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Race 8 (128)

WA MEI SHAN HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1200m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 1 CAPITAL DELIGHT (H262) C Y Ho TT Towards the rear early stages, improved his position along the fence from 800M, loomed behind leaders top of straight then kicked on well under top weight to lead 150M from home. Too strong.
2 9 MUST GO (J133) A Hamelin E/PC/TT Settled nicely in mid-division, worked into the race well passing 400M, chased on strongly to go 2nd near line.
3 12 SKY FOREVER (E414) M L Yeung B/TT Drifted back to race at the tail of the field, saved ground on inside, finished off well final 300M, briefly went 2nd late stages but was caught by the runner-up near line.
4 10 KA YING CHEER (H369) P N Wong V/TT Maintained position just off the lead 1.5L on settling, little change at the turn, closed off steadily for modest 4th, not far from 2nd and 3rd.
5 5 PACKING BOLE (H246) C L Chau TT Strode forward to be sharing the lead on inside, held lead to near 150M, weakened and lost several places close home.
6 3 ALPHA ONE (J435) M Chadwick H/TT Moved up to be sharing the lead on outside, fought on one paced early straight before fading over final 200M.
7 7 SELF IMPROVEMENT (H337) B Avdulla B/TT Jumped fairly, settled in second half of the field, 5Ls to make up 400M but couldn't go on. Never troubled leaders.
8 4 SUPER WIN DRAGON (E253) Z Purton V/TT Jumped awkwardly, pressed along to obtain a position chasing leaders, badly crowded for room 700M, came under pressure and failed to finish the race off on straightening.
9 11 ONE FOR ALL (G012) A Badel B/XB/TT Not far off from leaders early stages, crowded for room 700M and shuffled back, failed to improve position in the straight.
10 8 HEROIC MASTER (G394) A Atzeni B/TT Dropped back from wide draw, in detached last home turn, plenty to do on straightening, couldn't go on.
11 2 VICTORY MOMENTS (H142) H Bowman B/SR/TT Unable to slot in from wide draw, caught wide towards the rear, brought wider home turn, failed to finish off in the straight. (Roarer.)
12 6 HONG KONG HALL (G315) M F Poon TT Jumped awkwardly, caught wide no cover chasing leaders, weakened rapidly on straightening and finished tailed out. (Lame RH leg / Unacceptable Performance.)
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