Race 10 (028)
DONGGUAN HANDICAP Rating:85-60 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 1 | DRAGON GENERAL (T400) | J Moreira | B/TT | Broke well and pushed forward before electing to drop back to find cover in midfield. Pressed forward from the top of the straight and ran strongly to the line. Grabbed the lead 20m out and still pulling away on line. |
2 | 6 | WINNING VANGOGH (A074) | Z Purton | TT | Pushed out early to make sure he led. Cleared out in the straight, but ran out of petrol late and was nabbed near the finish. |
3 | 3 | DRAGON MASTER (V099) | O Doleuze | -- | Dropped back early to sit midfield. Drifted towards the rear of the field around the 600m. Wide on the turn and sat in the last couple. Showed great turn of foot in the straight and was only one making ground on the winner late. |
4 | 8 | HAPPY SURVEYS (T248) | M L Yeung | B/TT | Hampered on jumping and dropped back to sit last. Held the rail on the run home and stayed on solidly late. |
5 | 11 | PAKISTAN BABY (S442) | D Whyte | B/TT | Took usual position at the back of the field early. Raced keenly in middle stages and was checked off heels at 800 and 700m. Came wider on the turn, and ran solidly to the line. |
6 | 9 | ARIZONA BLIZZARD (V264) | S Clipperton | H/TT | Cruised forward early to sit around midfield. Progressed steadily early in the straight, but ran flat late. |
7 | 7 | HARBOUR ALERT (T254) | N Callan | CP | Pressed forward from the inside draw to sit just behind the early leader, on the fence. 1 paced in the straight, and not pushed out late. |
8 | 5 | WONDERFUL JOURNEY (T402) | H N Wong | XB | Slowly away and dropped back to sit towards the rear of the field. Keen in back straight and came wide when awkward on heels 650m. Widest on turn. One paced in the straight, and picked up some slower ones late. |
9 | 2 | STAR OF YAN OI (T389) | M F Poon | B | Fairly away, but recovered well enough to settle just forward of midfield. Awkward on heels 500m. Hampered and lost run at 300m, and didn't press on from there. |
10 | 10 | KING MORTAR (A097) | K Teetan | B | Pressed forward early and was stuck 3-4 wide in the back straight. Bumped at 500m. Started to fade at the top of the straight, and made no impact in the run home. Vet- Blood in trachea. |
11 | 4 | JOYFUL MOMENTS (T134) | K C Leung | B | Pressed forward early to sit just behind the leaders, 3rd/4th with cover. Never responded to riding in the straight, and dropped back through the field quickly. Jockey questioned. |
12 | 12 | ALL BEST FRIENDS (A217) | W M Lai | -- | Pushed hard early from the wide draw, sitting wide with no cover, to eventually share the lead at 600m. Had nothing left in the run home and faded out quickly. |
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 |