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Race 7 (479)

BUTTERFLY HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1400m   Sha Tin   Good To Firm

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 7 SHARKI (CD267) D Whyte -- Better than midfield. 4Ls off the pace at 800 M. Advanced from a 3-wide position home turn and reached within 2Ls of the leader on straightening. Quickened nicely and drew clear final 200 M.
2 3 CRYSTAL (CE209) G Mosse -- Jumped well and was steadily taken back to race at midfield. 3-wide in making the turn and closed the race off strongly.
3 13 REGENCY HORSE (CE229) F Coetzee TT1 Jumped well. Led or disputed lead before taking a sit off the pace 1000 M. 2Ls behind leader on straightening, took some time to gather speed but closed the race off strongly once quickened.
4 5 WINNING POWER (CD147) M Rodd B/TT Wide at midfield early stages. Steadily improved to keep within a length of the leader at home turn. Had the lead briefly at 300 M but was unable to hold off late charging rivals.
5 11 DRAGON AND GOLD (CD244) E Saint-Martin -- Settled behind midfield. Switched out on straightening and steadily made up ground.
6 6 MR COOL (CD071) C W Wong B/TT Ridden along early and took the lead at 1200 M. Lost the lead at 800 M but remained just off the pace home turn. Unable to pick up on straightening and stayed on same pace to line.
7 14 SMART HORSE (BV096) S K Sit -- Jumped well from wide draw and dropped back to rear section. Made up some ground rounding home turn from a 4-wide position. Ran on steadily in the straight.
8 1 OSCAR STAR (CC046) G Schofield -- Sluggish start, failed to gather speed and raced at the rear. Trailed field into home straight and made up some ground in the straight.
9 4 KROVANH (CD373) L Innes B- Jumped fairly from wide draw and steadily worked its way up to join the leaders after 1000 M. Took over the lead home turn but weakened on straightening.
10 12 DANSKE VERY MUCH (CD394) O Chavez SR- Jumped awkwardly and raced at midfield. Raced along the rails home turn but was only one-paced in the straight.
11 10 ASSET PLAY (CC147) C K Tong -- Dropped back to race towards the rear. 3-wide making the turn and only ran past a few beaten ones in the straight.
12 8 KAISER'S PRIZE (CD350) C Williams -- Missed the kick but was hard ridden to be behind the leaders. Raced along the fence home turn and was 2Ls behind the leader. Failed to pick up on straightening and weakened closing stages.
13 9 SHARE THE FUN (CC111) Y T Cheng TT Settled on fence in rear section. Ran on briefly in the straight but weakened inside final 200 M.
14 2 SPECIAL LENGTH (CE116) B Prebble -- In rear section throughout and made no impression in the 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