Race 7 (526)
SHEUNG HEI HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1200m Happy Valley Yielding
Section 2
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 12 | SMART IDEA (E344) | H Bentley | H/TT | Stumbled at start losing ground but quickly recovered to better than midfield in 6th on the rail, saved ground turning for home, fought on under pressure to hit the front over 120 metres out |
2 | 6 | SEIZING THE MOMENT (E444) | J Moreira | B | Sluggish at start, held up in rear of midfield mainly in 7th, commenced move 3-wide rounding home bend, widest of all into straight when bumped over 300 metres out, fought on well to be nearest at finish. |
3 | 10 | FAULDS (G153) | K Teetan | XB/TT | Bumped and lost ground at start, niggled along towards the rear, gained slightly closer towards midfield in back straight, saved ground on the rail turning for home, fought on steadily under pressure without threatening. |
4 | 8 | NOTHING NEW (E127) | A Badel | H/P/XB | Settled towards rear, one of the widest into home straight, finished off the race well down the centre of the track. |
5 | 11 | HAPPY SHARING (G169) | M Chadwick | TT | Broke well from the one gate sharing early pace, held rails run inside race leaders most of the way to home straight, kept on under pressure before finding no extra inside final 50 metres. |
6 | 7 | MR COLOURFUL (E350) | M F Poon | CP/TT | Driven forward after moderate start from a wide barrier to be up with the pace 4-wide, improved to take up running 700 metres out and raced one off the rail on home bend, swamped inside final 120 metres. (Tactic questioned.) |
7 | 9 | PRANCE DRAGON (B349) | K C Leung | B/TT | Soon taken back to rear from a wide barrier, travelled keenly 1000 metres out, saved ground turning for home, one-paced under pressure. |
8 | 2 | FAMILY FOLKS (D505) | A Hamelin | CP | Well there early but quickly taken back to 7th in mid-division, left flat-footed rounding home bend dropping towards the rear into straight, tightened about 120 metres out but fought on to the line |
9 | 3 | MAGIC PHOENIX (E440) | L Hewitson | TT | Began moderately but soon came to share early pace, taken one back to 4th early in back straight, became 2L back coming onto home bend, wide turning for home, kept on until the 100 metres. (Questioned for disappointing performance.) |
10 | 5 | SUPER DOBBIN (D352) | R Maia | B | Driven forward from a wide gate to lead, joined before headed shortly after passing the 700 metres, soon weakened out of contention from 3rd into straight. |
11 | 1 | DECISIVE TWELVE (D280) | C Y Ho | TT | Settled about 3L off the pace in 5th, gave ground steadily from rounding home bend, dropped out of contention 200 metres out. |
12 | 4 | LOCKHEED (B087) | Z Purton | CP/TT | Settled well behind from a wide gate, steadied on the rail 800 metres out and soon detached. (Jockey said horse not handled the going.) |
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 |