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Race 5 (094)

GRANDE CHAMPAGNE HANDICAP   Rating:72-48   1400m   Sha Tin   Good To Firm

Section 2

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 3 KING STAR (BG212) D Beadman -- Settled towards rear. Headway home bend to be 5th into straight. Ran on well under strong pressure and hit front passing 200 M. Kept on. (Promoted.)
2 9 SKY HORSE (BG214) D Penna -- Well back before progress early in home straight. Continued to improve under strong driving but was safely held by winner.
3 14 LUCKY SWALLOW (BE086) M Kinane -- Prominent early. Settled 5th to straight. Ran on quite well without threatening.
4 8 COSMOLIFE (BJ213) C K Tse -- Mostly 4th to straight. Hit front passing 300 M but was soon swamped when one-paced inside final 200 M.
5 10 BLUE AND GOLD (BK071) G Carter -- Mid-division, pulling hard in back straight, until making some late progress inside final 250 M to be nearest at finish.
6 5 FIRST TOUCH (BH241) J K S Ho -- Prominent early but was steadily dropping back. Made good progress from last into straight.
7 1 PERFECT SUNSHINE (BK124) D McKeown -- Improved steadily from midfield early to be close up rounding home bend. Ridden but could find no extra in straight.
8 6 RED STAR (BJ156) K S Lam -- Restrained to last few early. Remained rear until making slight progress in straight.
9 11 TURF APEX (BJ011) A S Cruz -- Led field to 300 M. Found no extra.
10 7 COLOURS HERO (BK090) J Marshall -- Dropped back steadily from close up early to be rear home bend. Kept on in straight.
11 4 GOLDEN RULE (BH192) K H Ting -- Never nearer.
12 2 ESTEEMED (BK203) J Lloyd -- Mid-division. Ridden and could find no extra in straight.
13 12 ELECTRIC POWER (BJ258) R Romero -- Close up until running wide home turn. Soon dropped out of contention.
14 13 TRUST MYSELF (BK181) W H Tse -- Away slowly. Soon ridden and improved to be 5th at 1000 M. Dropped out steadily rounding home bend.
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