Race 5 (220)
THE HONG KONG GOLF CLUB CENTENARY CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:60-40 1200m Happy Valley Good
Section 2
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 9 | ROCKET LET WIN (P330) | V Cheminaud | B/TT | Began well, hampered 1050m, settled three back along fence. Put under pressure 400m, got split 250m, charged home strongly. Rider dropped whip 200m. |
2 | 2 | CRAIG'S FORTUNE (T020) | Z Purton | H | Quickly into stride, grabbing box seat before first turn and tailing leader. Urged forward along rail in straight, looked winner 250m, run down final stages. |
3 | 4 | BACK IN BLACK (T358) | K Teetan | TT | Quickly away, pushed forward, settling one-off, three-back. Rolled forward 350m, shifted in 200m forcing jockey to stop riding, then one-paced. |
4 | 10 | STAR OF WAI BO (P177) | C Y Ho | H/P | Pressed forward from an outside draw, racing wide till joining leader passing 950m. Joint leader passing 200m but one-paced closing stages. |
5 | 3 | SPARKLING TALENT (T346) | R Fourie | TT | Hard ridden from outside draw to stay with leaders in one-off, one-back position. Battled on gamely early in straight, one-paced final 200m. |
6 | 1 | PLANET CHOICE (S444) | G Mosse | TT | First out, showed way to 950m when pressured by another, caught passing 200m, kept on to 100m, faded. |
7 | 11 | ALL TIMES LUCKY (P064) | K C Ng | XB | Got off well, not pushed, settling along rail 4-back from leader. Tightened 600m, switched out 400m to make challenge but one-paced. |
8 | 12 | HAPPY HOMING (N182) | Y T Cheng | TT | Outpaced, settling at rear along fence. Improved position around turn, took inside run in straight, kept on fairly. |
9 | 6 | FRANCE VALOUR (S408) | H N Wong | -- | Steadied soon after start, shifted across behind horses, settling at rear. Well back entering straight but kept on fairly. |
10 | 7 | MIGHTY EQUUS (P112) | G Benoist | V | Stumbled start and hit barrier stall, ridden to make ground but wide, settling behind midfield. One-paced in straight. |
11 | 5 | STORM KID (S338) | C K Tong | -- | Pushed early, settling midfield away from fence. Kept tabs on leading pack to straight when tired quickly. |
12 | 8 | EXCELLENT FORTUNE (S252) | T H So | H | Began awkwardly, losing ground, dropping towards rear. Trailed field thereafter. |
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 |