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Race 6 (717)

KAU TO SHAN HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1200m   Sha Tin   Good To Firm

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 4 GOLDEN EMPIRE (E490) L Hewitson -- Broke well and settled into a box-seat position, angled out in the straight and ran on, doing enough to just holding on.
2 9 HELIOS EXPRESS (H302) Z Purton -- Jumped with the field then steadied towards the rear, settled 3 wide worse than midfield with cover throughout, closed off strongly, just missed out.
3 2 FLYING ACE (G045) H Bowman B Settled in front of midfield 3 wide no cover, made good progress in the Straight, but no match to the top 2.
4 1 WINNER METHOD (E178) Y L Chung B/TT Tracked leader, kept on fairly well early in the Straight, just weakened inside final 75M.
5 12 SELF IMPROVEMENT (H337) B Avdulla TT1 Ridden along early to be prominent, slotted in just behind the speed, travelled a bit keen throughout, only one pace in the Straight.
6 8 HAPPY GOLF (H056) C Y Ho -- Settled midfield 3 wide, ran on only fairly.
7 3 ACE ONE (G196) M Chadwick B/SR/TT Raced in front of midfield 2 wide between horses, held up early in the Straight and made little impression.
8 5 JOYFUL FRIENDSHIP (H295) M F Poon CP1 Settled in front of midfield on the rail, did not quickened in the early part of the Straight, but did stayed on late inside final 150M.
9 7 VALIANT ELEGANCE (D285) H Bentley B/TT Broke a step slow but showed very good early speed to lead, weakened inside 250M.
10 11 STREET CONQUEROR (H341) K Teetan H1/TT1 Raced 4 wide towards the rear, made some late headway.
11 13 FLYING DRAGON (E360) M L Yeung V/XB Settled behind midfield on the rail, made no impression.
12 6 MERCHANT PRINCE (H268) L Currie B/H/TT Jumped quite well but steadied towards last, never a threat.
13 10 MIGHTY ARMOUR (H071) M Dee B1/H1/TT1 Settled worse than midfield 2 wide, nothing in the Straight.
14 14 EXCELLENT DADDY (E321) H T Mo TT Settled last and never in contention. (See Incident Report) (Blood in Trachea) (Roarer) (Small abrasion to the left front cannon)
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