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Race 8 (062)

TAI TONG HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1200m   Sha Tin   Wet Slow

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 5 SUPER MAN (T213) B Prebble B/TT Bustled along from draw 12, crossed to 2-wide tracking leader before home turn, kept chasing from 400M, ran in hard and finished well to wrap it up late stages.
2 1 WINNING VANGOGH (A074) Z Purton TT Soon led and set steady pace, pressed by rival from 550M, quickened up again passing 300M but couldn't shake off its nearest rival, outgunned late but easily accounted for the rest. (Bled.)
3 7 CARE FREE PRINCE (V069) H N Wong B Held up 2-wide in midfield, 5Ls off leader 400M, kept grinding to the line, went 3rd 100M but not reach first two.
4 6 PAKISTAN BABY (S442) D Whyte B/TT Taken back from wide draw, settled down near last 8Ls off the pace middle stages, ran on steadily from off the pace, got up for 4th late but no threat to the runaway first two.
5 9 THE JUDGE (A147) T Berry H/TT Began fairly, held up towards the rear, 7Ls to make up 400M, made some progress but never a threat to first two.
6 11 ELITE SPIRIT (S200) M L Yeung B/TT Restrained to sit behind mid-division, lay out home turn, battled away final 300M without threating first two.
7 8 GIANT TURTLE (T391) C Schofield TT Held up in mid-division about 6Ls behind leader, never going the pace to challenge but stayed on.
8 4 HAPPY JOURNEY (S299) C Y Ho V/TT From draw 11 unable to find cover, caught 3-wide towards the rear, 9Ls off the pace at 400M, only ran past a few in straight.
9 3 ARIZONA BLIZZARD (V264) J Moreira H/TT Began fairly, held up 2-wide towards the rear, pushed along to improve position home turn, effort levelled off 200M, weakened towards the line.
10 2 HARBOUR ALERT (T254) N Callan CP Tracked leader in a steadily run race, raced keenly from 800M, shifted out 3-wide to challenge 450M, soon couldn't go on with leaders, weakened badly final 200M.
11 12 SILLY BUDDIES (S054) K Teetan B Taken back from wide draw, waited with in last place, over 10Ls to make up 400M, made no real progress, never involved.
12 10 RIGHT HONOURABLE (A164) K C Leung H/TT Settled down in 4th 3-4L behind leaders, found little when asked 400M, soon in retreat.
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