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Race 4 (119)

THE HONG KONG RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION CUP (HANDICAP)   Rating:80-60   1200m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 9 LUCKY QUALITY (CH134) O Doleuze -- Close to pace but very wide along back straight, edged inside on the circle, led turning for home, driven out to pull increasingly clear, very impressive.
2 2 GLOBAL WIN (CG109) Z Purton B/TT Settled midfield but between 5Ls and 6Ls from the pace until the straight, watched the winner disappear into the distance, best of the also-rans.
3 3 VIVA FIGHTER (CG307) C K Tong B-/PC2/TT Quietly ridden towards rear at least 7Ls from the speed until the stretch, ran on past tired rivals in the straight to nick a place.
4 12 DRAGON EYE (CJ127) M Du Plessis TT Raced in 4th about 4Ls or 5Ls off pace down the back, a little further back taking last bend, had his chance to place but was outstayed in last few strides.
5 4 JOLLY GOOD FORTUNE (CD274) K C Leung B/TT 1L back in 3rd out 2-wide at 800 M and 4Ls back in same position into home straight, one-paced thereafter a lost a place in the final 200 M.
6 10 THREE CLUBS (CG149) D Beadman -- Never any better than midfield and always a respectful 7Ls or 8Ls margin from the speed up front, plugged on past a few tired rivals in the straight.
7 6 HEARTLINE (CJ330) E Saint-Martin CP1/TT Midfield at halfway about 5Ls behind leaders but struggling turning for home and yielded further ground.
8 1 VIKING TOR (CE207) B Prebble CP Slowest to start, always well behind and detached from the main body of the field at the top of the home straight, weak run.
9 7 TAIJI SPIRIT (CD185) K T Yeung V/TT 3-back the rails in 5th about 5Ls from the early pace, hard pressed to hold this position on straightening, didn't succeed.
10 11 DEMINER (CG184) W M Lai -- Fractious in gates, led by 1L on the fence at first, headed just before the home turn and dropped out very quickly. (Bled.)
11 8 GILDED FLIGHT (CH294) D Whyte B1 Performance deemed unacceptable, fractious in gates beforehand and always rearward, eased down from the top of the home straight. (Lame next day.)
12 5 WELL NOTED (CG313) B Doyle CP/TT Fractious beforehand and very wide down the back straight, steadily slipped further behind from halfway, performance deemed unacceptable.
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