Race 4 (560)
KWONG YUEN HANDICAP (Turf) Rating:72-32 2000m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 12 | CHEERS UP (BP244) | R Fradd | -- | Settled in midfield. Commenced move rounding home bend to be close-up 4th into straight. Sustained good effort to take charge over 200 M out, then never looked back. (Promoted.) |
2 | 3 | GIANT FIGHT (BP140) | K K Lai | B | Well back. Made up good ground inside final 400 M to be nearest at finish. |
3 | 2 | ORIENTAL TREASURE (BT030) | J Quinn | TT | Settled mainly around midfield. Quickened under hard driving early in straight but only making steady headway. Just pipped at post for 2nd place. |
4 | 13 | SURPRISE SURPRISE (BM047) | E Legrix | -- | Settled at the back. Made steady progress through field down straight doing best work at finish. |
5 | 4 | SEA PEARL (BS262) | W Woods | -- | Chased along in 3rd position. Headway around home bend to take lead turning in. Soon headed over 200 M out. Found no extra and lost minor placing closing stages. |
6 | 10 | ASPIRATION (BP003) | C Brown | -- | Hampered and carried wide early dropping towards rear. Took closer order home bend and was just behind leaders turning in. Kept on well without making any impression closing stages. |
7 | 11 | ALY BABA (BP045) | S K Sit | -- | Always towards rear before home turn. Ran on down centre of straight to be nearest at finish. |
8 | 9 | KOWLOON'S BLESSING (BT066) | B Marcus | -- | Carried wide in rear around stables bend. Remained well back until running on steadily down straight. Hampered over 100 M out when making ground. |
9 | 14 | RAINBOW SEEKER (BN201) | K W Lee | P- | Hampered early then travelled mainly in rear of midfield. Kept on steadily down home straight until forced to check over 150 M out. |
10 | 8 | STRATEGIC MOVE (BP233) | C T Cheng | B/TT | Made running to straight then dropped out. (Bled.) |
11 | 7 | THE RICH MAN (BS130) | K S Yu | B | Made swift headway around stables bend to be close-up outside leader far side. Still there into home straight but was inconvenienced shortly after straightening before gradually faded. |
12 | 6 | TEAM HONOUR (BS193) | S Baster | -- | Never nearer than midfield. |
13 | 5 | THE ESTABLISHMENT (BS127) | K H Yu | TT | Mainly in 4th position to 400 M then dropped out. |
14 | 1 | CHIRAG (BT199) | F Coetzee | TT | Settled in distant 5th. Was keeping on same pace when tightened on rails and lost ground approaching home turn. Never recovered. (See Racing Incidents.) |
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 |