Race 7 (734)
GALLOP HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 1 | GIFT IS GIFT (M053) | Z Purton | -- | Good clean jump, good natural speed and taken back behind the heated early pace. Launched attack from 250m out, sprinted clear at 200m and never looked back. |
2 | 3 | THE WAND (M265) | D Whyte | -- | Bumped hard, recovered at once and settled easily in rear. Came on strongly in the last 200m, no match to the still unbeaten winner. |
3 | 10 | BONDI LAD (CK121) | W M Lai | B | Fair jump. Dropped into a rear position along the fence. Widest of all 7-deep at top of the straight, long hard drive from 350m out, came like a freight train inside the last 100m and just missed catching the first two. |
4 | 8 | LUCKY WARRIOR (M292) | Y T Cheng | -- | Good jump. In touch, settled 5-deep without cover, kept on stubbornly to the line. |
5 | 6 | WIN A DOZEN (CH262) | O Doleuze | TT | Quick jump. Used his natural gate speed to challenge for an early lead. Raced 4-deep without cover the entire trip, stayed on strongly coming home. |
6 | 14 | SHINING TREASURES (M209) | K C Leung | -- | Missed jump. Settled in rear along the rail. Ran on well under strong urging and finished best late. |
7 | 9 | SMART FORTUNE (M279) | T Angland | B | Squeezed after jump, recovered at once and contested early lead. Settled just behind the pace after 300m, steadied after entered the straight, came on again inside the last 100m. |
8 | 4 | CLYDESIDER (M283) | B Doyle | -- | Missed jump. Rear along the rail, came passing the tired ones late. |
9 | 2 | SHAHJEE (M151) | H W Lai | B | Slowly away, ridden hard at once and stayed in touch at midfield, lost cover at 800m and travelled 4-deep without cover to the straight. Pushed all out coming home and only weakened in the last 100m. |
10 | 13 | KING OF HEARTS (CK214) | G Cheyne | H/XB | Good clean jump, ridden at once for a striking position behind the speed along the rail, found little under drive. |
11 | 5 | VINTAGE HUSSLER (CL266) | B Prebble | B | Off a step slow, recovered immediately using his good early speed, disputed lead on the 2-path from 800m, led at 450m, kept on well under drive until the last 150m. |
12 | 11 | BOUNCER (CJ074) | C Y Ho | B2/TT | Broke sideway and contacted. Lack early speed and trailed in last the entire trip, no threat. |
13 | 12 | HINYUEN PALADIN (CL199) | K C Ng | -- | Quickest of all. Disputed lead and took control after 400m. Pressed again from 800m out, gave up lead at before entering the straight, found no more last 200m. |
14 | 7 | REGENCY LUCK (M291) | M Chadwick | CP1/TT1 | Hesitated at jump. Rear, beaten badly from 300m out. |
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 |