





Race 7 (762)
THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CHALLENGE CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:60-40 1400m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 1 | HAROLD WIN (J280) | C L Chau | V/XB | Shared pace from a poor draw, taken about 2L back to 2nd onto home bend, tracked leader into straight, quickened well to hit the front from tiring pacemaker 100M out, ridden out. |
2 | 8 | WORLD HERO (J413) | A Badel | B | Shared pace very wide from the widest draw, gained narrow advantage 1100M out, obtained rails run 900M out kicking over 2L clear rounding home bend, led until finding no extra 100M out. |
3 | 12 | STRATHPEFFER (H095) | L Hewitson | B | Niggled along wide and just worse than midfield after beginning from a poor draw, commenced move 4-wide around home bend reaching 3rd some 3L back 300M out, never threatening. |
4 | 4 | ENDUED (K033) | H Bowman | V/TT | Soon taken back to last from a poor draw travelling keenly in back straight, commenced move 600M out and one of the widest turning in for home, made good progress down the centre of the track to be nearest at finish. |
5 | 11 | LUCKY STATEMENT (J521) | P N Wong | B/TT | Ridden along on rail from the one draw before settling over 3L back in 7th, shuffled further back on rail 900M out but snuck back up saving ground on home turn, kept on same pace in straight without quickening. |
6 | 3 | MEOWTH (J487) | L Ferraris | TT | Broke well settling just off the pace in 5th 2-wide, drifted backward to some 5L 7th when held up behind runners rounding home bend, renewed pressure soon after straightening but unable to quicken to make any impression. |
7 | 6 | STRANGE ALERT (K278) | A Atzeni | -- | Settled in rear of midfield on rail, drifted further off the pace when tempo increased around home bend, didn't find much room behind runners early in straight until 150M when hung in and difficult to ride, made no further impression. |
8 | 2 | AEROINVINCIBLE (J180) | J Orman | H2/TT | Soon taken back towards rear from a poor draw, remained wide in last few before making a move very wide 600M out, fought on steadily in straight without threatening. |
9 | 13 | LAKESHORE HERO (J288) | B Avdulla | -- | Prominent early before settling in midfield, drifted further back about 1100M out towards rear, fought on steadily in straight without threatening. |
10 | 5 | LUCKY ARCHANGEL (E385) | M F Poon | B | Shared pace early stages, shuffled backward to 4L 4th inside the 900M in quickened tempo, kept on same pace from 3rd into straight until over 250M out. |
11 | 9 | METAL KING (K135) | K C Leung | -- | Crowded at start dropping to last few, baulked for a run behind runners in home straight until the 200M, made no impression thereafter. |
12 | 10 | NOBLE FANS (K038) | M L Yeung | H- | Travelled very wide without cover in forward of midfield early stages, taken slightly backward for cover 3-wide approaching first bend, lost cover shortly after before making short-lived effort entering straight, soon weakened. |
13 | 7 | CASA RUBICK (K299) | B Thompson | B/TT | Always well behind and never seen with a chance. |
14 | 14 | LITTLE SQUID (K050) | Y L Chung | E-/PC1/TT- | Ridden forward from sluggish start to prominent position after first 200M, became some over 3L back in 3rd in quickened tempo rounding home bend, folded up quickly upon straightening. |
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 |