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Race 2 (265)

ROBIN HANDICAP   Rating:40-0   1000m   Happy Valley   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 12 MACANESE MASTER (J532) Y L Chung V Raced prominently, good headway to challenge leader on bend, pushed ahead over 200m out, held on in tight finish.
2 1 ISLAND BREEZES (J479) L Ferraris B/TT Raced in rear, rail position throughout, quickened early in home straight and ran on well final 200m, just failed.
3 3 ORIENTAL SURPRISE (K028) J McDonald B/TT Rail position in mid-field, challenged and every chance from 300m out, closed on winner late on but always held.
4 2 SKY SONG (J159) H Bowman V/TT Tracked leader against rail, forced to steady 400m out, well placed into home straight, stayed on but lacked pace to reach leaders.
5 5 NOBLE DELUXE (K052) A Atzeni H/TT Settled in mid-field, bumped 350m out but soon ridden, stayed on but never going pace to get competitive.
6 8 MODEST GENTLEMAN (G352) Z Purton B/TT Dropped out from wide draw, headway from top of home straight, short of room final 100m and bumped 50m out.
7 4 HAPPY HORSE (H061) H Doyle H-/P-/B2/TT Awkward start, showed speed to get across, challenged by winner 400m out and headed by that rival 200m out, forced to steady 100m out and bumped 50m out.
8 11 GLORIOUS EXPERT (J028) H Bentley CP2 Three wide in mid-field, pushed along wide into home straight, lacked pace to challenge, never dangerous.
9 10 SUPER ELITE (H247) L Hewitson B/TT Three wide in mid-field, did not travel with much fluency, taken widest on bend, no extra final 200m.
10 6 SPORTIC WARRIOR (J385) H T Mo XB- Held up last after slowly into stride and lost ground, still in last place top of home straight, struggling.
11 9 CAMP FIRE (J259) D Probert XB-/B/TT Three wide in rear of mid-field, keen under restraint, hung in early in home straight, unable to quicken.
12 7 COLONEL (D090) M F Poon CP-/V2/TT Ridden along from stalls but unable to lead, tracked leaders out wide without cover, struggled to hold position on bend, bumped 350m out and dropped away quickly.
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