last 25m. |
6 | 13 | CHIRON (E151) | B Thompson | B/TT | From a wide barrier was shifted across behind runners in the early stages. Lay in in the home straight but made good ground to be closest at the finish. |
7 | 8 | NOBLE ONE (G278) | C Y Ho | B | Raced wide and without cover from the 900m and pushed on towards lead group. Continued to make ground passing 150m mark. Peaked on effort late after tough run. |
8 | 3 | GO HERO (H315) | B Avdulla | B/TT | Jumped on terms and then drove through to lead clearly. Good lead on home turn but headed at 150m mark and tired last 50m losing many places. |
9 | 2 | E GLORY (H304) | K C Leung | B/TT1 | Allowed to settle third last on rail. Held up for clear running between the 400m and the 300m. In clear ground passing 250m and made good ground to be closest at finish. |
10 | 6 | MAXIMIZE HEART (D311) | A Atzeni | B2 | Jumped well but eased out of speed battle after first 200m to settle fifth, between runners. Held up for clear run early part of straight but did not finish the race off when clear. |
11 | 12 | MORE RICE (H271) | C L Chau | TT1 | Jumped well but unable to find a position and obliged to race three wide. Pushed on passing 1000m but still wide on speed. Stayed on in straight but gave ground last 100m. |
12 | 14 | EAGLE RUN (G415) | Y L Chung | TT | Jumped only fairly. Raced keenly middle stages, shuffled back to worse than midfield. Off heels in clear ground passing 300m mark but one paced and gave ground last 150m. Irregular heart rhythm post race. |
13 | 5 | HEARTY WISH (E343) | H Bentley | CP | Raced wide without cover for the majority of race. Under pressure early in straight and failed to make any ground after torrid run. |
14 | 1 | MANYTHANKS FOREVER (J065) | K De Melo | B/TT | From the outside barrier was shifted across behind runners in the early stages settling at tail of field, three wide. Came widest in straight but unable to make ground and well beaten. |
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 |