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Race 3 (387)

LOCKHART HANDICAP   Rating:60-40   1200m   Happy Valley   Good To Firm

Section 2

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 3 STRAIGHT TO GLORY (K340) K C Leung H/TT Jumped well to race 3rd the rail, travelled smoothly, lifted strongly to win by a narrow margin.
2 2 SUPERB KING (K479) J Orman XB Bumped out of stalls, ridden along to be outside the leader, fought on bravely but just unable to fend off the winner.
3 1 HAYDAY (H321) E C W Wong -- Mustered pace and worked to cross and lead, toughened it out well only overhauled by first two final stages, improved effort.
4 12 GOR GOR (K104) L Hewitson B-/TT- Only broke fairly, recovered to sit worse than midfield, closely off strongly without threatening the first three.
5 7 ACE POWER (J181) Z Purton V/TT Moderately away, pushed along early stages to hold midfield position, wide turning in, stayed on.
6 11 YEUX DE LIFELINE (K455) A Atzeni B/TT Sat towards the rear, raced keenly around 500m and steadied, made some late progress.
7 5 THE PERFECT MATCH (J253) H Bowman TT Jumped with them, travelling 3 wide no cover throughout, kept on ok considering the circumstances (blood in trachea) (See Incident Report).
8 6 SWEET BRIAR (H044) D B McMonagle CP-/V2/TT Away well and settled 5L off the leader, kept on well early in straight, run peaked 150m out and one-paced thereafter.
9 4 TACTICAL COMMAND (H197) A Badel B Dragged back to last from the wide draw, lay out throughout the race, unable to be fully tested final stages (See Incident Report).
10 10 WHOWROTETHATSONG (L048) Y L Chung TT Not the cleanest away and sat near the rear, overracing early stages, made no impression.
11 8 CELESTIAL STRIDER (L009) M L Yeung TT Average to begin, settled at the rear, steadied 50m out, failed to run on final stages.
12 9 REGROWTH WINNER (L140) M F Poon TT1 Away ok, sat on the fence midfield, compounded quickly in the straight.
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