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Race 4 (707)

SHUI CHUEN O HANDICAP   Rating:40-0   1650m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 12 ASIAN ONE (E400) A Atzeni B-/XB/PC2/TT Jumped fairly, mustered speed to be sixth, one off fence first turn. Driven through gap, early in straight, fought strongly to hit front closing stages.
2 3 RELIABLE PROFIT (G462) L Hewitson B/TT Broke well, ridden forward. Trapped three wide, no cover early stages. Brought to middle of track to challenge top of straight, just peaked on run closing stages, big effort.
3 11 VIVA A LA (G282) M F Poon B/TT Jumped well, crossed to lead easily at strong tempo. Kicked clear top of lane and fought on well after headed at inside last 100m.
4 7 PERFECT PEACH (E488) K Teetan B-/P1/TT Jumped fairly, slight ease passing 1200m before settling midfield. Brought to middle of track in straight and ran on well for fourth, closest on the line.
5 5 MEDIC ELITE (G129) A Hamelin PC/TT Quick back-up from Sunday. Settled fourth last, one off fence. Held up round turn, then finished well when in clear ground from 300m mark, closing strongly last 100m.
6 14 GREEN LASER (E409) B Thompson PC/TT Jumped on terms but outpaced to first turn settling worse than midfield. Stayed on rails in straight and made some ground last 250m.
7 9 NINJA DERBY (H339) M Chadwick H/TT Caught wide first turn, settled second last. Ridden along from 700m to improve, came widest in straight, made good ground late.
8 6 WOODFIRE CHAMP (H292) K C Leung TT Jumped quickly from inside draw, settled fourth the fence. Came off rail top of straight, slight ease at 300m, soon under pressure, faded last 150m.
9 4 CHIRON (E151) C Y Ho B/TT Eased back from wide gate, settling clear last and ridden along at 800m to improve. Still last top of straight, made ground towards rails, stayed on.
10 10 PRECISION GOAL (H016) H Bentley TT Ridden forward to be clear second after first 300m, tendency to over race middle stages. Under pressure passing 300m and soon beaten off.
11 2 GO HERO (H315) Z Purton B/TT Settled third, one off fence. Travelled keenly, presented to challenge on home turn. Soon beaten and eased closing stages. Substantial blood in trachea post race.
12 13 EAGLE RUN (G415) Y L Chung TT Caught wide early and then obliged to raced three wide without cover from 1200m. Tried to make ground in straight but one paced after torrid run. Well beaten.
13 8 GENERAL ACE (G425) K De Melo CP Travelled midfield off the fence. No challenge in straight. Beaten passing 250m and dropped out.
14 1 WINNING SEVEN (J005) H Bowman XB/TT Eased back from wide gate, settling third last. Under pressure from 600m. Dropped out last 300m, respiratory noise in running (Continuous epiglottic entrapment)
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