Race 6 (006)
QUARRY BAY HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1400m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 6 | FAT DRAGON (CD130) | D Whyte | -- | Tracked leader. Commenced move upon straightening and ran on to take charge over 150 M out. Hung on well under pressure. |
2 | 5 | PIONERO (CD402) | C K Tong | B | Sluggish at start. Gradually picked up to rear of field. Virtually last into straight when not much room early. Made up good ground inside final 200 M. |
3 | 3 | SOLAR POWER (CE047) | M Nunes | B | Raced on rails in midfield. Switched one off the rail for a run entering straight. Ran on steadily under pressure down inner to reach 3rd late. |
4 | 9 | SUDDEN SPLENDOR (CE251) | A Delpech | B/TT | Held up in rear of midfield. Raced 3-wide rounding home bend and into straight. Ran on steadily without threatening. |
5 | 8 | SHINING DRAGON (CC181) | W M Lai | SR | Attempted to make all. Unable to sustain effort and swamped inside final 200 M. |
6 | 11 | SOLDIER ON (CD230) | R Fradd | B | Soon dropped to rear, reaching tail-end rounding home bend. Went widest into the straight and quickened well down centre to reach 3rd passing 200 M but unable to sustain effort close to home. |
7 | 1 | CONQUEROR (CE270) | H K Yim | V | Mostly in joint 4th and never far off racing 2 or 3 wide. Similar turning in but one-paced before finding no extra inside final 200 M. |
8 | 14 | AURELIAN (CC025) | H W Lai | -- | Settled at the back. Made headway 4 wide rounding home bend. Kept on from midfield into straight before finding no extra inside final 200 M. |
9 | 10 | SEVENS HEAVEN (CE175) | F Coetzee | SB/TT | Settled towards rear. Did not have much room early in straight. Obtained run late passing 200 M and only kept on at the same pace. |
10 | 7 | OPERA MAGIC (CB404) | C W Wong | B | Settled wide towards rear far side. Made swift headway rounding home bend to dispute lead briefly entering straight. Soon weakened. |
11 | 13 | DASHING FLAIR (CE330) | M Odendaal | B/TT | Jumped fairly. Soon ridden to prominent position on rails chasing in 3rd. Began to yield ground on top of home bend and weakened in straight. |
12 | 4 | THE ONLY ONE (CB383) | Y T Cheng | B | Raced wide throughout and never better than midfield. Faded under pressure in straight. |
13 | 2 | CHALLENGER (CE138) | K S Yu | B | Disputed 4th far side. Still prominent rounding home bend. Forced to steady about 500 M out and soon weakened. |
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 |