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Race 8 (322)

KWAI SHING HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1200m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 4 CAPITAL DELIGHT (H262) C Y Ho TT Jumped only fairly, recovered to race behind midfield, picked up nicely on straightening, made up good ground in the run home to win going away in the end.
2 8 GOOD BUDDY (E097) A Badel B1/TT1 Caught wide early stages before improving to race outside leader, took narrow lead near 200M, tried hard but couldn't hold off winner late. (Jockey fined for using the whip forward of the saddle on numerous occasions.)
3 9 MARK THE MOMENT (H088) L Hewitson V/TT From wide draw driven forward to find the lead, pressed by rival home turn, kept to the task on straightening, headed near 200M, rallied to hold 3rd late stages.
4 11 MONTA FRUTTA (H455) M Chadwick H/TT Guided to a rail position in midfield, cut the corner home turn and moved up to 3rd early straight, battled on evenly and just missed a minor placing in a tight finish.
5 1 LIGHTNING BOLT (G130) H Bowman TT Jumped only fairly from draw 1, reserved towards the rear, kept to inside on straightening, ran on mildly and was held by leaders final stages in a busy finish.
6 6 CALL ME DANDY (G469) Y L Chung B/XB Stalked the speed on inside, switched away from fence 500M, battled on evenly to the line and was not far away at the finish. (Bled.)
7 5 SELF IMPROVEMENT (H337) C L Chau B/TT Away well, restrained to race just off the pace, poised to strike at 400M, fought on steadily to line.
8 3 TORONADO PHANTOM (E300) A Atzeni P/TT Dropped back to 2nd last, 5Ls to make up top of straight, made some ground without ever threatening.
9 2 LUCKY EIGHT (G204) K De Melo B Jumped only fairly, held up behind midfield, gave limited response turning home, never going the pace to challenge.
10 7 WINGS OF WAR (H162) B Avdulla B-/PC1/TT Settled in mid-division along the 3-path, couldn't finish off when the race got serious, never a winning hope.
11 10 MIGHTY ARMOUR (H071) H T Mo B-/H-/PC1/TT From wide draw shifted across behind runners, got too far back straightening, lacked finishing effort.
12 12 THE GREAT MASTER (H457) M F Poon XB-/TT Jumped awkwardly, caught wide no cover chasing leaders, struggled to hold his position passing 550M, soon beaten and finished tailed out. (Unacceptable Performance / Jockey reported his horse lay out on the turn.)
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