Race 7 (623)
SWIFTLET HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1200m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 4 | LOTUS BREEZE (T112) | B Prebble | CP/XB/TT | Broke well, grabbing box seat 2L from leader on settling. Urged forward on straightening, making ground steadily to hit front 150m before holding off late challenge. |
2 | 8 | TRAVEL DATUK (V235) | U Rispoli | B | Away quickly, not pushed, settling one-out 3L from leader. Turned behind horses, switched out 280m to get clear running, finished strongly to fail narrowly. |
3 | 10 | RED KYLIN (T052) | O Doleuze | B | Jumped well, pressed forward to race outside hind quarters of leader. Lost position approaching home turn but found second wind in straight and finished off strongly. |
4 | 2 | EXTREMELY FUN (T024) | H W Lai | -- | First from the gates, taken to rail and set steady pace to home turn. Put under pressure nearing 600m, kicked clear on straightening but caught 150m and passed by two others close home. |
5 | 9 | SUNNY DRAGON (V412) | S Clipperton | H/TT | Lifted front feet at start, losing ground, taken to rail and made progress to midfield. Kept improving position around home turn and ran on steadily in straight to finish just behind place-getters. |
6 | 6 | BREEDERS' STAR (V197) | N Callan | H | Pressed forward from outside gate, taking first turn 4-wide buy only 2L from leader. Urged forward passing 700m to race outside leader from 600m to straight before giving ground gradually. |
7 | 11 | MORETHANLUCKY (A039) | M L Yeung | B | Got off nicely, ridden to hold forward position and kept wide without cover 2L from leader. Kept tabs to 200m before turning one-paced. |
8 | 12 | PEARL WARM WARM (T183) | H N Wong | -- | Steadied on jumping, shifted across behind rivals and last on settling. Taken wide in straight and ran past tiring rivals. |
9 | 5 | WAYFOONG VINNIE (V055) | J Moreira | H | Steadied soon after start and shifted in for cover, settling one-out towards rear. Turned in behind horses, shifted out to make progress, then shifted in 100m when blocked. One-paced. |
9 | 7 | CHARITY GLORY (T302) | K C Leung | B-/CP2/TT | Pressed forward on jumping, racing 4-wide mostly 4L from leader. Covered extra ground home turn, very wide in straight, one-paced. |
11 | 3 | GRANITE BELT (A218) | D Whyte | B1 | Steadied on jumping, shifted in for cover, dropping to rear. Raced ungenerously back stretch, dropped to last around turn, found nothing in straight. |
12 | 1 | MALMSTEEN (V059) | K Teetan | -- | Ridden forward before racing ungenerously 1000m when steadied to find cover behind midfield. Boxed on one-paced in straight before checked 150m and faded. Had substantial amount of blood in trachea. |
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 |