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Race 8 (392)

O'BRIEN HANDICAP   Rating:85-60   1800m   Happy Valley   Good To Firm

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 12 CHINA WIN (K395) M L Yeung -- Away well, chased leader in a strongly run race, drove hard passing 300M and edged ahead last stride. Won in class record time.
2 4 LIVEANDLETLIVE (K156) M Chadwick TT Quickly away, set a blistering fast pace up front, continued on well final 300M and only caught by winner last stride in a race won in class record time. Clear from rest.
3 6 MONEY CATCHER (G171) K C Leung CP From wide draw adopted a rearward position 8Ls on settling in a fast run race, held up for clear running 450M-250M before running on to take 3rd near 100M. Couldn't quite crack the top two.
4 9 ENTHRALLED (K252) A Badel -- From widest draw taken across behind runners, settled in last about 10Ls off the strong pace, stayed on steadily to claim 4th without troubling first two.
5 10 CHARITY GAIN (H431) M F Poon CP-/XB-/TT Held up behind mid-division 6Ls off the strong pace, little change in position going into home turn, battled on from 300M but lacked the turn of foot to launch a serious challenge.
6 7 ROMANTIC THOR (K012) L Ferraris XB/TT Caught wide early stages before slotting into a 2-wide spot ahead of midfield, fought hard final 400M but only maintained the position.
7 8 SOLID WIN (J225) D B McMonagle -- Held up near last in a strongly run race, pushed along 550M, brought wide for his challenge but failed to come on.
8 11 ROMANTIC LAOS (G476) H Bentley CP/TT Jumped in line and settled behind midfield, held its ground 9th to the final turn, responded just fairly on straightening.
9 3 HIGHLAND RAHY (J298) M Guyon B/TT Sat in behind the leaders 4th, remained close enough turning for home but lacked a finishing kick, weakened final 200M.
10 1 JUMBO LEGEND (G266) H Bowman B/TT Reserved in mid-division 6Ls off leader in a fast run race, had the job ahead 400M but couldn't make any headway. (Jockey - no explanation for the disappointing performance / Roarer.)
11 2 I CAN (H381) A Atzeni H/TT Positioned ahead of midfield, held his position to home turn, under the pump 400M but soon gave way. (Jockey - did not run out 1800M in his opinion.)
12 5 MORGAN SUCCESS (K203) L Hewitson B-/XB/CP2 Pushed on to chase leader in a fast run race, struggled to keep up from 500M, already beaten top of 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