Race 7 (679)
KAU SAI CHAU HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1200m Happy Valley Good
Section 2
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 8 | SKY FOREVER (E414) | K C Leung | B/TT | Slightly slow out, ridden along just worse than midfield in 7th, awkwardly placed behind runners when tempo slackened inside the 650 metres, saved ground turning for home and snuck up on the rail to prevail in final few strides. |
2 | 9 | XPONENTIAL (D049) | L Hewitson | B/TT | Ridden forward from a wide gate to lead 1100 metres out, obtained rails run 800 metres out and held narrow advantage until headed over 200 metres out, fought on dourly but unable to defy winner's late charge. |
3 | 3 | NAMJONG SINGS (C480) | A Badel | B | Pressed forward after moderate start from a wide gate, travelled 4-wide in 2nd before gaining closer to rail alongside race leader 850 metres out, hit the front briefly inside the 200 metres only to be headed over 50 metres out. |
4 | 11 | WOOD ON FIRE (C460) | M Chadwick | H/V/TT | Settled one back in 4th on the rail, switched off heels for a run over 200 metres out, fought on steadily without threatening. |
5 | 12 | LYRICAL MOTION (G081) | K Teetan | CP1/TT | Recovered quickly from poor start, travelled keenly within 2L of pace in 4th, became 5th onto home bend, fought on steadily without quickening under pressure. |
6 | 5 | SMART IDEA (E344) | H Bentley | H/TT | Settled just off the pace after unbalanced at start, became 6th in rear of midfield before shuffled back to 8th onto home bend, fought on well to be nearest at finish despite tight between runners early in straight. |
7 | 4 | NICCONI COUNTY (G208) | B Shinn | TT | Crowded at start, travelled keenly in rear of the field, gradually shuffled back to rear onto home bend, made up good ground down the centre of the straight to be nearest at finish. |
8 | 7 | DIAMOND BRILLIANT (B372) | L Currie | TT | Began well before taken back to midfield in 5th 3-wide without cover, made short-lived effort around home bend from the 550 metres to be close-up 4th entering straight, soon weakened. |
9 | 2 | WIND N GRASS (D197) | C Y Ho | TT | Taken back from the widest gate, trailed the field before gaining closer inside the 750 metres, saved ground on the rail turning in, ran on steadily. |
10 | 10 | STORMTROUPER (E100) | M F Poon | TT | Steadied shortly after start travelling keenly and wide in last few, commenced move rounding home bend and went wider into straight, never nearer despite tightened 50 metres out. |
11 | 6 | TRANSCENDENT (D126) | L Ferraris | CP/TT | Soon dropped well behind and wide without cover early in back straight, shifted further back for cover 700 metres out, made short-lived effort 4-wide rounding home bend, fought nothing after straightening. |
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 |