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Race 8 (632)

ONCIDIUM HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1800m   Happy Valley   Good To Firm

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 8 THE AUSPICIOUS (K004) A Badel H Given a waiting ride in a position towards the rear, had 7Ls to make up on leader leaving the bend, ran on well under pressure and swept past long time leader near line.
2 11 ACE WAR (J509) Z Purton XB From wide draw taken back to race in near last, 9-10Ls off the pace on settling, had some work to do 400M, closed off fastest to go 2nd close home.
3 1 LIVEANDLETLIVE (K156) H Bowman TT Driven to the lead as expected, travelled well enough during the race, was nicely clear mid-straight only to be caught by first two close home.
4 10 MISSION GIANT (K577) E C W Wong V2 Reserved in mid-division 5Ls off the pace before keeping on steadily over final 300M to take 4th. (Jockey fined for returning to scale 2 lbs overweight.)
5 3 CHINA WIN (K395) M L Yeung -- Bumped at the start, settled ahead of midfield about 3Ls off the pace, moved up to 3rd early straight, fought hard but couldn't close off as well as the leaders final 200M.
6 12 PACKING FIGHTER (L112) A Atzeni SR/TT In the group chasing leaders early stages, raced keenly and allowed to move closer to the pace passing 1000M, ran on same pace in the straight, lost 2nd inside 100M, weakened to 6th.
7 4 NEZHA (K494) M F Poon B Settled in 2nd half of the field 5-6Ls off leader, responded fairly passing 400M and not able to trouble leaders.
8 2 HIGHLAND RAHY (J298) P N Wong B/TT Did not show sufficient pace to lead the event, took a trailing spot behind leader, had to be pushed along 500M, faded final 200M.
9 5 SO YOU WILL (L172) J Moreira TT Went forward chasing leaders, in 4th place making the turn for home, soon came under pressure and finished the race off only fairly in the home straight.
10 9 VIOLET STAR (L149) H Bentley SR/TT Settled down in midfield along the 2-path, driven wide into straight, couldn't sustain run passing 250M and weakened. (Jockey - horse lay out in the home straight. / No Vet findings.)
11 6 MIGHTY STRENGTH (H450) K Teetan B2 From a wide draw taken back to last, 10Ls off the pace on settling, had big task in hand top of straight but failed to make real progress.
12 7 EXCELLENCE VALUE (K093) L Hewitson CP-/TT Settled towards the rear, failed to respond from home turn and soon out of contention. Finished tailed out. (Jockey - failed to travel at any stage of the event / No Vet findings.)
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