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Race 11 (489)

RIVER VERDON HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1400m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 7 DANZULU (CJ069) B Prebble CP Jumped moderately, settled in rear of midfield, soon came to challenge after straightening running on gamely between runners to just get up on line.
2 6 BIG PROFIT (CJ169) Y T Cheng B Broke well from the widest draw, amongst leaders before settling in 2L 2nd around the bend, similar turning in, quickened up to hit front over 300 M out only to be pipped at post.
3 11 FIRST BABY (CG170) S Dye P Rear early, improved to rear of midfield at 1300 M before shuffled back towards the rear approaching home bend, saved ground turning in, ran on steadily to be nearest at finish despite a tight run on the rails.
4 9 MOON CHASER (CK013) D Whyte -- In front early, held back to travel 2-back in 4th on rails, similar turning in, fought on steadily without threatening.
5 10 HORSE WIN WIN (CJ078) K C Leung -- Travelled in better than midfield position, gained 3L 3rd around home bend, fought on steadily without quickening in straight.
6 5 STILTON (CG173) C Soumillon B Soon taken back to rear, waited with, produced good late finish down centre of straight, did best work late.
7 1 NORTH HILL (CJ082) G Mosse -- Settled wide towards rear, made modest headway down centre of straight to be nearest at finish.
8 4 GOOD PARTNER (CE221) O Doleuze V/XB Raced wide in rear of mid-division, remained similar to straight, fought on steadily under pressure without quickening.
9 8 ELITE SIXTY-SIX (CK085) D Beadman -- Settled in forward of midfield, similar turning in, badly baulked until 200 M, kept on well to the line.
10 13 CIRCUIT HERO (CG304) J Lloyd B/TT Began with others, close up early before taken back to forward of midfield, mainly 3-wide around the bend, fought on until finding no extra inside final 150 M. (Questioned.)
11 14 DASHING THUNDER (CD080) C W Wong CP Midfield early, soon dropped back to the rear of field, remained well back to straight, ran past well beaten horses without threatening.
12 2 LONGWAH RISING (CJ297) B Doyle B- Broke well from the one draw, restrained from leading to settle in midfield, kept on before finding no extra closing stages.
13 12 ALL TIME HIGH (CG285) M Chadwick CP/XB/TT Began fairly from a poor draw, raced wide without cover in midfield throughout far side and around home bend, soon weakened in straight.
14 3 KUNG FU (CE289) W C Marwing P Began awkwardly losing about 3Ls, quickly recovered to lead the field over 1000 M out, crossed to rails coming out of far side holding 2Ls into straight, soon headed over 300 M out, folded up quickly.
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