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Race 6 (108)

THE LONGINES CUP (HANDICAP)   Rating:80-60   1200m   Happy Valley   Good To Firm

Section 2

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 6 EXCELLENT PEERS (G033) M Chadwick H/XB Settled box-seat, about 1-1/2L off, kicked away near 125M, ran on to win by 3/4L.
2 4 ATULLIBIGEAL (G173) L Currie H/XB Eased back, at rear 2 wide, made ground and ran home strongly to finish 2nd.
3 12 H Z TOURBILLON (E149) L Hewitson TT Sent forward, took rail and led, weakened and headed approaching 100M.
4 5 DECISIVE TWELVE (D280) C Y Ho P-/TT Began only fairly, settled midfield along the rail, kicked on before flattened inside final 100M.
5 1 BEAUTY GLORY (E459) K C Leung H/TT Prominent, wide and no cover from near 800M, stayed on one paced.
6 11 SPONTANEOUS (D106) V Borges B Jumped smartly before taken back, sat worse than midfield, wide but with cover, ran home okay.
7 3 IGNITING (D481) M F Poon B/TT Hard ridden, settled one-out one-back po-sition, was one paced in the straight.
8 9 STORMTROUPER (E100) R Maia E/TT Bumped start, in about midfield, 2 wide, bumped 250M, ran on only one paced.
9 2 POWER KOEPP (E301) A Badel E Jumped okay, steadied to find cover in front of midfield but 3 wide, bumped near 250M, no progress in the straight.
10 7 DRAGON DELIGHT (G395) M L Yeung -- Bumped start, sat worse than midfield, 2 wide, ran on without threatening.
11 10 SUPER DOBBIN (D352) A Hamelin B Slow out and lost ground, recovered in worse than midfield, on rail, dashed early before weakening passing 150M.
12 8 STARFIRE GEMS (G453) Z Purton XB1 Jumped well, prominent and wide until shifted to outside lead after 800M, didn't close off. (See Incident Report)
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