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Race 8 (652)

BUSAN HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1200m   Happy Valley   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 4 GIANT BALLON (K451) Z Purton B/TT Quickly crossed to the lead, pressed by rival middle stages, quickened up nicely passing 300M to open up a good lead, kept on well and had enough to hold off the fast-finishing 2nd late.
2 6 FLYING WROTE (J290) C L Chau TT Caught racing wide no cover behind midfield, brought wide for home then closed off strongly to be beaten a head by the long time leader.
3 11 SPIRIT OF PEACE (K007) K Teetan -- Shifted out on jumping and was bumped, dropped back to race at the rear 7Ls off the pace, ran home fairly well final 350M to take 3rd.
4 12 MEOWTH (J487) A Badel CP/SR/TT Jumped well then eased back to midfield on settling, steadied 500M losing ground, responded well when asked and made steady progress towards the finish.
5 9 COPARTNER FLEET (K342) M L Yeung XB Jumped only fairly, given a waiting ride towards the rear, brought wide into straight before running on moderately to the finish. Posed no threat to first three however.
6 8 EMBRACE ABERDEEN (L020) K C Leung CP/TT From draw 3 obtained a 2-wide position ahead of midfield, urged along nearing 400M, ran home only fairly under pressure posing no threat to leaders.
7 5 CAUSEWAY KING (L196) H Bentley CP2 Up with early pace then eased to a trailing position behind leaders, fought on one paced early straight before overrun by rivals closing stages. (Jockey - instructed to go forward as it did in a barrier trial.)
8 3 SPORTS LEGEND (H456) Y L Chung B/TT Restrained to race in midfield, driven along 400M but not going the pace to challenge leaders.
9 2 HAPPY INDEX (L152) H Bowman TT Obliged to make use in the early stages to take up a position outside the lead, tracked eventual winner into straight, battled on fairly, lost 2nd nearing 100M and had no extra late.
10 10 HEY BROS (L150) P N Wong XB- Bumped after the start, from draw 1 stayed close to leaders along the inside, failed to run on passing 250M, weakened away.
11 1 MID WINTER WIND (K208) L Ferraris -- Eased after the start then taken across to the fence to be racing in a rearward position, came under pressure 450M and couldn't go on. (Blood in trachea.)
12 7 TACTICAL ACE (L249) M Chadwick XB/TT Jumped only fairly , settled at the back of the field, brought wide into straight but gave no response.
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