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Race 2 (547)

VIOLET HANDICAP   Rating:40-0   1800m   Happy Valley   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 8 O'REILLY MAGIC (CJ134) J Lloyd B/TT Camped behind midfield the fence. Peeled out after the 500m, worked into the nicely, and in the straight ran on well.
2 4 JADE PINS (CL432) K C Leung B/TT Slow to begin then ridden along early settling worse than midfield the fence. Ended up almost last at the 600m, but saved ground thereafter on the inside & in the home straight closed off well, just going under narrowly.
3 11 KING GALILEO (CL028) Y T Cheng CP2 Traveled with the backmakers, 2 wide with cover. Made a forward move near the 800m, improving to race behind the leaders, 3 deep no cover. Maintained a good gallop down the running.
4 2 FELAROF (M175) K C Ng TT Travelled at the hindquarters of the leader, 2 deep no cover.
5 6 MASTER DREAMER (CE293) B Prebble B Parked midfield, 1 off with cover. Peeled out to go forward after the 600m, made some late ground.
6 10 MR SPEEDY (M183) M Du Plessis -- Dictated terms along the fence at slow fractions. Was inclined to lay out in transit, but had no other excuses.
7 5 HEALTHY CONTENDER (CJ342) A Suborics B Box seated. Couldn't capitalize and gave ground inside the final 100m.
8 7 FANTASTISCH (CK017) T Clark XB Had every hope after travelling 1 out 1 back. Faded late.
9 1 ABLE DRAGON (CJ308) M L Yeung B/TT Travelled behind midfield, 2 wide with cover. Made little headway after attempting to improve after the 500m.
10 3 GREAT SHOW (CK001) Z Purton B Settled in last position along the rails. Peeled out early in the straight but only plugged home.
11 12 RACING SPORT (CL344) W M Lai P-/SR2/TT Enjoyed a nice run in the race 3 back the fence. Struggled in the final stretch.
12 9 CHANTILLY (CL153) H W Lai B Settled near the rear of the field, on the fence early then racing in a 1 off line near the 1000m. Came widest in the straight but failed to close off.
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