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Race 7 (260)

THE LONGINES HONG KONG MILE   Rating:-   1600m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 2 VOYAGE BUBBLE (E436) Z Purton CP Broke well from a poor draw, settled one off the lead and gradually shifted across for 3-wide position over 1100M out, came to challenge upon straightening and gained upper hand 50M out.
2 1 SOUL RUSH (J808) C Demuro -- Niggled along wide in midfield after moderate start, made headway past 1000M to travel alongside eventual winner in 3rd 3-wide, hit the front under pressure 250M out only to be collared 50M out.
3 8 RED LION (H115) H Bowman -- Broke well before settling 3-wide in forward of midfield mainly in 6th, gained closer rounding home bend and wider into straight, fought on steadily under pressure to reach 3rd inside the 100M but never threatening.
4 3 DOCKLANDS (K902) T Marquand XB/TT Always prominent racing keenly at times in early stages, drifted over 2L back to 5th coming onto home bend, fought on steadily under pressure in straight but never able to peg back the place-getters.
5 5 GALAXY PATCH (H399) J McDonald B-/V1/TT Travelled 3-wide in last few, shifted widest for a run into straight, ran on quite well but unable to sustain effort inside final 100M.
6 10 MY WISH (J256) L Ferraris -- Settled in forward of midfield, drifted slightly backward to rear of midfield when pace quickened onto home bend, shifted wide for a run but slightly inconvenienced upon straightening, fought on steadily without threatening.
7 12 PATCH OF THETA (H485) C Williams XB Taken well behind from a poor draw, travelled keenly in last on rail before pulling his way forward to 11th onto home bend, shifted wide for home straight but did not find much room early on, kept on same pace in the run home.
8 4 BEAUTY JOY (E058) B Avdulla TT Settled behind midfield, lost position 1000M out dropping to third last, fought on steadily under pressure near the centre of home straight but never threatening.
9 7 PRAY FOR MIR (J245) A Badel CP Took up running wide in lone furrow from a poor wide, crossed to one off the rail in front coming onto first turn setting a fast pace on the bend, joined over 300M out before overhauled inside final 150M.
10 6 BEAUVATIER (L903) A Pouchin TT Well back to straight, saved ground on the inside turning in, made significant progress reaching within 3L of pace 200M out but unable to sustain effort inside final 100M.
11 14 EMBROIDERY (L905) C Lemaire H Travelled wide just behind midfield, gained slightly closer to midfield onto home bend, one of widest turning into straight, made no further impression.
12 13 THE LION IN WINTER (L904) R Moore XB Settled wide in last few after beginning from the widest draw, one of the widest into home straight, never seen with a chance
13 9 SUNLIGHT POWER (H244) C Soumillon -- Settled in midfield on rail, soon weakened after straightening.
14 11 COPARTNER PRANCE (H408) M Guyon XB Began fairly, soon recovered along the rail to just over 2L back in 4th, drifted from 1L off to over 2L back when pace quickened around the bend, gave ground steadily under pressure from approaching home turn.
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