Race 8 (219)
THE CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1000m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 2 | ORIENTAL PROSPER (N100) | M Chadwick | TT1 | Showed good early speed, up with the pace throughout, tackled the leader from 350M, rallied strongly over the final stages and prevailed in a thrilling photo finish. |
2 | 3 | SPACE RACE (M222) | G Mosse | TT | Quickly into stride, race right up with the pace, emerged as leader halfway, dueled with eventual winner over final 300M and only lost out in a photo finish. |
3 | 8 | SUPREME JEWELLERY (M296) | D Whyte | B | Tracked leaders, raced tight inside 400M, had to shift ground near 200M for a clear passage, kept on evenly over final stages but not pace of first two. |
4 | 14 | JADE CHRISTY (M412) | H W Lai | -- | Not showing natural speed and always under pressure to hold his position behind leading quartet, kept on final 400M without threatening first two. |
5 | 1 | BEST WIN (CL212) | C Y Ho | H | In mid-division, driven near 400M, did best work final stages giving the impression that he may need further. |
6 | 6 | LONGWAH RISING (CJ297) | K C Leung | -- | In touch with leaders, kept on same pace to line not unable to seriously challenge. |
7 | 5 | XI YING MEN (CL352) | Z Purton | B | Took up early running along the stands' rail, vied for the lead middle stages, tight for room near 300M, weakened over final 200M. |
8 | 11 | DIAMOND KNIGHT (CK311) | M Du Plessis | -- | Fractious in barriers, slowly away, chased leaders midway, not quickened inside 400M, faded from 250M. |
9 | 9 | FAIR NAVIGATOR (CJ254) | B Doyle | V/TT | Held up behind midfield, plodded on one-paced, weakened final 200M. (Blood in trachea) |
10 | 13 | OSCAR WONDER (M301) | M L Yeung | TT | Behind mid-division, under pressure to keep up halfway, made no impression final 400M. |
11 | 10 | AL PRINCE (M235) | G Cheyne | B/XB | Well covered in midfield, found little when the race got serious passing halfway, never got involved. |
12 | 4 | JOYFUL LUCK (M223) | O Doleuze | SR1 | Behind midfield, niggled along 500M out but made no headway, soon out of contention. |
13 | 12 | FAST FORWARD (M258) | Y T Cheng | B | Badly outpaced from the off, soon detached from the field, never in contention. |
14 | 7 | EASY TRACK (N039) | C W Wong | -- | Didn't muster, soon under pressure to keep up with the field, no impression. |
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 |