Race 1 (454)
SWAN HANDICAP Rating:40-0 1800m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 1 | BEST REWARD (V189) | Z Purton | B/TT | Tightened early, settled well behind, made steady headway out wide down back straight and around home bend, widest runner when over 4L back in 8th when straightening, fought on dourly to hit the front over 100 metres out. |
2 | 4 | SWEET BEAN (S205) | C Y Ho | B | Moderate start, settled in rear of midfield, baulked for a run early in straight, finished off race well. |
3 | 3 | HOLY UNICORN (V179) | T H So | CP-/H-/TT | Jumped awkwardly losing ground, raced wide behind midfield from stables bend, switched onto the centre of the track on straightening, ran on to be nearest at finish. |
4 | 13 | LUCKY SEBRING (V091) | H W Lai | B/SR1 | Ridden from the one draw, taken back to settle just behind the leader on rails, hit the front under pressure at the 200 metres but unable to sustain effort and caught over 100 metres out. |
5 | 11 | ATOMIC BLAST (T203) | D Whyte | TT | Prominent before steadied and dropped to forward of midfield near the rails, in similar position to straight, baulked and switched in for a run over 200 metres out, fought on well late. |
6 | 8 | GENTLEMEN (V060) | N Callan | B/XB | Broke well, settling just off the pace when hampered coming onto stables bend, travelled in one-out-one-back position in 4th and then 5th down far side, ran on under pressure early in straight but found no extra late. |
7 | 2 | DIGITAL PIONEER (V177) | B Prebble | B | Settled in last few on rails after beginning from a wide gate, gained closer briefly coming onto home bend, snuck up on rails turning in and went within 2L of pace 200 metres out, unable to sustain effort final stages. |
8 | 10 | LOYAL CRAFTSMAN (S354) | K Teetan | B | Settled at the back after beginning from the widest gate, came under pressure entering home straight, produced good late impression inside final 200 metres. |
9 | 14 | MIZZEN GREY (N192) | M Chadwick | B | Jumped well, settled in rear of midfield, 4-wide rounding home bend, forced to steady 300 metres out, kept on same pace under pressure. |
10 | 5 | SEVEN LUCK (V044) | K C Ng | TT | Jumped well and given reminders early, drifted back to some 3L back in midfield in back straight, dropped out under pressure inside the 500 metres. |
11 | 7 | FAITHFUL BOY (T089) | H N Wong | B | Ridden along from a wide gate early, improved steadily down back straight to be upside of joint leaders rounding home bend, folded up quickly after straightening. |
12 | 12 | VIVACIOUS WINNER (V061) | J Moreira | CP | Soon took up running and led most of way to the 200 metres, folded up under pressure. (Questioned for disappointing performance) (Blood in trachea) |
13 | 9 | THIS IS GLADIATOR (T261) | K C Leung | CP/TT | Jumped well, raced keenly before travelled wide in midfield in back straight, remained wide in similar position turning in, soon dropped out. |
14 | 6 | COMMANDANT (P286) | U Rispoli | PC/TT | Ridden forward racing wide on stables bend, led or disputed lead down back straight, unable to sustain effort and weakened under pressure inside final 300 metres. |
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 |