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Race 4 (279)

HANGCHOW HANDICAP   Rating:56-32   1400m   Sha Tin   Good To Firm

Section 3

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 2 GALLANT DRAGON (BM085) E Legrix -- Prominent throughout, settling behind leader. Improved steadily to take over at 150 M. Moved clear. Kept on.
2 13 GREAT INTENT (BM198) F Coetzee -- Wide early. Moved up from midfield at 1200 M to settled 3rd approaching 800 M. Travelled 4th to home bend, reaching 2nd inside 100 M. Unable to trouble winner.
3 8 TACTICS (BL228) H K Yim -- Travelling 3rd to 1100 M when checked, briefly dropping to 7th. Recovered to share 5th at 800 M. Gained steadily final 200 M to claim 3rd.
4 10 WARM WINTER (BM099) D Holland -- Inconvenienced at start. Dropped to 11th at 1200 M, racing 10th to 600 M. Made up considerable ground from 11th at 400 M to just miss place.
5 1 CLASSIC BOY (BM011) L O'Sullivan -- Jumped outwards. Took early lead, crossing to rail approaching 1000 M. Headed 150 M out. Gradually weakened out of place.
6 9 CITISPEED (BM104) B Marcus -- Steadied at start. Made headway from 9th at 1200 M to briefly reach 3rd near 1000 M, sharing 5th at 800 M. Outpaced in straight, dropping to 8th inside 200 M but kept fighting.
7 14 BRAVE DUKE (BK136) T Kwok -- Remained 13th until home bend. Ran on strongly wide out to be nearest at finish.
8 5 GO GO (BK059) H K Cheung -- Wide early. Sent forward from midfield at 1200 M to 2nd at 850 M. Weakened from 300 M.
9 6 HAMMERHEAD (BH212) G Childs -- Away well, dropping to 12th at 1200 M. Wide from 800 M, gaining to 8th early in straight. One-paced.
10 4 COLOURFUL WORLD (BK135) W H Tse -- Lost ground from 4th at 1200 M to 9th at 1000 M after being steadied. Remained in similar position. (Demoted.)
11 11 SOMETHING MORE (BM151) T Jarnet -- Good early progress from 10th nearing 1200 M to share 5th at 1000 M. Tightened before dropping to 7th at 800 M. Tired from 300 M.
12 7 FAST FORWARD (BK188) W R Swinburn -- Racing 5th at 1200 M, dropping to 11th at 1000 M. Remained in last few.
13 12 GOLDEN COMPUTER (BJ091) C K Tsang -- Travelled 8th to 750 M. Lost ground inside 400 M.
14 3 HUMDINGER (BE043) M Kinane -- Last throughout.
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