Race 8 (337)
PING SHAN HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1600m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 4 | VOYAGE BUBBLE (E436) | K C Leung | CP | Soon crossed to the lead, pressed by rival middle stages setting fast pace, battled home well under a forceful ride, just held on at the line from fast finishing 2nd. |
2 | 12 | HAPPY TOGETHER (G446) | A Badel | TT | Caught wide early, steadied to a 3-wide spot at the rear entering home turn, fell back to clear last 600M, finished off strongly final 400M, just failed to reel in the winner. |
3 | 2 | LA CITY BLANCHE (G371) | Y L Chung | H/TT | Taken back to race near the rear, driven along 500M, had some difficulty obtaining clear running early straight, closed off final 200M fastest, got up for 3rd last stride, nearest finish. |
4 | 1 | ERIMO (E193) | H Bowman | B | Never far off leaders, positioned ahead of midfield along the 2-path, battled on under top weight in the straight, edged out to 4th in close finish for minor placings. |
5 | 7 | SECRET VISION (G302) | S De Sousa | TT | Took up a 2-wide spot in midfield, swung wide for home, stayed on mildly to claim 5th in a blanket finish for minor placings. |
6 | 9 | HAVA NAGEELA (H114) | Z Purton | B | Caught wide no cover early stages, allowed to improve position to race outsider leader 700M setting fast pace, battled on to hold 2nd until 70M, faded to 6th late. |
7 | 14 | HAPPY DAY (G119) | L Hewitson | -- | Unhurried after the start, settled 3-wide towards the rear off the fast pace, stayed on moderately towards the line, finished 7th but beaten less than 1.5L. |
8 | 8 | GOLDEN EMPIRE (E490) | R Maia | -- | Broke sharply, soon restrained to a midfield position along inside, went 4th briefly early straight, couldn't sustain run passing 200M. |
9 | 6 | CAPITAL LEGEND (G333) | C Y Ho | TT | Obtained a midfield spot, raced keenly early stages, caught wide no cover from 800M, failed to threaten turning home. (Jockey : stepping up to 1600M, raced wide and not able to finish off strongly.) |
10 | 10 | DECRYPT (D129) | C L Chau | XB/TT | From draw 1 obtained a position behind midfield, switched away from fence 650M, failed to impact over final 400M. |
11 | 3 | STRAIGHT ARRON (G435) | K Teetan | CP | Bumped on jumping, given a waiting ride at the rear, widest into straight and lacked the needed response. Never threatened. |
12 | 13 | IMPERIAL MAGEE (E460) | V Borges | H/SR/TT | Moved up to be prominently placed just off the pace, pushed along 600M, soon no extra and gave way from 350M. |
13 | 11 | YOUNG BRILLIANT (H135) | H Bentley | -- | Restrained to race behind midfield, failed to go on passing 350M, soon left behind. |
14 | 5 | NEVER TOO SOON (E434) | M F Poon | TT | Hustled to track leaders, under serious pressure 500M, weakened rapidly over final 300M, eased. (No Vet findings.) |
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 |