Race 1 (297)
ROBIN'S NEST HANDICAP Rating:40-0 2000m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 2 | ROCK THE TREE (P272) | B Prebble | B | Settled well back from a wide gate, switched widest turning in, showed a great turn of foot inside final 250 metres, asserted authority close to home. |
2 | 9 | HIGH SPEED METRO (P293) | K C Leung | CP | Taken back from a wide gate for rails run, towards the rear most of way to straight, saved ground turning for home, quickened well to hit the front 150 metres out only to be caught close to home. |
3 | 13 | WIN CHANCE (P415) | M L Yeung | CP/TT | Settled in midfiled on rails, snuck up on rails to reach 3L 2nd turning for home, lost position over 200 metres out, one-paced closing stages. |
4 | 11 | LOYAL CRAFTSMAN (S354) | S Clipperton | B | Taken back from a wide gate and waited with, saved ground on rails turning for home, fought on steadily without threatening. |
5 | 1 | CHOICE EXCHEQUER (P088) | A Badel | XB/TT | Attempted to make all, broke 3L clear on straightening, but unable to sustain effort and swamped 150 metres out. (Tactic questioned) |
6 | 4 | SWEET BEAN (S205) | N Callan | B | Ridden early, settled behind midfield, hampered when under pressure early in straight, checked again 200 metres out, kept on. |
7 | 3 | TELEPHATIA (P405) | Z Purton | B/TT | Raced wide behind midfield, in similar position turning in, one-paced in the run home. |
8 | 5 | KERKENI (T053) | O Doleuze | B/H/TT | Slowly away, settled in last few, last and wide into straight, kept on steadily down the centre of the straight. |
9 | 8 | GLAMOROUS RYDER (S007) | S De Sousa | B/TT | Settled wide in midfield in 6th, in similar position turning in, found nothing in the run home. |
10 | 12 | VIVACIOUS WINNER (V061) | K K Chiong | TT- | Settled in forward of midfield, gave ground under pressure from approaching home turn. |
11 | 7 | MY FOLKS (T323) | O Murphy | H | Sluggish at start, gradually picked up to 2L to 3L back in 3rd or 4th on rails far side, dropped out after straightening. (Distressed) (Blood in trachea) |
12 | 10 | MAGIC STAR (T266) | T H So | H/PC/TT | Chased leader to straight, soon weakened under pressure. |
13 | 6 | FRANCE VALOUR (S408) | J Moreira | B | Pressed forward from a wide gate, raced wide prominently in 4th or 3rd within 3L of pace, dropped out from approaching home turn. (Bled) |
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 |