





Race 8 (627)
THE FWD QEII CUP Rating:- 2000m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 3 | TASTIERA (K913) | D Lane | XB/TT | Stayed close to leaders throughout, loomed up outside leaders 500M, soon quickened to the lead and drove clear for an authoritative victory. |
2 | 2 | PROGNOSIS (H820) | J McDonald | H | Given a patient ride at the rear, raced keenly in the middle stages, swung wide into straight then closed off fastest to take 2nd close home. Not reach winner. |
3 | 4 | CALIF (K914) | A De Vries | V/XB | Settled in midfield, in 5th spot for much of the journey, saved ground on the inside before finishing off nicely over final 400M to claim 3rd. |
4 | 7 | ENSUED (H452) | B Avdulla | -- | Maintained a midfield position 2-wide, driven along 500M, stayed on fairly well to claim 4th at the finish. |
5 | 9 | CAP FERRAT (K021) | C Williams | -- | Positively ridden to be chasing leader in a race run at even pace, briefly took over early straight but soon outpaced by winner, held 2nd spot to near 80M from home, faded to 5th near line. |
6 | 10 | RUBYLOT (H412) | H Bowman | CP | Slow to begin, settled towards the rear, badly crowded for room 300M before running on nicely towards the finish, not beaten far by higher rated rivals. |
7 | 8 | MOMENTS IN TIME (H474) | J Moreira | TT | Began well enough to be chasing leaders along the inside, battled on at same pace from top of the straight, faded late stages. |
8 | 6 | STRAIGHT ARRON (G435) | M F Poon | XB | Held up near last in a evenly run race, shuffled back to last turning for home, couldn't finish off. |
9 | 1 | GOLIATH (K920) | C Soumillon | -- | Settled down in second half of the race, appeared to travel well about 4Ls to make up top of straight, buffeted for room 300M and failed to respond afterwards. |
10 | 5 | EL VENCEDOR (K929) | Z Purton | H/SR/TT | Soon led, raced too keenly and refused to settle in the lead, caught by rivals nearing 400M, weakened away. |
PU | 11 | LIBERTY ISLAND (K917) | Y Kawada | -- | Dropped back to near last early stages, improved to midfield passing 1200M, badly crowded for room 300M, went amiss 250M when it sustained an injury to its LF leg. |
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 |