Race 7 (317)
CONNAUGHT HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1200m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 5 | SUPREME FALCON (P224) | N Rawiller | CP | Ridden along early to hold forward position, settling one-out, one-back. Shaken up 300m, rolled forward to hit front 150m, raced tight concluding stages, just held. |
2 | 3 | GORGEOUS DEBUT (P369) | M Guyon | -- | First out, set up big lead middle stages, caught 150m, bumped and unbalanced 100m, but kept battling to the line. |
3 | 11 | CLEVER BEAVER (S352) | D Whyte | TT | Hampered start, dropping back. Mustered along rail to sit three-back from leader 800m. Got rails run in straight and ran on strongly to just fail. |
4 | 10 | ORIENTAL PROSPER (N100) | Y T Cheng | PC/TT | Began well, hard ridden to hold rail but raced keenly when crossed 1000m, taking box seat. Looked chance top of straight but unable match top three in run to the line. |
5 | 7 | ALL WIN BOY (P171) | A Suborics | H/TT | Bumped start, dropped back when crowded for room, crossing to rail four back from leader. Got inside run in straight but only one-paced under hard riding. |
6 | 1 | GOLDEN DEER (P121) | K C Ng | B | Began fairly, ridden along behind midfield but mostly three-wide. Swung wide into straight and kept on one-paced. Raced tight final stages. |
7 | 8 | ALL THE BEST (S169) | O Doleuze | SR/TT1 | Jumped OK, ridden along between horses initially before settling three-wide at the rear. Switched 4-wide around turn, widest into straight, one-paced. |
8 | 9 | FIVE UP HIGH (S276) | M Demuro | E/XB | Bumped start, ridden forward, settling one-off, two back. Rolled forward approaching straight to look chance but effort was short-lived. One-paced. |
9 | 4 | GENTILIS (S011) | J Moreira | H/TT | Little slow into stride, taken in from wide draw to settle in one-off position towards rear. Raced keenly passing 1000m, improved position around turn, one-paced in straight. |
10 | 2 | SILLY BUDDIES (S054) | K Teetan | -- | Given early reminders, ridden forward, settling three-wide outside leader without cover. Lost position around turn and faded gradually. |
11 | 6 | POPPING CANDY (S415) | N Callan | -- | Restrained soon after start and taken in from wide draw, settling in one-off position at the rear. Raced fiercely approaching 800m, unbalanced 450m, one-paced straight. |
12 | 12 | STEP FASTER (N295) | C K Tong | B/TT | Shifted across behind runners from wide draw and last on settling. Improved position around turn, kept on early in straight before tiring 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 |