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Race 8 (183)

BELCHER BAY HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1200m   Happy Valley   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 1 SKY DARCI (D088) J Moreira TT Settled down midfield, travelled strongly into straight, quickened up swiftly when clear 250M, soon opened up sizable lead, won easily.
2 11 HARRIER JET (T372) V Borges B Held up in mid-division, ran on steadily over final 300M, got up for 2nd in blanket finish for minor placings.
3 8 IGNITING (D481) K C Leung -- Chased leaders 2-wide, not pace to challenge winner final 250M but fought on to hold 3rd in a blanket finish for minor placings.
4 10 CUE THE MUSIC (C495) T Piccone B/TT Tracked pace along the fence, not pace of winner passing 300M, kept on evenly to line, just missed a place in photo finish.
5 2 LOVING A BOOM (C122) A Badel B-/TT Steadied early stages to find cover, held up behind midfield 3-wide, swung widest home, ran on steadily to line, just missed a place but no threat to runaway winner.
6 4 CELESTIAL POWER (D393) K Teetan B1 Began only fairly, settled down towards the rear, ran on evenly from 300M down the inside, restricted room 150M, lost out in a photo finish for 2nd to 6th placing.
7 6 CALIFORNIA GUNGHO (B204) N Callan B/TT Driven forward from wide draw, led to near 250M, battled on one paced to line.
8 7 FLYING BONUS (B433) Z Purton -- Sent forward to race outside leader from wide draw, hung in during race, jockey unable to property test the horse in the straight, lost several places close home.
9 12 TOP SCORE (V357) M L Yeung TT In midfield early stages, shuffled back to near the rear home turn, ran on same pace in straight, never threatened.
10 5 FARSHAD (B238) H N Wong CP Reserved at the rear, not quickened final 300M, no impression.
11 9 LUMEN BABA (D322) C Y Ho SR/XB Began only fairly, held up near the rear 6Ls off the pace, never near to challenge.
12 3 LITTLE BIRD (B069) K H Chan V Vigorously ridden after the start but unable to cross, caught wide no cover throughout the race, weakened badly turning home.
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