Race 8 (756)
MULTI-STAR HANDICAP Rating:100-75 1800m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 9 | BUSINESS AS USUAL (M057) | D Beadman | H | Took early lead, restrained nearing 1300M and sat just behind the pace, into clear inside 300M and swiftly moved up to press leader before wrestled the lead 50M out. |
2 | 1 | HOT SHOT (CL289) | D Whyte | TT | Positively ridden, sat one out one back and going strongly into straight, led 200M out, rallied on when pressed by the eventual winner, headed nearing 50M. |
3 | 7 | OSVALDO (CK075) | Z Purton | B | Checked at the start, recovered to race in midfield 4-5Ls off the pace, gradually picked up, did best work final 200M, nearest finish. |
4 | 8 | BEAUTY GLOW (M303) | B Prebble | B1/TT | Never far off the pace but was a shade keen in running, moved into contention passing 500M, took time to gather on straightening, stayed on well final 150M. |
5 | 6 | HELENE WITTY (CL228) | C Y Ho | TT | Tracked leader early, went forward and crossed to the lead 1100M out, put up a brief resistance when being challenged inside 250M, faded passing 150M and weakened into 5th. |
6 | 3 | JAMESINA (CH290) | W C Marwing | B/TT | Driven early to hold a position 3Ls off the pace, pushed along over the home turn, kept grinding away but never going the pace to seriously challenge. |
7 | 4 | HAPPY TUMBLER (CL048) | T Angland | XB | Hampered at the start and was pushed back to a rearward position early stages, made his move passing 600M and fanned wide into straight, ran on to 150M but was then flattened. |
8 | 10 | SICHUAN LEGEND (M248) | C K Tong | B | Held up along the fence in a position behind midfield, urged along inside 500M, kept on at the same pace and made little headway on straightening. |
9 | 11 | HOLIDAY SUN (CJ328) | J Lloyd | CP | Towards the rear about 6-7Ls off the pace, saved ground on the inside, run ended near 200M and faded. |
10 | 12 | THE UNTOUCHABLELAD (CK398) | T H So | B | Positioned 2-wide towards the rear, found very little when asked and never threatened. |
11 | 2 | FEARLESS (CH301) | Y T Cheng | B | Dropped back to last 8Ls behind leader, niggled along over the home turn but failed to pick up, eased when well beaten inside 150M. |
12 | 5 | HAPPY GUYS (CL275) | H W Lai | B | Forwardly placed but caught wide no cover throughout the race, struggled inside 500M and gave ground rapidly. |
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 |