Race 7 (687)
LAI KOK HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1650m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 3 | HORSE OF FORTUNE (T118) | N Rawiller | -- | Allowed to stride forward at own pace, settling three-back, one-off. Shaken up turning for home, rolled forward to hit front 150m before pulling clear. |
2 | 8 | SPEEDY LONGWAH (S242) | M Chadwick | B-/H1/TT | Quickly into stride, led on settling before easing into box seat behind leader 1300m. Got clear run when field fanned out 350m, battled on gamely to lead momentarily 150m before swamped close home. |
3 | 12 | SUPREME ESSENCE (N401) | M L Yeung | H/TT | Fast out, raced with pace to first turn before easing one-off, one-back. Urged forward turning for home, hit front on straightening, joined up from 150m, weakened final strides. |
4 | 5 | STRONG FOUNDATION (P428) | Y T Cheng | B | Slow from the gates, ridden along to grab rail position four back from leader. Switched wide on straightening and finished off strongly to just miss a placing. |
5 | 1 | CHOICE TREASURE (N436) | H N Wong | -- | Pressed forward from awkward draw to lead passing 1300m and then dropped anchor, setting slow sections. Caught 350m but kept battling to 200m before running on empty. |
6 | 11 | SUPEROI (T017) | D Whyte | -- | Shifted across behind horses from outside draw and last on settling. Switch out and made ground around turn, taken wider in straight but only one-paced under pressure final 200m. |
7 | 9 | TRIUMPHANT LIGHT (T224) | A Suborics | -- | Bumped and unbalanced start, then raced keenly in one-off position behind midfield around first turn. Switched wide entering straight but only one-paced. |
8 | 4 | JOLLY GENE (T146) | G Mosse | H/TT | Ridden to hold forward position 3L from leader but three-wide without cover. Covered extra ground turn, wide into straight, boxed on one-paced. |
9 | 7 | FORGIVE AND FORGET (N303) | O Doleuze | B | No early speed, checked 1400m dropping to rear along fence. Shuffled back to last entering straight turning one-paced. |
10 | 6 | BEST TANGO (S121) | B Prebble | H/TT | Shifted across behind runners from outside draw but unable to cross to rail and held wide at rear. Allowed to roll forward around turn to within 3L of leader before turning one-paced. |
11 | 10 | KERKENI (T053) | K C Leung | B/H/TT1 | Began only fairly and then bumped and unbalanced but recovered quickly along rail to settle 3-back from leader. Kept on fairly to 200m before tiring. |
12 | 2 | GOLDEN ADDICTION (P234) | D Lane | P | Outpaced and last on settling, before switched out entering first turn and making up some ground, Shuffled back to last final turn and found nothing in straight. |
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 |