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Race 2 (224)

YELLOW RIVER HANDICAP   Rating:56-32   1200m   Happy Valley   Good To Firm

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 13 THE SURE THING (BJ250) F Coetzee -- Jumped on terms and pushed along to contest early lead before settling behind speed, 3rd straightening, hit front at 175 M and held on under hard riding.
2 4 ZEUS (BK154) A Munro -- Jumped on terms then dropped back off midfield, 10th 7Ls from lead at 800 M and still well back turning in, clear soon after and ran on strongly to just fail.
3 6 PLENTIFUL HARVEST (BK005) D Lee -- Began well back lacked early dash settling 2nd last, wide from 600 M and taken to extreme outside straightening, made up good ground. (Enquiry held.)
4 2 GALLANT DRAGON (BM085) E Legrix -- Began on terms but trapped wide, 9th 4Ls from speed at 900 M then 2-1/2Ls from pace when inconvenienced at 500 M, pushed very wide on home turn and ran on gamely.
5 3 DIABLO (BJ276) G Childs -- Began well and very hard ridden in early stages, moved forward to 2nd outside leader from 650 M, whip at 200 M, tired over final 100 M but kept battling.
6 7 TURF KING (BL102) M Kinane -- Jumped fairly then trapped wide, 3Ls off lead at 700 M, ridden along from 600 M then went forward along inside to 4th turning in, could not quicken from 300 M.
7 14 OMNIPOTENCE (BM231) L O'Sullivan -- Began awkwardly dropping back near rear, last turning for home, did best work final 100 M. (Saddle slipped.)
8 5 FORTUNE WINNER (BK178) B Marcus -- Began well duelling for early lead, crossed to fence at 750 M, under pressure from 400 M, headed at 200 M then plodded.
9 9 BAMBI (BK126) L F Chung -- Began well and was close up to 1st turn then drifted back along inside to 9th 5Ls from lead at 650 M, could not improve under hands and heels riding in straight.
10 10 MERRY MAPLE (BM038) W H Tse -- Slowly away and with tailenders till straightening, made a little ground.
11 11 HANDSOME BILLY (BM230) C K Tse -- Began only fairly and lacked pace drifting well back, did little when placed under pressure in straight.
12 8 GALLANT MIDDY (BM103) P Schiergen -- Slowly away then made some ground till eased at 1000 M went forward again to 2Ls off front at 600 M, hung out at 500 M then dropped out.
13 12 SUNG SHAN (BL163) H K Yim -- Jumped on terms then pushed along to stay in touch, 5th 4-wide at 800 M then lost ground till checked at 500 M and dropping right out.
14 1 BIG APPLE (BJ007) T Quinn -- Began fairly and hard ridden in early stages, 4th 3-wide 1-1/2Ls off pace at 800 M, began to lose ground from 600 M eventually tailing off.
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