Race 7 (007)
SHEUNG WAN HANDICAP Rating:95-75 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 3 | DOWN TOWN (CG054) | C W Wong | -- | Well there, settling comfortably behind tear-away leader rounding home bend. Commenced run turning in drawing clear of rest of field while running past tiring pacemaker over 200 M out. Won readily. |
2 | 7 | WIN AGAIN (CD371) | F Coetzee | B | Close up early, settling about 2Ls off the front of the main group. Caught behind heels of runner early in straight only to run on when clear run inside final 250 M. |
3 | 8 | EGYPTIAN RA (CE002) | B Prebble | -- | Travelled mostly 3 or 4 wide in rear of midfield to straight. Ran on quite well under pressure. |
4 | 2 | TRIUMPHANT UNICORN (CD166) | Y T Cheng | -- | Travelled mainly in midfield. Forced to steady for a run early in straight. Finished off race quite well inside final 250 M. |
5 | 12 | PICKETT (CG155) | A Delpech | SR | Settled mainly in midfield on rails. Looked good place chance when reaching 2nd over 150 M out but swamped close to home. |
6 | 9 | HAR HAR CHARMS (CE100) | D Whyte | -- | Never far off the front of main group most of way to straight, then only kept on at the one pace. |
7 | 4 | KINDACROSS (CG041) | M Nunes | TT | Slightly slow into stride. Travelled mainly one off the rails amongst the front of main group. Gradually weakened passing the 200 M mark. |
8 | 11 | THE KING (CD384) | M Odendaal | TT | In last few to straight. Produced good late impression closing stages. |
9 | 1 | FIFTY FIFTY (CD131) | D Nikolic | B | Travelled mainly in midfield three off the fence. Only kept on at the same pace without quickening in straight. (Significant back pain following day.) |
10 | 5 | CLASSA FOR EVER (CD085) | H W Lai | V | Soon led, setting fast pace rounding home bend going about 6Ls clear of field. Unable to maintain advantage in straight and headed when tiring badly over 200 M out. |
11 | 6 | FLYING SPRINTER (CD021) | H K Yim | B | Travelled in rear of field throughout and never a danger. (See Racing Incidents.) |
12 | 10 | WADADELIGHT (CC340) | W M Lai | B | Trailed the field most of the way and never seen with a chance. |
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 |