Race 5 (005)
HARCOURT HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 1 | ALL VICTORY (M107) | M Chadwick | TT | Fair break, squeezed between runners after the jump. Pushed along to keep up the whole trip and settled eighth until straight, gained steadily from 350m out and never looked back from 100m out. |
2 | 2 | DELISH (M051) | D Whyte | TT | Well away. Settled calmly in rear. Widest of all 7-deep top of the straight, gained strongly last 100m, just missed catching the winner who had first run. |
3 | 12 | FORTUNE TOGETHER (CL283) | J Lloyd | -- | Quickly away from wide draw, settled rear group. Came 6-wide at the top of the straight, ran on well but no match to the first two. |
4 | 13 | EKRAAR EMPEROR (M081) | T Clark | TT | Clean break from wide draw. In touch with the fast early pace but left racing without cover 3-deep throughout. Kept on well. |
5 | 6 | CASTLE HERO (M257) | W M Lai | H1/TT1 | Good quick jump, settled rear rail. Finished strongly, unable to challenge. |
6 | 10 | STAR LEGEND (CJ233) | Y T Cheng | H/PC | Quick jump and ridden hard for early speed, took clear lead from 900m out, kept on straight until no extra last 100m. |
7 | 5 | GOOD THINKER (M127) | B Doyle | B-/V1 | Sluggish break and leaned left. Trailed throughout in last place, strong gain inside the last 150m, line came too soon. |
8 | 3 | SHIBALA (CK230) | O Doleuze | TT | Good jump. Chased hot early pace and stayed in touch in third. Kept on one pace until finished weakly. |
9 | 7 | GLOBAL FAME (M335) | D Beadman | TT1 | Fair break. In the rear. One pace when asked. |
10 | 14 | BLOSSOM DAILY (M174) | C K Tong | H/P | Broke in air. Recovered at once and managed to stay close in fifth after 200m. One pace in the straight. |
11 | 8 | HOT PEPPER (CJ236) | C W Wong | TT | Fast away but unable stay with hot early pace and soon back to the rear group. Ran on between horses without being able to threaten. |
12 | 11 | BIG WINNER AGAIN (CJ170) | M L Yeung | V/TT | Jumped well and ridden for speed. Settled just behind leaders fourth on rail. Every chance to win at top of the straight, found little when the question was popped. |
13 | 9 | WELL FIT (M185) | K C Leung | B/XB | Hit gate but recovered at once to dispute lead. Used energy to chase early leader until 600m mark. Nothing left from 300m out. |
14 | 4 | BEAUTIFUL SCENERY (M115) | Z Purton | B | Good jump. Saved ground midfield rail. Driven from 400m and found nil. |
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 |