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Race 8 (064)

LAI YIU HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1600m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 7 NORTH HILL (CJ082) C Y Ho -- Caught 3-4 wide in midfield and raced without cover from 1100M, picked up well and moved to the front inside 200M, battled on to fend off the persistent runner up final 150M. Just held on.
2 5 TREMENDOUS ADD (CL044) D Whyte H Travelled strongly in midfield, shaken up 400M and made rapid headway, dueled with the eventual winner final 150M and was just touched off on the line.
3 6 GIVE WELL (CJ109) B Prebble BO Switched off to the rear and given a patient ride, switched out into clear 300M and finished off the race strongly. (Jockey dropped his left rein inside 100M.)
4 2 LUNAR REFLECTIONS (CL009) H W Lai -- Mid-division early, shifted out to 3-wide near 1200M and closed in on leaders approaching home straight, briefly led 300M-200M, weakened in late stages.
5 3 BLESSING (CJ337) Y T Cheng XB In midfield along the fence, held up behind beaten runners until 250M, ran on well to take 5th.
6 1 HELENE WITTY (CL228) M Chadwick TT With leaders early, eased off approaching 1000M to sit in 3rd, had his chance but got outsprinted passing 200M, one paced in late stages.
7 13 MR TOPAZ (CL097) T H So SR Unable to shift in and caught 4-wide in a position towards the rear, driven along 600M and finished off the race fairly in straight. (Jockey reminded to use sufficient vigour on his horses.)
8 11 MINGS' HERO (CJ011) C W Wong SR Held up in last about 9Ls off the pace in early stages, saved ground along the fence, headway 400M out but never looked like reaching the leaders.
9 12 SPECTACULAR AWARD (CK364) W M Lai CP In touch, made a short-lived effort early straight, one-paced final 200M.
10 9 BIG SAI WAN (CL400) J Lloyd TT1 Restrained to a position behind midfield, 3-wide over the home turn and shuffled back to last approaching straight, made limited progress final 200M.
11 8 MY WHISKY (CK071) K C Leung TT- Positively ridden from the outset but unable to cross whilst in the lead, set a good pace first 800M, kept on early straight but weakened inside 300M.
12 10 FORTUNE WINNER (CK315) C K Tong -- Rushed along early to find his way to the front and set a solid tempo in the first half of the race, one-paced turning for home, weakened rapidly final 150M.
13 4 JOLLY GOOD (CL134) O Doleuze SR/TT Dropped back to the rear about 8Ls off the pace, in early stages, moved closer over the home turn as the pace slackened, found nothing when asked 350M, soon behind.
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