Race 8 (145)
SUISSE PROGRAMME HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1400m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 5 | PINS PRINCE (G013) | Z Purton | H/P/TT | From draw 1 moved up to track leaders, held up early straight, finished off strongly when gap opened up 300M, led near 150M drawing away to score. |
2 | 3 | BEATO (H090) | Y L Chung | B/TT | Jumped fairly, given a waiting ride towards the rear, unable to secure clear running from 350M and made heavy contact with rival, finished well after a troubled passage. Got up 2nd near line. |
3 | 6 | CHILLI BABA (G339) | A Atzeni | B | Slow to begin, recovered to race ahead of mid-division, into clear running 300M, ran on well to the line without threatening winner, lost 2nd near line. |
4 | 8 | CIRCUIT NINE (G140) | M Chadwick | H-/B/TT | Reserved behind midfield, bumped several times by a rival from 350M to 150M, ran on steadily to the line for modest 4th. |
5 | 9 | RIVER VIEWS (G212) | K Teetan | -- | Made early use to clear a rival to its inside when obtaining the lead, pressed by another rival middle stages, fought on early straight to hold lead until inside 200M, no extra and faded to 5th. |
6 | 12 | MAXIMIZE HEART (D311) | K De Melo | V1 | Settled in a midfield position along the fence, held up for clear running from 350M and not able to be fully tested until 100M. |
7 | 2 | IMPERIAL MAGEE (E460) | A Badel | SR/XB/TT | Restrained to race behind midfield, swung wide 600M, ran on fairly in home straight, never near to challenge. (sustained wound to RF hoof.) |
8 | 7 | ROBOT FIGHTER (H309) | K C Leung | -- | Unhurried, dropped back from wide draw to race near the rear, ran past beaten horses in the straight only. Never able to challenge leaders. |
9 | 4 | ALWAYS FLUKE (H252) | L Hewitson | CP/H | Up with early pace before sitting back to track leaders, found disappointingly little when asked 450M, weakened mid-straight. (Jockey : instructed to obtain a more forward position due to the day's racing pattern.) |
10 | 13 | YOUNG HORIZON (G272) | B Avdulla | -- | Pushed forward from wide draw, vied the lead on outside, came under pressure 400M and commenced to lay in, soon no extra. |
11 | 14 | DASHING GLORY (G397) | H T Mo | SR-/B1/TT | Close up behind leaders, raced keenly early and middle stages, pushed along 500M but not going the pace to challenge. |
12 | 1 | MERCHANT PRINCE (H268) | A Hamelin | B/TT | Settled down midfield, hampered at 400M taken wider, came up empty passing 300M. Never threatened. |
13 | 11 | CYBER PATCH (H158) | M F Poon | PC/TT | Crowded at the start, chased leaders along the 3-path and no cover from 850M, bumped passing 400M, soon weakened. |
14 | 10 | URBAN TRIUMPH (H200) | L Ferraris | V2/TT | Jumped only fairly, soon ended up last, became detached from field home turn, eased down and finished tailed out. (Jockey : made abnormal respiratory noise and he had concern with its action.) |
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 |