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Race 2 (465)

CUMBERLAND HANDICAP   Rating:60-40   1200m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 3 EXCELLENT FIGHTER (G343) S De Sousa TT Well there from a wide draw, held narrow advantage rounding home bend, drew clear under pressure inside final 300 metres.
2 6 GALVANIC (H147) C Y Ho XB-/CP/TT1 Well there early from a wide draw, drifted back to 2L 6th before re-gaining closer position to 5th 4-wide onto home bend, fought on steadily from similar position into straight, never threatening.
3 1 CLASSIC MOON (E439) M Chadwick CP/TT Wide in last few travelling keenly around home bend, one of the widest entering straight, ran on steadily without threatening.
4 14 RED TITAN (E309) L Currie TT Moderate start and soon dropped to last few, trailed the field onto home bend, ran on inside final 200 metres to be nearest at finish.
5 9 GOLDEN LUCK (H159) M F Poon XB1/TT1 Always prominent, one-out-one-back rounding home bend, jostled between runners when keen about 550 metres out, unable to quicken under pressure to threaten in straight.
6 10 PLENTIFUL (G400) A Hamelin H1/XB1 Began fairly, soon recovered to one back position on rail, baulked in similar position turning into straight, unable to quicken under pressure.
7 12 M UNICORN (G466) H Bentley H/P1/TT Jumped awkwardly losing ground, soon taken across for rails run trailing at the back, improved to 11th onto home bend 900 metres out, steadied for a run 250 metres out, kept on steadily to the line.
8 4 FUN TOGETHER (H041) C L Chau TT Began well from a wide draw, soon taken back behind midfield wide without cover in back straight, drifted to last over 500 metres out, fought on steadily without quickening down centre of home straight. (Tactic questioned)
9 5 STAR ASCENSION (G206) H Bowman TT Settled some 2L back in 6th, in similar position into straight, soon faded. (Questioned for disappointing performance)
10 8 CURLING SPEED (H015) M L Yeung B Slowly away, soon recovered to midfield along the rail some 3L back, saved ground turning for home, one-paced under pressure.
11 13 GOAL ORIENTED (G254) K C Leung SR/TT Soon dropped behind midfield, lost position when crowded 950 metres out, ran home one-paced under pressure. (Jockey reported racing keenly early and middle stages.)
12 11 SPEEDY CHARIOT (H193) K Teetan -- Held narrow advantage 4-wide onto first corner, shared pace 2-wide around home bend, folded up quickly inside final 300 metres.
13 2 JAZZ CLUB (G285) R Maia B Travelled wide in midfield, found nothing under pressure in straight.
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