Race 9 (138)
AMBER HANDICAP Rating:95-75 1400m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 11 | SWISS LAD (CC209) | F Coetzee | TT | Had box-seat on run on fence 2Ls off speed in 4th through to home straight, led 350 M out, headed 250 M out, battled back well to assert final 50 M. |
2 | 7 | FIFTY FIFTY (CD131) | G Mosse | -- | Caught 4-wide without cover down backstretch, 3Ls back in 5th at 800 M, 4-wide into home straight when 2Ls back in 5th, led 250 M out, headed again inside final 100 M, no extra. |
3 | 6 | MY CHOICE (CC283) | G Schofield | SR | Settled about 5Ls towards rear on fence at 800 M, steadied at 700 M, no clear run and checked at top of home straight when 4Ls back in about 10th, ran on very well for a place once clear. |
4 | 2 | WINNING DRAGON (CB018) | R Fradd | -- | Always 4 and 5-wide, sometimes without cover, 4Ls off pace in midfield at 800 M, closer in mid-division when 5-wide into straight, 1L down in 3rd at the 200 M, couldn't sustain effort. |
5 | 4 | EXPECTATIONS (CD078) | A Starke | -- | Bumped and crowded at start, in 12th place when 3-wide with cover 6Ls behind at 1000 M, 5-wide into home straight when 5Ls back in 11th, stayed on well, never nearer. |
6 | 8 | INVERNESS (CD108) | B Doyle | TT | Always close up 2-wide and about 2Ls or 3Ls off pace in 5th or 6th through to home straight, failed to match principals kick in stretch. |
7 | 9 | SPARKLING STAR (CD055) | O Doleuze | B | Slowly away, towards rear early on, severely checked at 800 M, 7Ls last when 5-wide into home straight, made some late headway, never nearer. |
8 | 13 | DANHERO (CA337) | S K Sit | -- | 2-wide and 5Ls off pace in midfield down backstretch, shuffled back to near last entering straight, never dangerous thereafter. |
9 | 3 | FAMOUS DANCER (CD353) | K S Yu | B1/H | Had cover when 3-wide about 5Ls off pace worse than midfield down backstretch, steadied 600 M out, 4-wide into home straight, 3Ls down and held when crowded and checked at 100 M. |
10 | 5 | GALLANT KNIGHT (CC189) | H W Lai | -- | 3-wide without cover when 1L down in 3rd at 800 M and same into home straight, faded steadily thereafter. |
11 | 12 | JOLLY GOOD FORTUNE (CD274) | S Dye | -- | Soon led on fence, never clear by more than 1L until home turn, headed 350 M out, faded out. |
12 | 1 | HELENE MOMENTUM (CB453) | B Prebble | -- | In rear early on, 7Ls behind when checked at 800 M, made some headway from final bend to 200 M when 4Ls behind on fence in 10th, no extra. |
13 | 10 | ARABIAN WAGER (CD048) | D Dunn | -- | 2-wide and half a length or 1L off pace through to 600 M, struggling to lie up off home turn, beaten at the 200 M. |
14 | 14 | NOBLE HERO (CB270) | Y T Cheng | TT | Three back on the fence in midfield about 3Ls or 4Ls off pace through to home straight, failed to quicken up. |
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 |