Race 2 (254)
SHANXI HANDICAP (Turf) Rating:40-16 1600m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 1 | SPARTAN (BN118) | D Whyte | B | Settled in rear of midfield on rails. Angled out for a run upon straightening and quickened well inside final 300 M to assert authority closing stages. Readily. |
2 | 2 | GUSCOTT (BS207) | R Fradd | V | Settled in 4th. Commenced move entering straight and ran on steadily to hit front inside 200 M but overshadowed nearing finish. |
3 | 13 | SPEEDY RUNNER (BS135) | D Boeuf | TT | Travelled at the back. Made up a lot of ground down straight to be nearest at finish. (See Racing Incidents.) |
4 | 8 | SUPER CONNECTIONS (BP127) | J Quinn | -- | Well there, disputing lead turning in. Unable to sustain effort inside final 200 M. |
5 | 14 | PRETTY BABY (BP250) | K H Ting | B/H | Ridden early. Moved up to assume lead approaching home bend. Headed inside 200 M and soon found no extra. (See Racing Incidents.) |
6 | 3 | CHUK WAY (BT268) | B Doyle | -- | Settled in 3rd just behind leaders. Kept on before finding no extra closing stages. |
7 | 11 | COSSACK (BN223) | F Sanchez | B | Slowly away. Remained well back before producing moderate impression early in straight. One-paced closing stages. |
8 | 10 | BASKETBALL WINNER (BT041) | B Marcus | TT | Soon in rear. Produced good late impression closing stages. |
9 | 4 | GOOD CONNECTION (BM224) | F Coetzee | -- | Midfield throughout. Kept on one pace without quickening. |
10 | 12 | CROWN REGENT (BS034) | S King | B | Mostly around midfield. No extra inside final 200 M. |
11 | 7 | MAJESTIC CONQUEROR (BN052) | S K Sit | -- | Never seen with a chance. |
12 | 5 | FIRST HONOUR (BS004) | W Woods | -- | Mostly in midfield to straight then gradually weakened. |
13 | 9 | WINNING EXPRESS (BN157) | W S Yu | P | Began well. Settled in midfield. Gave ground from home bend. |
14 | 6 | NORTHERN GENERAL (BS269) | K H Yu | V | Mainly worse than midfield to 600 M, then weakened. |
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 |