Race 1 (387)
TULIP HANDICAP Rating:40-0 1650m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 11 | ICE FIRE (CJ272) | Z Purton | SR/XB/H | Began with others, soon settled one from last and waited with, saved ground on inside turning for home, quickened well early in straight, sustained effort to just get up on line. |
2 | 12 | BAYVIEW GREYSLEW (CJ194) | D Whyte | B/TT | Settled in 3rd and not far off the speed, soon hit front after straightening gaining about 1L break inside 200 M only to be caught final strides. |
3 | 4 | FANTASTISCH (CK017) | M Guyon | XB/TT | Began well from the one draw, soon taken back to race in a not far off position, baulked after straightening before switched off rails to challenge, ran on steadily without threatening. |
4 | 9 | GALLANT GALLOP (CL080) | H W Lai | B-/P2 | Slightly sluggish at start but soon picked up to rear of field, took closer order along rails approaching home bend, gained closer on rails turning in, ran home one-paced without quickening. |
5 | 13 | DESCARTES (CK293) | M L Yeung | B | Driven along from a wide gate to join leaders early, settled outside leader far side and still up there into straight, soon weakened. |
6 | 10 | OSCAR PRINCE (CJ052) | G Cheyne | -- | Soon taken back to the tail-end after beginning from the widest barrier, trailed the field to straight, made good progress past well-beaten runners down centre of the track. |
7 | 6 | LIGHTNING MOUNT (CH082) | O Doleuze | PC | Began fairly, settled just better than midfield in 3L 5th, ran home one-paced from 4-wide into straight. |
8 | 8 | SUNNY SMILES (CJ073) | N Callan | B- | Slightly slow out, gradually picked up to midfield along rails always niggled along, ran home one-paced. |
9 | 7 | LOTS OF FUN (CL089) | J Moreira | B | Travelled wide in forward of midfield, widest runner turning in, kept on under pressure until finding no extra inside final 200 M. (Blood in trachea.) |
10 | 3 | ALICE TOO (CG309) | W C Marwing | B/XB/TT | Lacked early pace despite ridden along, settled in midfield to straight, came under pressure approaching home turn but made no impression in straight. |
11 | 5 | THAT'S IT (CE223) | Y T Cheng | SR | Raced wide in midfield after beginning from a wide draw, remained similar throughout far side and around the bend, found nothing under pressure in the run home. |
12 | 2 | STAR OF CHIU TON (CJ175) | G Mosse | B/TT | Amongst leaders early, gained narrow lead far side, held similar advantage to straight, dropped out quickly. |
13 | 14 | COULDN'T CARE LESS (CD009) | W M Lai | -- | Never better than midfield, found nothing in straight. |
14 | 1 | KUNG HEI FAT CHOI (CL157) | T H So | B/H | Began from a wide draw, soon dropped to last few while racing wide throughout, never seen with a chance. |
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 |