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Race 8 (319)

NAM KOK HANDICAP   Rating:60-40   1800m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 2 DYNAMIC EAGLE (B072) Z Purton B/H/XB/TT Taken back from draw 14, settled towards the rear 3-wide 7Ls off the pace, wide into straight, quickened up strongly and rounded them up 150M from home. Comfortably.
2 11 HAPPY ROCKY (S147) K Teetan B/TT Restrained in midfield early stages, wide no cover from 1100M strode closer to be 4th chasing the leaders, ran on well in the straight, no match with winner final 150M but kept battling to hold 2nd in a bob.
3 12 LE PANACHE (V369) D Whyte B Held up in mid-division along the 2-path, stayed on well over final 400M but not pace of winner final 150M, just missed 2nd in a bob.
4 1 RED ELYSEES (A005) M L Yeung B Reserved in mid-pack, 5-6Ls off the pace middle stages, peeled out 4-wide from 550M, chased steadily final 400M but always held by leaders.
5 8 AMAZING AGILITY (V192) H N Wong SR/XB Eased back to race in last, bustled along 700M, widest into straight, stayed on well without threatening leaders.
6 4 BRING IT ON (V407) S De Sousa TT Rolled forward from wide draw, unable to obtain cover and ended up leading the field, set good pace to straight, fought on until headed 150M, no extra late. (Jockey questioned re riding position.)
7 10 GOLDEN KID (V232) M Chadwick V Settled ahead of midfield and always in touch behind leaders, went 2nd 300M, outpaced by pursuing rivals final 200M.
8 3 YOU HAVE MY WORD (V149) C Wong -- Jumped on terms from draw 1, settled midfield in 8th spot, saved ground along the inside, fought on same pace in straight and failed to make appreciable ground.
9 7 TAI SMART (A366) C Y Ho B/TT Began awkwardly, held up behind midfield 7Ls off the good pace, awkwardly placed for some distance passing 500M but gave limited response only when asked.
10 9 FINE WITH ME (T178) U Rispoli B Settled 3-wide behind midfield, 6-7Ls off the good pace middle stages, switched wider 550M, tried hard but couldn't get closer to leaders.
11 13 JIN JIN KING (A329) A Badel H-/B1 Jumped evenly, moved up to chase leader in a race run at consistent good tempo, held ground early straight, run ended 200M and weakened towards the line.
12 5 PO CHING TREASURE (S388) K C Leung B/XB Scrubbed along to be chasing the leader, came under pressure 600M from home, out of contention early straight, eased final 150M when no chance.
13 6 GENERAL DINO (A193) N Callan B Taken back from wide draw, held up near last 8Ls off the good pace, failed to respond to the riding entering straight. Never factored.
14 14 INVESTOR BOOM (A424) M F Poon CP/TT Steadied after the jump and taken across to the fence, settled 7Ls back near the rear, didn't finish it off passing 400M.
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