Race 5 (189)
CHEVALIER INSURANCE AND INVESTMENT HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1400m Sha Tin Good To Yielding
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 11 | ABLE MAGIC (CL290) | K C Leung | -- | Got head up and proved hard to settle early. Saved ground along fence to straight, took inside path, bumped runner-up 150m and just got there. |
2 | 12 | ONE OF A KIND (M391) | D Whyte | TT | Jumped awkwardly but held rail. Improved along rail to be 4th at turn. Blocked 400m, checked 300m but ran on strongly. Bumped winner 150m and run down on line. |
3 | 4 | TWIN TURBO (M250) | A Suborics | -- | Made use of inside draw to sit outside leader back stretch and around turn, got to within neck of leader 200m but unable hold out first two. |
4 | 8 | HOW SPEEDY (M384) | R Fourie | B2/TT | Jumped awkwardly to fall 3Ls behind leader into turn. Accelerated strongly from 400m to lead at 200m before running on empty. |
5 | 14 | SOLAR BOY (CL213) | T H So | V | Taken forward from wide gate to get the lead and then set slow pace. Was first into home straight but shifted out 300m and gave ground. |
6 | 13 | MAGICAL BEAM (N208) | M Chadwick | -- | Towards rear and 3 deep shortly after start 4.5Ls from leader. Made up ground around turn and into straight before becoming one-paced 200m. |
7 | 9 | SPECTACULAR AWARD (CK364) | T Angland | B | Jumped well and taken forward but held 3 wide because of slow pace. Was closest at 200m before tiring and slipping back. |
8 | 2 | WINNING BEAR (N302) | B Prebble | H | Slow to jump and then steadied behind horses. Made up ground along rails to straight but found nothing when popped the question. |
9 | 1 | ELEGANT FRAMES (N240) | W C Marwing | -- | Jumped out well and soon 2.5Ls from leader in a one-off position. Improved turn but didn't respond under pressure 400m. Blood in trachea. |
10 | 3 | DILIGENT III (M211) | O Doleuze | B/TT | Taken back from wide draw last to turn. Made forward move top of straight but soon ran out of steam. |
11 | 5 | WALALA (N343) | T Clark | H/B1 | Unable to muster and soon towards rear 4Ls from leader. Taken to middle of track 400m but found nothing when asked. |
12 | 7 | FUEL ME UP (N062) | C Y Ho | SR1/TT | Taken back from wide draw and soon in last pair but one-off. Dropped to last turning for home and never a factor after that. |
13 | 10 | NO TIES (N271) | H W Lai | TT | Sat down in stall before start, but jumped OK. Raced in midfield to turn before getting head on his side and laying in. Had mucous in trachea. |
14 | 6 | WALK ON GRASS (N349) | Y T Cheng | -- | Taken forward but deep soon after start. Started to slip back final turn. Was 7th into straight and weakened quickly. |
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 |