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Race 8 (608)

SIU MA SHAN HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1200m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 3 MUST GO (J133) A Atzeni E/PC/TT Away in line, settled down 3-wide in midfield, hard driven from top of straight, did best work final 250M, just prevailed in a 3-way photo.
2 1 GUMMY GUMMY (H089) Z Purton B Went forward pressing leader on outside, quickened to a commanding lead passing 200M, all out final stages and was just denied in a desperately close finish.
3 6 DRAGON AIR FORCE (J279) M Chadwick TT Dropped back from wide draw, held up in last until passing 700M, still had over 5Ls to make up on leader 400M, closed off fastest and was just denied in a 3-way photo.
4 12 MR ENERGIA (J239) M F Poon B Blundered on jumping and became unbalanced, obtained a midfield position on settling, 3.5L to make up 400M, kept on well to the line to be beaten 0.5L only.
5 9 MOJAVE DESERT (J330) K Teetan CP/XB Reserved behind midfield, saved ground on inside throughout, made headway from 300M, briefly held up 150M before running on well towards the line beaten less than 1L.
6 2 MASK RIDER (K169) P N Wong TT From draw 9 moved up to chase leaders under 10lb claimer, caught wide no cover throughout, fought hard to stay in contention, run ended 150M and faded towards the finish.
7 10 GALAXY WITNESS (G110) H Bentley B/TT From draw 1 stayed close enough to leaders in the run to the home straight, fought hard but couldn't muster the pace to challenge leaders over final 300M.
8 5 MASTER CHAMPION (K266) H T Mo TT1 Pressed along after the start to be tracking leaders, fought on one paced on early straight, was already out of contention when steadied 50M losing momentum.
9 4 SUPER FORTUNE (G065) B Avdulla TT Quickly into stride, shared lead on inside setting a steady pace to the home straight, lost lead nearing 200M, weakened and swamped by rivals late stages.
10 11 G LINER (H072) Y L Chung H/P/XB/TT Jumped awkwardly, lacked early pace and ended up near last, came under pressure home turn and failed to make any progress in the straight.
11 8 GENIUS BABY (K132) K C Leung -- Dropped back from wide draw, towards the rear early stages before shifting back to last entering home turn, plenty to do 400M but failed to respond.
12 7 GAZELEY (K253) L Hewitson -- Jumped fairly from draw 12, taken back to second half of the field, struggled to keep up 600M, soon ended up in last and out of contention.
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