





Race 8 (745)
CASTLE PEAK BAY HANDICAP Rating:105-80 1000m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 9 | HARMONY AND RICH (D110) | M Chadwick | -- | Hard driven forward, crossed to the lead 600M, kept on strongly on straightening, always in control. |
2 | 8 | SHINING ACE (C229) | J Moreira | B/TT | Chased leaders, driven out inside 400M, tried hard but always comfortably held by winner. |
3 | 2 | EXPLOSIVE WITNESS (B001) | B Shinn | -- | Reserved in last, about 7Ls to make up at 400M, closed off strongly to take 3rd, nearest finish. |
4 | 10 | MULTIMILLION (C022) | T Piccone | B/TT | Sent forward tracking leader, battled on steadily passing 300M but not pace to challenge, no extra final stages. |
5 | 1 | GRATEFUL HEART (D278) | A Badel | CP/TT | Held up towards the rear, saved ground on inside, kept on mildly in the straight, never a serious threat. |
6 | 3 | HONG KONG WIN (C333) | C Schofield | B2 | Settled towards the rear of midfield, ran on fairly passing 300M, not reached first 3. |
7 | 4 | MASSIVE POCKET (B246) | C L Chau | XB | Dropped back to near the rear, brought wide into straight, stayed on without threat. |
8 | 5 | VALIANT DREAM (B416) | K Teetan | -- | From draw 11 caught 3-wide chasing leaders, gave limited response turning home, no threat to leaders. |
9 | 7 | LUCKY MORE (D035) | Z Purton | -- | Never far off the pace, 5th at 400M, failed to close off when ridden out early straight. (Jockey : did not handle HV track at its first time of asking. / Blood in trachea) |
10 | 11 | FLYING GENIUS (D071) | H N Wong | B/TT | Settled in mid-division, ran home same pace over final 300M. Never involved. |
11 | 6 | SHINING GEM (C058) | K C Leung | CP | Soon pushed along on jumping from widest draw, failed to muster speed and settled at the back 3-wide, couldn't go on turning into straight. |
12 | 12 | WE THE SOUTH (D149) | M F Poon | H/XB | Fractious in stalls, began only fairly, ridden forward but caught wide no cover from 700M, failed to finish off. (Jockey : unable to lead comfortably as it had done in the past.) |
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 |