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Race 2 (759)

THE KING HANDICAP   Rating:40-0   1200m   Happy Valley   Good To Firm

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 8 WINNING BOY (N186) J Moreira -- Jumped smartly, settled leaders back, eased out to challenge on straightening, quickened nicely to win easily.
2 6 IDYLLIC WIND (N139) A Suborics -- Settled behind leaders, rifted back to midfield near 500m, pulled out to challenge on straightening, ran home well but no match for winner.
3 1 HELEN'S CHOICE (P185) M L Yeung -- Allowed to settle towards rear, commenced to improve at 400m and ran home nicely.
4 12 AMERICAN FAME (P449) H W Lai H/PC/TT Began fairly, no early pace and settled at rear, ran home steadily in straight.
5 11 DIAMOND ANGEL (M212) Y T Cheng B/TT2 Taken back from wide gate to settle at rear, pushed along home turn and finished off fairly.
6 5 NATURAL EIGHT (S243) Z Purton B/H Settled midfield, commenced to improve 450m but one paced in straight.
7 10 MASSIVE (P331) T H So XB Pushed hard from wide gate to go forward and lead, travelling nicely home turn but quickly under pressure in straight and weakened from 200m.
8 7 KING TAI SING (P175) G Mosse -- Ridden along early before easing back to obtain cover worse than midfield, hard ridden passing 500m when laying out, one paced in straight.
9 4 GREAT SPEED (S251) M Chadwick CP/H/TT Hard ridden from wide gate to go forward and settle outside leader, under pressure from 450m and weakened in run home.
10 2 OPTIMISM (S150) N Callan SR/TT Slow to begin, settled worse than midfield, ridden along near 600m to hold position, hard ridden home turn and could not pick up in the straight.
11 9 ALWAYS WONDERFUL (P347) K C Leung -- Jumped smartly and sent forward, hampered and checked at 1000m, under pressure passing 600m and weakened out of it.
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