Race 8 (375)
CONNAUGHT HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1200m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 5 | FANTASTIC FEELING (T273) | R Moore | H | Reserved in mid-division, 4Ls off leader 400M, closed off strongly to lead 50M, steadily pulled away. |
2 | 2 | RAINBOW FIGHTER (N193) | G Mosse | XB/TT | In close attendance to the pace, driven out to a narrow lead near 100M, continued with a steady bid but couldn't contain the winner close home. |
3 | 10 | FORTUNE BO BO (V017) | S De Sousa | B1 | Urged to lead from the break, set even pace, kept on soundly leaving the turn, headed near 100M, pleasing debut. |
4 | 12 | BACK IN BLACK (T358) | K Teetan | TT | From wide draw taken across behind runners, settled down 3-wide and 5Ls back near the rear, stayed on well down outside, just missed 3rd. |
5 | 1 | LOOKS LIKE THE CAT (T238) | Z Purton | B/H/XB/TT | Not hurried early stages, settled near the rear 4-5Ls off the pace but travelled keenly middle stages, made some mild progress over final 250M. |
6 | 4 | ROUNDABOUT (T352) | B Prebble | -- | Steadied in early stages to obtain cover, held up near the rear 5Ls behind leaders, did best work late when switching out 200M, late impression. |
7 | 11 | GREAT RUN (P223) | H W Lai | B | Taken across behind runners from wide draw, raced as the back marker 6Ls behind leader, made steady progress along the fence final 300M. |
8 | 9 | SKY MAN (S091) | C Y Ho | -- | Broke sharply, tracked leader along the 2-path, continued in that position racing into straight but couldn't produce the needed closing response, swamped late stages. |
9 | 6 | DASHING CERAMIBO (T121) | N Callan | H | In mid-division 2-wide, kept on same pace turning home and never mounted a serious challenge. (Lame RF) |
10 | 8 | POWER DRAGON (V129) | K C Leung | -- | 3Ls off the pace along inside, never better than midfield, gradually retreated from 250M. |
11 | 7 | FLYING MOOCHI (T116) | M L Yeung | H | Never far off the pace but caught wide no cover passing 1000M, beaten early straight, eased mid-straight. (Mucus) |
12 | 3 | LANG TAI SING (S280) | H N Wong | B/TT | Fanned wide first turn, restrained to find cover in midfield along the 3-path, never gained contention leaving the turn. |
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 |