Race 8 (192)
THE CATHAY PACIFIC JOCKEY CLUB SPRINT Rating:- 1200m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 2 | ROCKET MAN (M601) | F Coetzee | SR | Never far off the pace, advanced steadily down the inside passing 400M, switched to top gear150M out, finished off the race willingly and hit the line together with One World which is 5lbs better off in weight.. |
1 | 4 | ONE WORLD (CH133) | D Beadman | XB/H/TT | Positioned 2-wide towards the rear, had about 6Ls to make up passing 400M, shifted to outside of track and finished off the race strongly and got up just in time for a dead heat with Rocket Man. |
3 | 10 | LITTLE BRIDGE (CL285) | Z Purton | TT | Held up in midfield 2-wide, made steady headway in straight, looked a possible winner 150M out, shifted out under pressure late on but did well to finish half a length behind two horses with International Group One form. |
4 | 5 | DIM SUM (CH226) | O Doleuze | B | Sped to the lead and set a fast pace early stages, shook loose opening a clear advantage in upper straight, kept on well only to be headed 50M from home. Sound effort. |
5 | 1 | SACRED KINGDOM (CG268) | B Prebble | TT | Restrained to a position behind midfield, turned 3-wide rounding the home turn, made steady progress to 100M then flattened out late. (Jockey reported his horse commenced to lay in over the concluding stage. |
6 | 3 | LUCKY NINE (CL259) | G Mosse | -- | Dropped back from draw 12 and moved across to a 3-wide position near the rear, ran on evenly final 300M but never looked like getting involved. |
7 | 9 | LET ME FIGHT (CL176) | B Doyle | H | Unhurried early and settled in at the rear 7Ls off the pace, badly unbalanced 700M out, swung widest into straight, gradually progressed without threatening. |
8 | 7 | CERISE CHERRY (CL141) | Y T Cheng | B | Failed to muster speed despite being vigorously ridden in early stages, ended up near last 6-7Ls off the pace, made limited progress final 300M. |
9 | 8 | TAI SING YEH (CL037) | D Whyte | -- | Raced in mid-division along the rail, lacked a strong closing bid, not reached leaders and never threatened. |
10 | 12 | SWEET SANETTE (CL103) | J Lloyd | -- | Tracked the pace in 2nd, placed under pressure 400M out but couldn't get near to the leader, run ended 200M from home, weakened rapidly. |
11 | 11 | MULTIGLORY (CL168) | W C Marwing | TT | Stalked the pace 3-wide, had to be niggled along nearing home straight, weakened under pressure 300M out and was eased late. |
12 | 6 | OUR LUCKY BABY (CH187) | C W Wong | CP/TT | Assumed a 3-wide position in midfield and raced without cover over the home turn, came up empty leaving the bend, soon out of contention. |
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 |