Race 8 (496)
CHEUNG CHAU HANDICAP Rating:100-80 1650m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 9 | FLASHING AURA (CL404) | D Whyte | TT | Held up in midfield 3-wide, travelled smoothly, unleashed a powerful turn of foot when a gap opened up 250M, edged ahead inside 50M. |
2 | 2 | SILVER GRECIAN (CL323) | B Prebble | SR/XB/TT | Settled in midfield 2-wide, was given a few reminders down the back straight, niggled along making the home turn, finished well when clear inside 300M, got up for 2nd near line. |
3 | 13 | AOMEN (N008) | J Lloyd | B | Overcame a wide barrier to sit one out one back, moved strongly into the lead near 200M, kept on well only to be caught by first two final stages. |
4 | 4 | HELENE SPIRIT (M310) | G Mosse | TT | Soon led, set even pace, headed near 200M and kept on one paced final stages. |
5 | 6 | FREE JUDGEMENT (M163) | K C Leung | -- | Checked at the start, shuffled back, in 10th place 5Ls off leader turning for home, stayed on fairly and never a threat to leaders. |
6 | 14 | EURO SWIFTLY (CK091) | T Angland | H/CP/TT- | Dropped back to 2nd last, not hurried in early and middle stages, brought wide to straight, made some progress early straight, one paced final 100M. |
7 | 7 | RIO WILLIE (N087) | O Doleuze | B | Raced 3-wide in the group chasing the pace but had no cover for most of the way, kept on same pace to line. |
8 | 10 | KING OF REASON (M154) | M Du Plessis | H-/P2 | Never far off but was 4-wide without cover throughout, not quickened inside 300M, faded over the concluding stages. |
9 | 3 | FORTUNE RED PEPPER (CK199) | U Rispoli | H- | Held up midfield and had a ground saving trip along the inside, made no progress final 300M. |
10 | 5 | GROOVY (CL401) | A Suborics | -- | First attempt over the trip. Tracked leader, came under pressure inside 600M, out of contention 200M from home. |
11 | 1 | JUST FANTASTIC (CL291) | K C Ng | H | Slow to begin and reluctant to improve position despite being ridden, last turning home and never going the pace to challenge. |
12 | 8 | CARTHAGE (CL256) | W M Lai | SR/TT | Caught wide over the first turn, dropped back to a rearward position in search of cover entering back straight, pushed wide again turning for home, no extra inside 300M. |
13 | 11 | OPEN SESAME (CL091) | M Chadwick | TT | Settled behind midfield, under pressure halfway turning for home, outpaced inside 400M, never involved. |
14 | 12 | ST DIDAR (CL115) | T Clark | B/TT | Not far away in 4th, came under pressure 500M out, soon beaten and eased final 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 |