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Race 8 (396)

HEATHER HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1200m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 8 COSTA DEL SOL (M111) Z Purton B Travelled well in a midfield position 4Ls back, well placed to strike turning in, responded well under vigorous handling, edged past 2nd and 3rd near 50M.
2 5 PALEPALE (M407) T Clark B/H Took early lead, tracked leader making the turn, ran on under hands and heels riding, not pace of winner final 100M. (Jockey lost use of whip in the straight.)
3 2 WAH MAY STAR (M254) Y T Cheng -- Driven forward from widest draw, crossed to lead before home turn and set a steady pace, responded well to urging in straight and was only headed 50M from home.
4 9 SLICK BULLET (N141) C K Tong -- Not far off leaders, 3Ls back in 6th, hampered near 900M, kept on steadily under urging final 300M.
5 10 TOUCH WELL (N086) O Doleuze -- Chased leader, driven along nearing 400M, kept on well early straight and loomed a threat 250M, outpaced final 100M.
6 7 CENTURY SUPER STAR (CE070) M L Yeung BO Dropped in behind midfield, well off the pace in the 1st half but moved closer over the turn, stayed on fairly making little impression on leaders.
7 11 FOREST STAR (CJ167) W M Lai TT Checked at the start, restrained to near last about 8Ls behind leader, had plenty to do passing 400M, made limited progress only.
8 4 FLYING CHINA (CK266) T H So PC Slightly outpaced in the first half, driven along to hold his position at the rear, had almost 10Ls to make up turning in, made limited progress.
9 12 PERFECT FIT (CK323) M Chadwick B/TT Dropped back after the start, hampered near 900M and over 10Ls off the pace making the turn, made limited progress final 350M, never threatened.
10 3 QUANTUM POWER (M134) G Mosse XB In touch, hung out making the turn and shifted out to 3-wide, found disappointingly little in straight, weakened 300M.
11 6 NEEDLES AND THREAD (CJ282) K C Leung B Slow to begin, settled towards the rear 8Ls off the pace, found nothing under pressure, soon behind.
DNF 1 ROYAL DOCTOR (CL051) C Y Ho B/TT Up with early pace, faltered passing 1000M and pulled up abruptly.
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