





Race 8 (541)
FLAMINGO HANDICAP Rating:85-60 1650m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 1 | TELECOM FIGHTERS (D482) | Y L Chung | -- | From a wide draw went forward, had uncontested lead to home straight, opened up a good margin 350M, kept on well under big weight and just held on in a head bobbing finish. |
2 | 11 | NEVER PETER OUT (J200) | M L Yeung | V/TT | Jumped on terms, settled down 3-wide behind midfield, moved a bit closer to leaders home turn, responded well final 250M and was closing on leader every stride, just denied in a photo finish. |
3 | 14 | LUCKY TOUCH (J203) | K Teetan | B-/V1/TT | Given a waiting ride, settled towards the rear 6Ls off the pace, swung wide for home then closed off nicely in the straight, nearest finish. |
4 | 13 | NEW FOREST (K094) | M Chadwick | B-/TT | Set early pace before settling down behind leader from 1300M, held 2nd place to 150M, faded late but hung on for 4th. |
5 | 2 | FLAMINGO TRILLION (H192) | K C Leung | -- | Chased leaders in 3rd spot, driven along 500M, kept battling throughout final 350M but was always held by leaders. |
6 | 5 | TURIN MASCOT (H165) | J Orman | PC/TT | Soon taken across to the fence, settled behind midfield, held up making the home turn and got shuffled back to near last 400M, took a while to get going, ran on fastest final 200M. Nearest finish. |
7 | 7 | PERFECT TEAM (H120) | E C W Wong | TT | From wide draw dropped back to a rearward spot, 7Ls off leader on settling, switched away from fence top of the bend then closed off mildly over final 300M. |
8 | 3 | BUNDLE OF CHARM (G213) | H Bowman | P2 | Dropped back from wide draw, no closer than 3-wide and raced without cover early and middle stages, crept closer to leaders home turn, battled hard to stay in contention early straight, run ended 150M from home. |
9 | 8 | ALLCASH (K190) | M F Poon | CP/TT | From draw 1 obtained a midfield position along the fence, driven along 500M but never going the pace to challenge leaders. |
10 | 9 | YOUNG BRILLIANT (H135) | C L Chau | B | Unable to slot in from draw 14, caught racing wide no cover in midfield early stages, moved up to track the pace home turn, no extra passing 200M and weakened away. |
11 | 12 | ARIEL (G223) | P N Wong | B/TT | Failed to show pace to hold a more forward spot, ended up racing ahead of midfield, came under pressure 550M, failed to finish off the race. |
12 | 10 | FIGHTING MACHINE (J015) | H Bentley | SR/V | Jumped only fairly, settled slightly further back than intended, got shuffled back to the rear entering home turn, failed to make up ground in the straight. |
13 | 6 | ROMANTIC LAOS (G476) | A Atzeni | CP/TT | Switched off to race at the rear 7-8Ls back, switched to 3-wide home turn and brought widest on straightening, unable to finish off. |
14 | 4 | YELLOWFIN (G326) | D McDonogh | XB | Jumped on terms, held up behind midfield 4-5Ls back, little change in position middle stages, found nothing when asked 400M, weakened to last. (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 |