Race 7 (041)
THE HONG KONG COUNTRY CLUB CHALLENGE CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:75-55 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 4 | DANRIVA (CA040) | S Dye | -- | Jumped fairly and raced 2-wide in mid-division through to home straight. Around 2Ls down 250 M out, all out 200 M out and made up good ground to grab victory on the line. |
2 | 3 | MASTER YING (CB249) | W M Lai | -- | Jumped well. Ridden along to take lead through to closing stages, but unable to fend off the effort from winner and was caught on the line. |
3 | 8 | SIXTY SECONDS (CB177) | G Schofield | B | Soon raced wide with some cover in rear section. Gradually improved from 700 M when wide to be prominent into straight. When asked 300 M out ran on steadily to be closest at finish. |
4 | 2 | MASCOT TREASURE (BV248) | D Whyte | B | Settled in worse than midfield. Crept up to midfield after 600 M. Shifted 4-wide entering straight and make up some late ground only to miss the 3rd place by a short margin. |
5 | 11 | ME FIRST (BS236) | S K Sit | B | Missed the start and settled in the tail on fence through to home straight. Shifted out entering straight ran on steadily doing best work towards the finish. |
6 | 10 | EVER GLORY (CA199) | D Dunn | B/TT | Jumped fairly and settled in mid-division on fence. Under pressure 300 M out but failed to up a gear and stayed one-paced to the line. |
7 | 9 | SUPER FORCE (BV141) | W C Marwing | -- | Tardy start and raced in worse than midfield on rail. Inclined to pull 450 M out. Crept closer on home turn. Steadied and shifted out after 200 M. Plugged on evenly to the line. |
8 | 1 | ETERNAL FUN (BT276) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Jumped awkwardly then shifted in abruptly. Soon recovered to race in midfield through to 650 M. Gradually moved up from 600 M to be prominent into straight. Found no extra from 200 M. (Saddle Shifted.) |
9 | 12 | MAJESTIC WARRIOR (BV234) | Y T Cheng | B | Slow to begin and ridden along but outpaced to be in rear section on inner. Stayed in similar position. Kept on same pace in straight. |
10 | 7 | GRAND FIGHTER (CA225) | K H Ting | B | Jumped well and niggled along to raced on fence behind leader. Found nothing in straight and soon faded after 200 M. |
11 | 5 | BIA DESERT (CB108) | G Mosse | V | Missed the start and raced in rear position. Never a factor. |
12 | 6 | COUNTRY DRAGON (BV294) | F Coetzee | -- | Untidy start and niggled along to be in prominent position. Commenced to lose ground 400 M out and became detached half way up the straight. |
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 |