Race 4 (257)
POTTINGER HANDICAP Rating:72-32 2200m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 11 | THE GREATEST (BN260) | P Strydom | B1 | Waited with. Made swift progress on outside rounding home bend. Ducked in sharply when mid-division into straight. Cruised to lead inside final 200 M for a comfortable victory. (Promoted.) |
2 | 6 | ECHO BAY (BN254) | D Oliver | -- | 5th early. Hampered and lost some ground halfway out. Commenced run at Rock but steadied passing 600 M. Regained to mid-division into straight but hampered again before making good late progress to be nearest at finish. |
3 | 8 | NANSEN (BM119) | H K Cheung | -- | Settled in mid-division. Took closer order entering straight. Ran on steadily under pressure to reach 3rd closing stages. |
4 | 10 | MOUNT SAPPHIRE (BJ163) | W M Lai | -- | Settled in rear. Made swift progress from 800 M to take lead rounding home bend. 1L clear early in straight but found no extra when swamped inside final 200 M. |
5 | 3 | GOLD CONCEPT (BL195) | K H Ting | -- | Jumped awkwardly losing ground at start. Trailed the field to straight. Made some late progress to be nearest at finish. |
6 | 2 | BETTER CHOICE (BJ032) | H K Yim | -- | Towards rear to straight. Made up some late ground inside final 200 M to be nearest at finish. |
7 | 12 | TREMENDOUS WAY (BN106) | L Cassidy | B | Ridden to muster pace early. Travelled in mid-division before taking closer order passing 800 M. Given reminders to maintain position entering straight before hampered over 300 M out. Never recovered. |
8 | 5 | MAGIC DREAMS (BM002) | T Quinn | -- | Prominent to straight then weakened. |
9 | 1 | ASSEGAI (BL060) | M Kinane | -- | Mid-division early. Improved to be close up behind leader in home straight the first time. Lost momentum approaching home bend and weakened upon straightening. |
10 | 4 | SPACE ROCK (BK134) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Soon took up running and led field to 500 M, then tired quickly upon straightening. |
11 | 9 | OUR CHAMPION (BL036) | B Marcus | -- | Mid-division to home bend then faded. |
12 | 7 | MAX LABEL (BN117) | K M Chin | -- | Travelled mainly in 4th before dropping back to mid-division passing 800 M. Lost further ground 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 |