Race 3 (357)
VENTRIS HANDICAP Rating:40-16 1600m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 7 | POWERNAMIC (BN033) | E Legrix | -- | Virtually made all. Seriously threatened early in straight but hung on well under pressure to defy challengers closing stages. |
2 | 5 | BIG TREASURE (BN164) | S King | B/H1 | Stumbled at start. Soon recovered to midfield. Ran on in straight to reach 2nd closing stages. |
3 | 1 | MERRY MAPLE (BM038) | B Doyle | B/H1 | Midfield. Wide rounding home bend and into straight. Made steady progress to claim 3rd closing stages. |
4 | 8 | COUNTRY LAD (BL145) | B Marcus | -- | Began well, settling in 4th or 5th. Improved to dispute lead entering straight holding every chance but unable to quicken to tackle for lead closing stages. |
5 | 4 | LEKKER (BN050) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Tracked leader. Disputed lead into straight holding every chance but failed to quicken under pressure. |
6 | 13 | LAKE TITICACA (BL123) | C K Tse | -- | Settled at the back. Quickened well inside final 250 M making up good ground to be nearest at finish. |
7 | 10 | SCOTCH GEM (BN114) | F Coetzee | -- | Settled towards rear. Made moderate progress closing stages to be nearest at finish. |
8 | 3 | BARISH (BN231) | D Whyte | B | Held 3rd to straight. Ridden but tightened and squeezed out to 7th some 3Ls back turning in, then kept on steadily to the line. |
9 | 2 | TIME HONOUR (BP084) | K S Yu | -- | Settled in 5th or 4th just better than midfield. Dropped to midfield upon straightening and kept on one pace. |
10 | 12 | ROOM FOR MORE (BP211) | A Munro | -- | Soon in last few and never seen with a chance. |
11 | 11 | GODSPEED (BP005) | A Suborics | V | Slow into stride, travelling towards rear to straight then gradually weakened. |
12 | 14 | CAN-CAN (BP183) | W M Lai | -- | Soon towards rear. Faded in straight. |
13 | 9 | TURBO-POWERED (BP113) | S M Tam | -- | Began well but lacked speed and soon dropped to rear. |
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 |