Race 5 (358)
ATLANTIC OCEAN HANDICAP Rating:75-55 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 1 | TRICCOLO (CA247) | W C Marwing | -- | Travelled kindly better than midfield. Shifted to outside and asked to go upon straightening. Ran on well to grab lead near the line. |
2 | 9 | SIROCCO (CA169) | F Coetzee | -- | Always prominent. Hit front near the 300 M. Fought on to be just beaten near finish. |
3 | 10 | MANY HAPPY RETURNS (BP126) | B Marcus | -- | Towards rear. Rounding the home turn hung in. Ran on well between runners after straightening but was outsprinted by quinella pair. |
4 | 3 | STOIC (BT155) | W Woods | B1 | Midfield or worse. Proved difficult to settle in middle stages. Shifted out to obtain clear running upon straightening and made up steady ground concluding stages. |
5 | 2 | BOND (BT065) | G Mosse | SR | From a good gate travelled along the rail around midfield. Kept on one pace until picked up some momentum closing stages. |
6 | 7 | ME AND YOU (BT011) | R Fradd | -- | Broke best. Eased down the pace passing the winning post the first time. Tracked leader from 1200 M. Stayed on until no extra passing 150 M. |
7 | 12 | ORLANDO FLYER (CA350) | D Dunn | B | Restrained at back. Crept closer rounding the home bend but 6-wide and 5Ls off pace entering the straight. Made a little ground. |
8 | 8 | FRENCH CONNECTION (CA384) | K H Ting | -- | Prominent until straightening. Steadied and shifted out when disappointed for running after the 300 M. One-paced thereafter. |
9 | 6 | ARRIBA-ARRIBA (BT079) | Y T Cheng | B | Stood flat-footed on jumping and lost ground. Towards rear. Stuck along the rail rounding the home turn and dropped to last. Ran past a few beaten runners when keeping same pace in straight. |
10 | 11 | CHINA WORLD (CA397) | S K Sit | -- | With leaders early. Took up running rounding the stable bend. Headed after straightening, soon well beaten. |
11 | 4 | ABLE WIN (BV311) | E Saint-Martin | B | Raced wide without cover at any stage. Towards rear early. Hampered and carried wider near the 1000 M out and dropped further back. Crept closer rounding home bend but continued to race wide. Gradually receded after straightening. |
12 | 5 | ALL FOR YOU (BV169) | D Whyte | -- | Midfield or worse. Proved very difficult to settle middle stages. Checked near the 1200 M and then improved gradually in outer of the back straight to be midfield before home bend. Faded out from 300 M. |
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 |