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Race 8 (375)

CONNAUGHT HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1200m   Happy Valley   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 5 FANTASTIC FEELING (T273) R Moore H Reserved in mid-division, 4Ls off leader 400M, closed off strongly to lead 50M, steadily pulled away.
2 2 RAINBOW FIGHTER (N193) G Mosse XB/TT In close attendance to the pace, driven out to a narrow lead near 100M, continued with a steady bid but couldn't contain the winner close home.
3 10 FORTUNE BO BO (V017) S De Sousa B1 Urged to lead from the break, set even pace, kept on soundly leaving the turn, headed near 100M, pleasing debut.
4 12 BACK IN BLACK (T358) K Teetan TT From wide draw taken across behind runners, settled down 3-wide and 5Ls back near the rear, stayed on well down outside, just missed 3rd.
5 1 LOOKS LIKE THE CAT (T238) Z Purton B/H/XB/TT Not hurried early stages, settled near the rear 4-5Ls off the pace but travelled keenly middle stages, made some mild progress over final 250M.
6 4 ROUNDABOUT (T352) B Prebble -- Steadied in early stages to obtain cover, held up near the rear 5Ls behind leaders, did best work late when switching out 200M, late impression.
7 11 GREAT RUN (P223) H W Lai B Taken across behind runners from wide draw, raced as the back marker 6Ls behind leader, made steady progress along the fence final 300M.
8 9 SKY MAN (S091) C Y Ho -- Broke sharply, tracked leader along the 2-path, continued in that position racing into straight but couldn't produce the needed closing response, swamped late stages.
9 6 DASHING CERAMIBO (T121) N Callan H In mid-division 2-wide, kept on same pace turning home and never mounted a serious challenge. (Lame RF)
10 8 POWER DRAGON (V129) K C Leung -- 3Ls off the pace along inside, never better than midfield, gradually retreated from 250M.
11 7 FLYING MOOCHI (T116) M L Yeung H Never far off the pace but caught wide no cover passing 1000M, beaten early straight, eased mid-straight. (Mucus)
12 3 LANG TAI SING (S280) H N Wong B/TT Fanned wide first turn, restrained to find cover in midfield along the 3-path, never gained contention leaving the turn.
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