Race 7 (404)
DOUGLAS HANDICAP Rating:72-52 1200m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 7 | SUPER SPRINT (CA274) | W C Marwing | -- | Niggled along early to be on the pace on rail, then eased to sit behind leader 900 M out. Came to tackle leader one off rail after straightening and quickly put daylight itself and rest of the field inside 200 M, easily. |
2 | 9 | DEREK'S CHOICE (BV137) | O Doleuze | -- | Pushed along but outpaced at rear 7 or 8Ls off lead. Steady improvement from Rock and was 3Ls down turning in. Ran on quite well in straight though never looked likely to give winner any threat. |
3 | 1 | SEREVI (CA293) | D Whyte | B | 3Ls off speed in midfield on fence. Crept a bit closer swinging into straight, kept on same pace to the line. |
4 | 8 | HAPPY CHAMP (BS226) | S Dye | B | Midfield briefly, soon steadily dropped towards rear. Niggled along from 900 M to move a bit closer before going into home turn. Kept on after making slight progress inside 200 M. |
5 | 4 | VICTORY MASTER (CA223) | D Dunn | B/TT | Broke smartly and disputing lead, held 1L advantage one off rail 800 M out. Crossed over to be on rail from Rock. Headed 200 M out and gave ground steadily. (Lame.) |
6 | 6 | TELECOM BABE (CA187) | Y T Cheng | -- | At rear, wide early then 8Ls off lead 2-wide from 900 M. Ran past beaten runners in straight. |
7 | 2 | GOOD FRIENDS (BV213) | S K Sit | SR | Hard ridden on exiting but trapped wide behind midfield going into first bend. 3-wide towards rear from 900 M. Under pressure from 500 M, found little and only ran past tired runners. |
8 | 3 | KING LION (CB091) | Hammer-Hansen | -- | Soon dropped back to 3-wide rear of midfield. Dropped further from 600 M and was last of main group entering straight. Ran past well beaten runners. |
9 | 5 | QUICK NEWS (CB178) | F Coetzee | -- | Handy 4th 3-wide until 500 M where it began to struggle to keep up. Weaken further final 200 M. |
10 | 12 | WELL EXPRESS (BV023) | K H Ting | P | Pushed forward but only managed position 3-wide 3Ls off lead forward of midfield. Hung out badly from home bend and soon beaten when rider lost off side iron from 400 M to 100 M out. |
11 | 11 | LEGEND OF WEI HAI (BV283) | K C Tsang | -- | Ridden forward and 5-wide behind leaders going into first bend. Still prominent 3rd when 3-wide from 900 M. Emptied 400 M out and dropped away steadily. |
12 | 10 | GOT IT RIGHT (CB258) | W M Lai | -- | Slow to jump and soon left behind, always trailing field by big margin. |
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 |