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Race 7 (731)

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

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 9 LUCKY MCQUEEN (K064) J Moreira H/TT Settled in midfield, came under pressure onto home bend, one of the widest into straight, ran on to assert authority close to home.
2 12 LEAN MASTER (H134) P N Wong B/TT Broke well from a wide barrier, obtained rails run in front 1000M out setting a steady pace, kicked some 2L clear on straightening but unable to sustain effort inside final 100M and collared close to home.
3 6 NEW POWER (H325) M Chadwick -- Close up early, gradually drifted 3L back to 4th when tempo increased in back straight, gained 3rd from a tiring runner onto home bend and fought on steadily in home straight, did best work late.
4 1 SPIRIT OF PEACE (K007) Z Purton P1 Settled in last few, forced to check between 500 and 450M, produced strong late finish inside final 150M despite minor interferences.
5 11 JOLLY COMPANION (H454) C Y Ho B-/V1/TT Ridden to soon recover from moderate start to 5th within 3L of pace, drifted over 4L back when tempo increased at about 800M, slightly further back in 6th 500M out, fought on steadily in straight without threatening.
6 2 HAPPY SHOOTER (J427) L Hewitson TT Not far off 4-wide early stages, gradually improved to 2L 2nd 2-wide 900M out, kept on under pressure from a similar position into home straight but could find no extra 150M out.
7 7 CALIFORNIA BAY (K364) K Teetan V/TT 3-wide in midfield early stages, taken back towards rear in 8th into back straight, hung in and unbalanced causing interferences 500M out, kept on same pace from 7th into straight.
8 5 RYUI KOKOROE (L120) H Bowman BO Soon taken well behind from the widest barrier, commenced move inside the 600M to be 3-wide rounding home bend, kept on at the one pace in the run to the line.
9 3 HAYDAY (H321) M F Poon -- Ridden to the front briefly before taken over 2L back to 3rd 900M out, became 4th some 4L back 600M out, kept on early in straight before swamped inside final 100M.
10 10 TACTICAL COMMAND (H197) A Atzeni B Lacked early pace, ridden to soon recover to 7th some 6L back on rail in back straight, tightened and lost a stride 500M out, ran home one-paced in straight.
11 8 SOO KOO (L008) M L Yeung SR Well back dropping to tail-end inside the 600m, made no impression thereafter.
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