Race 6 (006)
CENTRAL HANDICAP Rating:70-50 1000m Sha Tin Yielding
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 2 | GOLCONDA (CA111) | W C Marwing | -- | Broke well, always raced prominently, hard ridden with 400 M to run, headed by COMME D'HABITUDE 100 M out, battled back gamely to win all out. |
2 | 1 | COMME D'HABITUDE (CA107) | D Whyte | B | Held up inside pacesetters early on, asked to lengthen 500 M from home, hit the front while hanging out with 100 M to run causing interference, lost lead in shadow of post. |
3 | 7 | IDEAL PARTNER (BT159) | E Legrix | SR- | Impeded on exiling gates, raced towards rear early on, responded to pressure 500 M out to steadily peg back leaders, just ran out of ground. |
4 | 3 | FORTUNE MAKER (BP061) | B Marcus | B | Away smartly, gradually shifted left from outside draw to reach stands rail on terms with leaders with 500 M to race, stayed on well without the pace of first three. |
5 | 8 | RUN AND WIN (CA131) | F Coetzee | B | Hampered at gates but plenty early speed to lead at 800 M, ridden approaching 200 M in between COMME D'HABITUDE and GOLCONDA, beaten when badly baulked by former 30 M from line. |
6 | 4 | GALLANT HORSE (CA128) | H K Yim | -- | Exited gates awkwardly shifting out, raced in midfield about 3.5 lengths off leaders at 600 M, under pressure at 400 M but stayed on fairly well to make moderate late headway. |
7 | 10 | LEGEND OF WEI HAI (BV283) | S K Sit | -- | Away well, led those drawn on far side and still vying for lead before weakening with 200 M to run. |
8 | 9 | TOP QUALITY (BT212) | Y T Cheng | -- | Settled alongside COMME D'HABITUDE early on, ridden to stay in touch 400 M out but offered no response. |
9 | 14 | HIN YUEN'S UNICORN (BS319) | K H Ting | -- | Raced prominently during first half of race, niggled to maintain effort 500 M, soon retreated. |
10 | 12 | RISING INDEX (CA267) | D Dunn | B | Last and towards far rail with 800 M to race, about 7Ls off pace and ridden with 600 M to go, stayed on at same pace. |
11 | 13 | SUNNY (BV040) | W M Lai | -- | Always towards rear, raced about 5Ls off leaders with 600 M, soon faded. |
12 | 11 | HYDROGEN POWER (CA232) | S Dye | -- | Away well but tended to hang out throughout, prominent until 400 M before dropping away markedly. |
13 | 5 | SPECIFIC SORCEROR (CA321) | K C Tsang | -- | Broke well but never on terms during first half of race, weakened further in second half. |
PU | 6 | STRONG WIN (BP306) | J Egan | B | Travelled well before being asked to stay in touch with 600 M to race, pulled up. (Bled.) |
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 |