Race 4 (279)
HANGCHOW HANDICAP Rating:56-32 1400m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 3
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 2 | GALLANT DRAGON (BM085) | E Legrix | -- | Prominent throughout, settling behind leader. Improved steadily to take over at 150 M. Moved clear. Kept on. |
2 | 13 | GREAT INTENT (BM198) | F Coetzee | -- | Wide early. Moved up from midfield at 1200 M to settled 3rd approaching 800 M. Travelled 4th to home bend, reaching 2nd inside 100 M. Unable to trouble winner. |
3 | 8 | TACTICS (BL228) | H K Yim | -- | Travelling 3rd to 1100 M when checked, briefly dropping to 7th. Recovered to share 5th at 800 M. Gained steadily final 200 M to claim 3rd. |
4 | 10 | WARM WINTER (BM099) | D Holland | -- | Inconvenienced at start. Dropped to 11th at 1200 M, racing 10th to 600 M. Made up considerable ground from 11th at 400 M to just miss place. |
5 | 1 | CLASSIC BOY (BM011) | L O'Sullivan | -- | Jumped outwards. Took early lead, crossing to rail approaching 1000 M. Headed 150 M out. Gradually weakened out of place. |
6 | 9 | CITISPEED (BM104) | B Marcus | -- | Steadied at start. Made headway from 9th at 1200 M to briefly reach 3rd near 1000 M, sharing 5th at 800 M. Outpaced in straight, dropping to 8th inside 200 M but kept fighting. |
7 | 14 | BRAVE DUKE (BK136) | T Kwok | -- | Remained 13th until home bend. Ran on strongly wide out to be nearest at finish. |
8 | 5 | GO GO (BK059) | H K Cheung | -- | Wide early. Sent forward from midfield at 1200 M to 2nd at 850 M. Weakened from 300 M. |
9 | 6 | HAMMERHEAD (BH212) | G Childs | -- | Away well, dropping to 12th at 1200 M. Wide from 800 M, gaining to 8th early in straight. One-paced. |
10 | 4 | COLOURFUL WORLD (BK135) | W H Tse | -- | Lost ground from 4th at 1200 M to 9th at 1000 M after being steadied. Remained in similar position. (Demoted.) |
11 | 11 | SOMETHING MORE (BM151) | T Jarnet | -- | Good early progress from 10th nearing 1200 M to share 5th at 1000 M. Tightened before dropping to 7th at 800 M. Tired from 300 M. |
12 | 7 | FAST FORWARD (BK188) | W R Swinburn | -- | Racing 5th at 1200 M, dropping to 11th at 1000 M. Remained in last few. |
13 | 12 | GOLDEN COMPUTER (BJ091) | C K Tsang | -- | Travelled 8th to 750 M. Lost ground inside 400 M. |
14 | 3 | HUMDINGER (BE043) | M Kinane | -- | Last throughout. |
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 |