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Race 8 (560)

TOKYO HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1650m   Happy Valley   Good To Firm

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 6 AESTHETICISM (H289) Z Purton -- Bumped on jumping, reserved behind midfield, switched wide to commence his run 500M, quickened impressively to lead mid-straight. Won going away.
2 4 DEFINITIVE (K037) K Teetan B/TT Tracked leader, moved up vying for the lead entering home turn, took over top of straight, ran home well but no match for winner's finishing kick final 200M.
3 2 LOVERO (H451) Y L Chung TT Chased leaders in 4th spot, remained close enough turning for home, kept on steadily final 300M to take 3rd.
4 3 HAMERON (H265) R Kingscote -- Settled down midfield along the inside, held up 400-200M, was commencing to finish off the race but again disappointed for clear running near 50M. Could do better.
5 7 CHAIN OF GOLD (J138) K C Leung CP/H/XB1/TT Jumped only fairly and from wide draw soon taken back to near last, swung wide on straightening before closing off nicely to claim 5th, not beaten far by 3rd and 4th.
6 5 LEAN HERO (G402) L Hewitson B/XB/TT Bumped on jumping, settled towards the rear 7Ls back, brought widest on straightening, made some progress over final 300M without posing serious threat.
7 9 A AMERIC TE SPECSO (H037) A Badel B Taken across behind runners early stages, raced as the back-marker 8-9Ls off the pace, had some work to do 400M, stayed on without threat to leaders.
8 10 MIGHTY COMMANDER (J360) A Atzeni H-/TT Restrained to race in midfield, raced keenly middle stages and refused to settle, moved closer to leaders home turn but ran home only one-paced.
9 8 IVY LEAGUE (H116) H Bentley BO-/XB-/SR2/TT Knuckled over at the start, from draw 3 moved up to track leaders, stayed in touch throughout but lacked a finishing response in the straight, weakened final 100M.
10 1 M UNICORN (G466) H Bowman P/TT Behind midfield early, commenced to race keenly 1000M and allowed to stride forward, caught wide no cover outside leaders before weakening passing 250M.
11 11 DEVAS TWELVE (H435) M L Yeung TT Soon crossed to the lead, pressed by rivals 700M, soon gave ground on straightening, weakened to last.
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