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Race 7 (127)

TAI HO HANDICAP   Rating:60-40   1650m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 6 YES WE CAN (C307) Z Purton B/TT Settled towards the rear and waited with, travelled strongly in similar position in back straight, snuck up on rails rounding final turn, quickened inside 300 metres to assert authority shortly after.
2 11 LADY FIRST (B013) K C Leung CP/XB/TT Settled in midfield on the rail after beginning from the one draw, commenced move entering home straight, angled out for a run 300 metres out, fought on steadily without threatening.
3 10 GREEN LASER (E409) C Y Ho B/TT Improved steadily round first bend from a middle draw, settled one-out-one-back in 3rd in back straight, hit the front under pressure briefly 200 metres out, unable to sustain effort closing stages.
4 5 TURBO POWER (E270) A Hamelin P1 Broke well but soon taken back, tightened at 1100 metres before niggling along in worse than midfield, switched wide into home straight, fought on steadily under pressure without threatening.
5 4 SURREALISM (C285) M Chadwick B Travelled 3-wide just worse than midfield, widest runner into home straight when coming under pressure, fought on steadily without threatening.
6 12 LUCKY VICTOR (C514) M L Yeung B/TT Pressed forward from a wide gate circling the field very wide round first bend, disputed lead in back straight and around home bend holding some chance early in straight, unable to sustain effort inside final 200 metres.
7 9 VIVA A LA (G282) C L Chau H/P/TT Settled in rear from a wide gate, commenced move entering straight, made modest impression early but inconvenienced inside 200 metres, no further impression.
8 3 MAGIC SUPREME (D144) R Maia B/TT Broke well, travelled just off the pace on the rail, baulked until switched out over 200 metres out, no further impression.
9 1 INFINITE POWER (D014) Y L Chung CP Soon took up running setting a standard pace, led until folded up quickly inside final 300 metres.
10 8 SUPER BUDDY (E205) L Currie B Always in last few and never seen with a chance.
11 7 SURE JOYFUL (G125) L Hewitson P- Prominent after start before steadying to get position behind two leaders. Drifted a pair further back to midfield in middle stages when between horses. Came under pressure on straightening, weakened badly final furlong.
12 2 MISSION BRAVO (E383) L Ferraris H/TT Ridden positively from second widest gate, very wide rounding first bend before settling 5th. Continued wide into the back straight when having no cover, dropped out of contention soon after straightening. (Distressed).
13 13 MURRAY'S PARTNERS (B426) A Badel V Always well behind and never seen with a chance.
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