Race 7 (703)
HEALTH HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1400m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 12 | GALLANT WIN (CH028) | D Nikolic | B | Settled towards rear. Responded well down centre of straight to take charge close to home. Readily. |
2 | 2 | CARE FREE PRINCE (CD333) | D Whyte | B | Settled wide in midfield after beginning from poor draw. Quickened well to hit front inside 200 M only to be outsprinted close to home. |
3 | 11 | CHEEKY LAD (CG198) | B Prebble | B2 | Slightly slow out. Soon recovered to race on rails in midfield or just worse than midfield. Baulked for a run early in straight but only produced moderate impression closing stages. |
4 | 1 | MY FAITH (CH054) | M W Leung | B | Began fairly. Waited with. Made up good ground down centre of straight without threatening. |
5 | 7 | MILITARY OPTION (CD237) | A Delpech | -- | Settled in last few. Badly baulked for a run in straight until after 200 M. Kept on well to finish. |
6 | 9 | GLORIOUS RHYTHM (CC163) | S Dye | V | Jumped well, settling 2-wide in mid-division. Found no clear running early in straight until 200 M. Produced only moderate impression late. |
7 | 4 | LAMBRO (CH083) | M Nunes | B/TT1 | Settled just behind pace. Came to challenge upon straightening and hit front momentarily over 200 M out. Soon overhauled. (Epiglottic entrapment.) |
8 | 8 | ROCKET POWER (CH136) | E Saint-Martin | B/TT | Slow into stride but quickly recovered to prominent position. Shared pace three-wide rounding home bend. Kept on before finding no extra inside final 300 M. |
9 | 5 | PEARL OF INDIA (CD298) | F Coetzee | B | Broke well, niggling along to hold place. Travelled 2-wide just a neck off the leader before disputing straightening. However, soon folded up quickly. |
10 | 10 | NOT QUITE PERFECT (CG254) | G Mosse | TT | Not far off and wide to straight. Soon came under pressure after straightening and found nothing. |
11 | 14 | PRIDEOFTHEORIENT (CH171) | Y T Cheng | CP1 | Slightly slow out. Soon improved to take up winning 300 M after start. Joined around home bend and gradually weakened out of contention after straightening. |
12 | 3 | BULB TREASURE (CH048) | K S Yu | -- | Settled on rails in midfield. Similar turning in but soon dropped out. |
13 | 6 | TELECOM PERFECT (CH121) | O Doleuze | -- | Raced wide in last few. Never seen with a chance. |
14 | 13 | CHARMING MONKEYS (CH148) | W M Lai | B | Midfield early. Soon began to race keenly and hung out badly making home bend. Never recovered. |
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 |