Race 7 (715)
VACHERON CONSTANTIN HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1400m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 14 | VICTORY MASTER (M148) | J Lloyd | -- | Jumped well, backed off from early pace, settled easily with good speed in sixth along the fence. Came free between horses at 150m, pulled powerfully away with something in reserve. |
2 | 12 | DR WIN (CL203) | D Whyte | -- | Quickly away. Sat just behind the leaders, shaken from 300m out, ran on well for second. |
3 | 6 | ROMA THUNDER (CL109) | D Beadman | TT | Bumped hard but recovered at once. Disputed lead for the first 400m, pushed out entered the straight, kept on well to the line, no match to the powerful winner. |
4 | 5 | QUANTUM POWER (M134) | Z Purton | H/XB | Clean jump. Took up a position near rear. Steadied and slowed three times between 800m and 600m. Wide turn entering the straight and continued regained lost ground in the last 200m. |
5 | 7 | BEST CITY (M290) | T Angland | -- | Jumped well. Settled near rear. Checked hard during the race and began to pull. Balanced entered the straight and responded kindly to strong late drive. |
6 | 1 | WINNING EDGE (CL297) | O Doleuze | B/H/TT | Bumped hard off the barrier and dropped to rear. Headway 500m out, widest of all at top of the straight, came well on the stand side and finished smartly. |
7 | 2 | BLAZING SADDLES (CL319) | B Prebble | -- | Quickly away. Chased early pace but soon dropped back to fifth behind the early leaders. One pace under drive. |
8 | 11 | FOREST STAR (CJ167) | M Chadwick | TT | Slowly away. Always rear. Shaken 350m out, evenly at best. |
9 | 10 | SMART TOUCH (CL402) | Y T Cheng | CP | Quickly away. Settled in third along the rail. All chances in the straight but finished one pace under drive. |
10 | 13 | GOOD GAINS (CJ293) | K C Ng | XB | Broke left. Always in rear. Lost cover at 800m and headway 4-deep to the straight, ran on evenly until reaching the 200m pole. |
11 | 8 | HARVEST DANCER (M001) | K C Leung | -- | Broke left. Midfield, not much under drive coming home. |
12 | 9 | HONEY FORTUNE (M243) | G Cheyne | -- | Broke sideway but recovered at once. Disputed early lead, led fence, not quickened under drive. |
13 | 4 | WEALTH PARK (M300) | P Strydom | -- | Slowly away. In the rear, one pace under drive. |
14 | 3 | VERY WELL (M161) | B Doyle | SR/XB | Poor jump and steadied at once in rear. Pulled hard from 700m out while travelling 4-wide without cover, widest of all at top of the straight, weakened inside the last 200m. |
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 |