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Race 9 (249)

THE KOWLOON TONG CLUB CHALLENGE CUP (HANDICAP)   Rating:80-60   1400m   Sha Tin   Good To Firm

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 1 ISLAND SUPER (CH297) E Saint-Martin -- Settled in midfield mainly 3-wide. Similar turning in. Quickened well inside final 200 M to hit front close to home.
2 9 CONGRATULATION (CH032) D Whyte -- Broke well. Tracked leader to straight. Gained slender advantage shortly after straightening only to be caught close to home.
3 3 JOLLY GOOD FORTUNE (CD274) S Dye B Attempted to make all and led the field until joined 400 M out. Soon headed narrowly but plugged on for a placing.
4 10 LIFELINE RAPIDE (CD204) K T Yeung TT Broke well, settling one-back in 3rd or 4th on rails. Slightly lost position turning in and in box-seat early in straight. Kept on same pace to finish.
5 7 MUTUAL FRIENDSHIP (CG260) G Mosse P-/TT- Settled in last few. Saved ground on rails turning in. No room early in straight and checked over 250 M out. Fought on steadily closing stages to be nearest at finish.
6 14 ROYAL DOMAIN (CH287) M Nunes B Began fairly. Gradually settled in rear of field. Remained similar turning in. Ran on steadily inside final 200 M to be nearest at finish.
7 8 HURRAY HURRAY (CH010) B Prebble B Raced wide in midfield. Took closer order rounding home bend. Only kept on at the same pace without quickening.
8 12 CARE FREE PRINCE (CD333) H W Lai B Slow to muster under pressure early. Raced in rear of midfield rounding home bend. Kept on behind runners after straightening and did not find much room passing 200 M.
9 4 TOP TOP LIGHT (CG182) C Soumillon B-/TT Towards rear and wide to straight. Fought on steadily without threatening.
10 2 CALIFORNIA LUCK (CG215) K L Chui TT Began awkwardly losing ground. Quickly picked up to 5th position within 3Ls of pace. Gained 4th coming out of far side, 3rd around home bend and within 1L of speed upon straightening, however, soon weakened.
11 13 GOLDEN BALL (CH128) C K Tong PC-/B2 Began fairly in midfield from poor draw. Lost position and dropped to last approaching 1000 M. No clear run and shifted off rails after straightening.
12 11 GOOD PARTNER (CE221) M W Leung XB Ran past beaten horses close to home. Raced wide in rear of midfield from poor draw. Lost position turning in. Did nothing in the run home down centre of straight.
13 6 SUPER SNIPPETS (CG217) Z Purton B Slow out losing ground. Quickly picked up along rails to forward of midfield. Took further closer order rounding home bend gaining 2L 4th turning in. Kept on until tightened and lost position inside 200 M.
14 5 WADADELIGHT (CC340) W M Lai B Not far off early. Lost position coming out of back straight. Midfield turning in. Gradually weakened.
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