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Race 1 (075)

BEECH HANDICAP   Rating:40-15   1650m   Happy Valley   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 1 REAL DRAGON (M144) M Chadwick TT Jumped well, settled just 2-back off the speed on rails switching to 2-wide far side, commenced move home turn, quickened under pressure to grab victory late.
2 7 GOOD LOOKING WATCH (L278) T Angland B/TT1 Broke well from a middle draw to assume a prominent position, improved around home bend to gain slender advantage into straight, but unable to sustain effort and caught close to home.
3 2 DYNAMIC CROSS (L426) K C Leung B Began from the widest gate, soon moved up to take up running on rails by stables bend setting a steady pace, held lead until joined into straight, fought on well and late.
4 11 YOUNG SUPREME (L074) T Clark P Settled in midfield on rails, commenced move approaching home turn, ran on steadily without threatening. (Tactic questioned.)
5 9 STARLIT WARRIOR (M162) A Suborics B Began awkwardly, soon improved to the front and crossed to rails before settling one-back in 3rd, similar turning in when briefly baulked on inside, failed to quicken under pressure in the run home.
6 4 FLYING KEEPER (M191) O Doleuze TT- Soon taken back to race in rear, saved ground turning in, kept on steadily without quickening.
7 3 LUCKY ARMY (L230) Y T Cheng H/TT Jumped from a poor draw settling at the tail end of the field, remained well back into straight, made some late progress.
8 8 SPARKLING (CK149) D Whyte SR2 Remained in last few to straight, saved ground turning for home, kept on without quickening.
9 6 FANTASTISCH (CK017) C K Tong XB Raced in midfield and refused to settle in first half of race, faded under pressure in straight.
10 5 FORTUNE COOKIE (M194) C W Wong B-/XB Slightly slow out, soon recovered to race keenly in forward of midfield, weakened under pressure in straight.
11 12 FRIENDS SUPPORT (L375) C Y Ho B/H/TT Raced keenly and wide and just worse than midfield, faded into straight.
DNF 10 GREAT SHOW (CK001) W C Marwing B/SR Settled just worse than midfield, saved ground on rails turning in, broke down shortly after straightening.
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