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Race 2 (772)

CAMELLIA HANDICAP   Rating:40-0   1800m   Happy Valley   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 12 SPLENDID STAR (G026) M L Yeung -- Jumped awkwardly, held up behind midfield early stages, shuffled back to near the rear home turn, still plenty to do 250M, stayed on strongly late, led close home.
2 3 CLASSIC ARCHI (G295) H Bowman SR-/B2/TT Reserved in midfield along the fence, pushed along 500M, ran on well to lead 50M out, caught by fast finishing winner late.
3 1 SUNNY BABY (E166) Z Purton -- Settled down midfield, switched 3-wide back straight, held up making the Home Turn before switching wide top of straight, stayed on well under top weight to go 3rd near line.
4 2 SUPER BUDDY (E205) H T Mo B/TT- Sped to the lead taking them along at good pace, battled on well in the straight, caught 50M, edged out to 4th at the line.
5 5 OWNERS' STAR (B427) M Chadwick B Slow out, raced at the back about 6Ls off the pace, did best work final 200M, nearest finish.
6 8 ALL IS READY (G042) K C Leung V Forwardly placed, tracked leader entering first turn, had every chance but was comfortably held by leaders towards the finish.
7 7 MIGHTY STAR (G117) C L Chau B/H/TT Caught 3-wide early stages before moving up to race outside leader, came under pressure to hold its position early straight, out-stayed by rivals passing 150M.
8 6 DAILY BEAUTY (D070) C Y Ho B Raced towards the rear, pushed along back straight, came wide home turn, kept on fairly to the line.
9 10 YEE CHEONG BRAVE (E501) B Avdulla XB/B1 From wide draw shifted across behind runners in the early stages, held up at rear, struggled to pick up pace when driven home turn, never a threat to leaders.
10 4 HAPPY HERO (G322) A Badel B- Positioned ahead of midfield early stages, niggled along passing 600M but lacked a finishing effort. Never threatened.
11 9 RING BELLS (G036) L Ferraris B/XB/TT Up with early pace, tracked leaders from 1400M, swung wide into straight, failed to go on. (Blood in trachea / Roarer.)
12 11 BARON ZEE (G077) K Teetan B/TT Settled in a 3-wide position midfield, raced wide and without cover for the majority of the event, pushed along to join leaders 600M, soon came up empty 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