Race 4 (504)
TO KWA WAN HANDICAP Rating:60-35 1650m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 11 | WINNER'S DELIGHT (P290) | Z Purton | B1/TT | Began well, ridden along in midfield to hold rail into back stretch. Came off fence 800m and got souffled back to near last, taken very wide 400m, ran home strongly to win on line. |
2 | 8 | VERDANE (P184) | G Mosse | B | Bumped start, recovered but held 3-wide into back stretch without cover. Rolled forward 800m, took lead 700m, kicked clear 300m, run down on line. |
3 | 10 | GOLDLAND DANCER (N316) | N Callan | B | Began well and led for few strides but difficult to settle first turn. Raced in midfield to home straight, kept on steadily. Rider reported saddle slipped at start and again top of straight putting him at a disadvantage. |
4 | 12 | TAI PO FORTUNE (P081) | K Teetan | H/TT | Jumped well, ridden to go forward despite racing 3-4 wide first turn. Cut in to rail back stretch, took box seat turn, looked chance 200m, kept on one-paced. |
5 | 14 | DANESOUTH (CL001) | Y T Cheng | H/TT | Began fairly, hard ridden from wide draw to take up running 1200m then slowed pace. Overtaken 700m, kept battling till 150m when one-paced. |
6 | 3 | XILAI XIANZI (N088) | O Doleuze | B/TT | Began OK, outpaced, settling at rear along fence. Improved position turn, came off fence 400m but cut back in 300m, kept on steadily. |
7 | 2 | COOL BEAN (N076) | B Prebble | -- | Jumped well, pushed to take up rail position forcing other front runners to race wide. Stayed on fence 3-back from leader, taken out top of straight, one paced. |
8 | 5 | EL GRANDE (CL378) | C Y Ho | -- | Ridden forward from wide draw and held wide first turn, settling two-back, one-off back stretch. Taken wider entering straight but only one-paced. |
9 | 4 | HOLY MAC (N189) | M Chadwick | -- | Bumped start, no speed, dropped to rear along fence. Shuffled back to last 800m, came off fence turn, one-paced in straight. |
10 | 13 | CROATIA (P132) | W M Lai | H-/B | Bumped shortly after start, raced ungenerously to first turn, checked back stretch when a runner broke down. turned wide, found little in straight. |
11 | 7 | GLAMOROUS RYDER (S007) | K C Leung | TT | Bumped start, no speed, dropping to last in one-off position. Made forward move 800m but effort short-lived. One paced straight. |
12 | 6 | EVERSPRING (P325) | H W Lai | SR | Began fairly, ridden along between horses first turn, hampered and taken wider 800m, lost touch with field around turn. Performance unacceptable. |
13 | 9 | GOOD THINKER (M127) | A Suborics | V | Hard ridden from widest draw, racing wide first turn to sit behind leader. Shuffled back final turn, checked top of straight, faded. Unacceptable performance. |
PU | 1 | PACKING MOTOR (P226) | J Moreira | B/XB | Hard ridden to go forward from wide draw, settling midfield but wide back stretch when broke down 800m and pulled up. |
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 |