Race 4 (004)
BEIJING HANDICAP Rating:72-48 1650m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 2
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 10 | TOP PRACTITIONER (BM131) | P W Kong | B1 | Settled in 6th. Commenced run at Rock and took lead over 450 M out. Went 1L clear turning into straight. Hung on well under pressure. |
2 | 12 | MIDAS KING (BN199) | C F Chan | -- | Held up in midfield before effort home bend. Some 2Ls off lead upon straightening and ran on doggedly under pressure but without threatening. |
3 | 1 | NOBLE DANCER (BJ273) | W Woods | -- | Travelled in midfield before making headway home bend to be just 1L back turning for home but failed to quicken under pressure to challenge. |
4 | 9 | PROUD OF YOU (BN101) | P Payne | B | Mostly in midfield to straight, then kept on before making some late progress closing stages. |
5 | 5 | SIR GALWAY (BP018) | F Coetzee | -- | Settled in 5th. Ridden to dispute lead rounding home bend but unable to sustain effort and gradually faded upon straightening. |
6 | 11 | MR BRINKER (BN158) | C H Tse | B | Slow into stride. Travelled in rear before making steady headway down centre of back straight to be close-up 4th home bend. Carried wide turning for home and kept on one pace to the line. |
7 | 8 | SUPER MISSILE (BN005) | B Marcus | -- | Towards rear. Effort rounding home bend. Midfield into straight and kept on one pace under pressure. |
8 | 7 | CANADIAN CHAMP (BM070) | D Whyte | BO | Prominent until steadied and lost ground passing 600 M. Recovered to 2L 4th into straight but soon found no extra. |
9 | 6 | SWIFTY-SWIFTY (BN111) | D Lee | B | Led field to 500 M then gradually weakened. |
10 | 2 | TOP PERFORMANCE (BK027) | K S Yu | -- | Never nearer. |
11 | 4 | ON SHAN SPEEDIE (BM199) | E Saint-Martin | B | Made no show. |
12 | 3 | LAUREATE (BK228) | D Harrison | -- | Mainly in midfield before slightly hampered approaching home bend, made no impression thereafter. |
13 | 13 | SMART STUFF (BP029) | C K Tse | -- | Prominent until hampered and dropped out passing 600 M. |
14 | 14 | STAR FLEET (BP002) | K H Ting | -- | Disputed lead before ducking out and lost ground stable bend, then remained prominent until dropping away quickly from Rock. (Raced greenly.) |
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 |