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Race 6 (006)

CENTRAL HANDICAP   Rating:70-50   1000m   Sha Tin   Yielding

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 2 GOLCONDA (CA111) W C Marwing -- Broke well, always raced prominently, hard ridden with 400 M to run, headed by COMME D'HABITUDE 100 M out, battled back gamely to win all out.
2 1 COMME D'HABITUDE (CA107) D Whyte B Held up inside pacesetters early on, asked to lengthen 500 M from home, hit the front while hanging out with 100 M to run causing interference, lost lead in shadow of post.
3 7 IDEAL PARTNER (BT159) E Legrix SR- Impeded on exiling gates, raced towards rear early on, responded to pressure 500 M out to steadily peg back leaders, just ran out of ground.
4 3 FORTUNE MAKER (BP061) B Marcus B Away smartly, gradually shifted left from outside draw to reach stands rail on terms with leaders with 500 M to race, stayed on well without the pace of first three.
5 8 RUN AND WIN (CA131) F Coetzee B Hampered at gates but plenty early speed to lead at 800 M, ridden approaching 200 M in between COMME D'HABITUDE and GOLCONDA, beaten when badly baulked by former 30 M from line.
6 4 GALLANT HORSE (CA128) H K Yim -- Exited gates awkwardly shifting out, raced in midfield about 3.5 lengths off leaders at 600 M, under pressure at 400 M but stayed on fairly well to make moderate late headway.
7 10 LEGEND OF WEI HAI (BV283) S K Sit -- Away well, led those drawn on far side and still vying for lead before weakening with 200 M to run.
8 9 TOP QUALITY (BT212) Y T Cheng -- Settled alongside COMME D'HABITUDE early on, ridden to stay in touch 400 M out but offered no response.
9 14 HIN YUEN'S UNICORN (BS319) K H Ting -- Raced prominently during first half of race, niggled to maintain effort 500 M, soon retreated.
10 12 RISING INDEX (CA267) D Dunn B Last and towards far rail with 800 M to race, about 7Ls off pace and ridden with 600 M to go, stayed on at same pace.
11 13 SUNNY (BV040) W M Lai -- Always towards rear, raced about 5Ls off leaders with 600 M, soon faded.
12 11 HYDROGEN POWER (CA232) S Dye -- Away well but tended to hang out throughout, prominent until 400 M before dropping away markedly.
13 5 SPECIFIC SORCEROR (CA321) K C Tsang -- Broke well but never on terms during first half of race, weakened further in second half.
PU 6 STRONG WIN (BP306) J Egan B Travelled well before being asked to stay in touch with 600 M to race, pulled up. (Bled.)
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