Race 7 (205)
THE CHEVALIER CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:110-85 1600m Sha Tin Good To Yielding
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 9 | SIMPLY BRILLIANT (B090) | A Badel | H/XB | Broke well settling wide in midfield in 6th, gained slightly closer to 5th 3-wide rounding home bend, sustained effort in straight to just get up on line. |
2 | 7 | WHAT ELSE BUT YOU (A136) | T Angland | PC | Jumped fairly, improved gradually along the rail to midfield some 4L back approaching home bend, baulked for a run early in straight, quickened well inside the final 250 metres to just fail to get up on line. |
3 | 4 | RISE HIGH (A238) | Z Purton | XB | Settled in rear after beginning from a wide gate, pulled his way forward to midfield in 7th passing the 1200 metres, ran on under pressure early in straight. |
4 | 3 | RATTAN (A061) | C Schofield | CP | Jumped well from a wide gate but soon taken back, remained in last few to the straight, ran on steadily but inconvenienced 50 metres out. |
5 | 5 | DINOZZO (V246) | S Clipperton | B/TT | Taken back from the widest gate travelling wide in the rear, crossed to the rail approaching home bend, tight run early in home straight before making modest progress between runners without threatening. |
6 | 11 | NORTHERN SUPERSTAR (C073) | G van Niekerk | TT1 | Moderate start from a wide gate, settled wide in just worse than midfield, remained similar turning in, ran home one-paced. |
7 | 10 | MORETHANLUCKY (A039) | K Teetan | B | Ridden to lead, obtained rails run 1200 metres out setting a steady pace, led until headed under pressure over 100 metres out. |
8 | 1 | ROMANTIC TOUCH (S393) | S De Sousa | TT | Ridden along early in midfield dropping further back after the first 400 metres, in last few rounding home bend and into the straight, crowded for room over 200 metres out, produced some late impression. |
9 | 13 | GOOD STANDING (B105) | D Whyte | -- | Soon improved to first few settling in 4th about 3L off the pace, came closer turning into the straight, kept on before fading inside the final 200 metres. (Questioned for disappointing performance) |
10 | 2 | HORSE OF FORTUNE (T118) | W M Lai | -- | Settled in last few on the rail, kept on without quickening early in straight, inconvenienced 100 metres out. |
11 | 12 | SUPER TURBO (V310) | K C Leung | CP | Shared early pace, taken one back on the rail over 1200 metres out, faded under pressure soon after straightening. (Tactic questioned) (Lame next day) |
12 | 6 | JOLLY BANNER (V077) | M Chadwick | B | Ridden prominently before settling 2-wide just over 1L back, folded up quickly 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 |