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Race 1 (455)

KEEN WINNER HANDICAP   Rating:60-40   1400m   Sha Tin   Good To Yielding

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 6 CHECK MATE (CC259) O Doleuze B Towards rear. Slightly hampered final turn. Ran on well from 8th 400 M to assert authority final 100 M. Won well.
2 5 AFRICAN FOREST (CD174) R Fradd V1/TT Led field to 100 M. Failed to match speed with winner but just held on for 2nd.
3 14 VITAL PATROL (CC335) A Delpech -- Slightly behind midfield and was 4-wide but with cover. Kept on well in straight to just miss 2nd at finish.
4 1 THOUSAND WINS (CD352) D Whyte SR Towards rear. Made up good ground on outside final 400 M.
5 3 LUCKY DRAGON (CD322) P H Lo B- Better than midfield. 3Ls 5th to 500 M. Made good progress final turn to be 2nd early straight. One-paced inside 200 M.
6 13 SPARKLE (CB406) H W Lai V Midfield. Made slight progress turning for home. Found not much room early straight. Kept on moderately when in clear 250 M.
7 10 BRAINIEST (CD345) G Schofield SR Soon last. 2nd last rounding home bend until early straight. Made up some ground inside 400 M.
8 9 SEA TREASURE (CD335) F Coetzee TT1 Near rear, last approaching 1000 M. Recovered some ground on outside final 200 M.
9 11 BRAVE COMMANDER (CC322) C Williams -- Prominent. 2Ls 3rd rounding home bend. Kept on until failing to hold place 250 M out.
10 4 FAIRPLAY (CC258) E Saint-Martin -- Pushed along early to soon be 3rd. Weakened steadily passing 300 M.
11 8 SOLAR POWER (CE047) O Chavez SR1 Towards rear throughout.
12 2 WAFER KING (CD276) B Prebble -- Midfield and then behind. Failed to respond when given reminders early straight.
13 12 BEAMING RIVER (CB078) Y T Cheng -- Well there early from widest draw, soon in 6th. Moved up from 3-wide without cover at 1000 M to be 1L 2nd 800 M. Kept on until faded out of contention 300 M.
14 7 SIMPLY THE BEST (CE014) G Mosse SR Slow into stride, then ridden along to be in touch. Dropped back to midfield rounding home bend. Made no show in straight.
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