





Race 8 (826)
BEGONIA HANDICAP Rating:90-60 1800m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 6 | JUMBO LEGEND (G266) | H Bowman | TT | Jumped awkwardly, reserved at the back of the field, still plenty to do home turn, attacked the line strongly closing off final 400M in 22.26s. Got there last stride. |
2 | 7 | WOODFIRE BRO (G115) | M L Yeung | TT | Settled down in a trailing spot behind leaders, unleashed a strong finish passing 300M, led nearing 100M only to be headed by fast finishing winner last stride. |
3 | 9 | CAMBRIDGE (K085) | Z Purton | XB/TT | Restrained in mid-division, raced keenly middle stages, swung wide into straight before keeping on fairly well to take 3rd. |
4 | 4 | EMBRACES (J276) | C L Chau | TT | From the outside draw taken across behind runners, 6Ls towards rear on settling, swung wide into straight then ran on well final 300M. |
5 | 3 | BRAVEHEARTS (H389) | M Chadwick | -- | Switched off to race at the rear 7-8Ls back, saved ground along the inside, stayed on steadily final 300M to claim 5th, not beaten far. |
6 | 10 | WINNING WING (K129) | H T Mo | B/TT | In touch with leaders early stages, drifted back to a position ahead of midfield middle stages, kept on steadily from 300M but always held by leaders |
7 | 11 | STAR MAC (J053) | K Teetan | CP-/B2/TT | Reserved towards the rear along the fence, 5Ls off leader home turn, switched wide on straightening to challenge, kept on but lacked a strong finishing response. |
8 | 8 | BEAUTY ALLIANCE (J260) | A Badel | -- | Caught 3-wide until reaching the front 1000M, disputed lead on outside, established narrow lead top of straight, fought hard to 150M couldn't hold off rivals late. |
9 | 2 | SHARPEN BRIGHT (H276) | M F Poon | B | Obtained a midfield spot along the fence, kept to inside on straightening but failed to close off the race. |
10 | 5 | FLAMINGO TRILLION (H192) | K C Leung | -- | Went forward as anticipated, was pressured in the lead throughout the race, hard driven to maintain position 400M, no extra mid-straight weakened away. |
11 | 12 | PACKING HURRICANE (H137) | Y L Chung | B/TT | Caught 3-wide chasing leaders, left with no cover from back straight, going one-paced before being checked 200M, soon left behind by rivals. |
12 | 1 | NOISY BOY (J536) | L Ferraris | TT | Took up a forward position, vied for early lead before easing back near 1000M to track leaders, struggled to keep up top of straight under a big weight, soon weakened out of contention. |
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 |