Race 5 (232)
NGONG PING HANDICAP Rating:55-35 1650m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 12 | CYBER GULCH (BV300) | W Woods | B | Niggled along to behind midfield on rail. Made little headway at home bend. Shifted 4-wide in straight to find clear running. Under pressure 400 M out and made up good ground inside final 200 M to win convincingly. |
2 | 13 | MAGIC TOUCH (CB394) | G Schofield | P | Jumped awkwardly and rider became unbalanced. Recovered to race in worse than midfield 3-wide. Switched wide and made progress at home turn. Ran on well in straight but failed to match speed with winner in the final stages. |
3 | 4 | KID GALAXY (CB455) | T Mundry | B | Began awkwardly and soon recovered to race in midfield or better on fence. Headway at home turn to be 1L off leader on straightening. Responded briefly when asked 350 M out to match 3rd place near the line. |
4 | 7 | CHINA WORLD (CA397) | W M Lai | -- | Began fairly and niggled along to race in prominent position on rail through to straight. Took charge at around 300 M. but was unable to sustain effort inside final 100 M and was soon overhauled by the placegetters. |
5 | 8 | TUSITALA (CC052) | C Williams | V | Slow to begin and ridden along to race in rear section 2 to 3-wide. Switched wide at home turn. Under pressure 350 M out but took a while to click into gear, made up some ground inside final 200 M to be closest at finish. |
6 | 14 | BURST TO VICTORY (CC126) | C K Tong | B | Pushed along to race in prominent position 2-wide. Switched out and ridden along to maintain position turning for home. Unable to quicken in straight and kept on evenly to the line. |
7 | 9 | MR PRESIDENT (CA178) | F Coetzee | SR | Began well and niggled along to race in better than midfield 2-wide. Ridden along to hold position for home. All out 300 M out but only able to run on evenly and weakened slightly inside final 200 M. |
8 | 11 | GREAT STAR (CB122) | R Fradd | TT | Jumped fairly and soon raced in midfield or better on rail through to straight. Only able to run on evenly when asked 300 M out and weakened inside final 200 M. |
9 | 2 | ACE ACADEMY (BT215) | S Dye | -- | Broke well from wide draw and was soon taken to the tail 2-wide through to straight. Responded fairly when asked 250 M out but ran out of room at 200 M. Switched out to obtain running at 100 M and made up little ground thereafter. |
10 | 10 | TIMBER CITY (CC031) | A Delpech | TT | Began well and raced in mid-division around 3-wide. Hard ridden at home turn to maintain position. No extra in straight and only able to run on evenly to the line. |
11 | 1 | FANTASTIC HORSE (CB314) | M W Leung | B | Niggled along to race in a forward position wide without cover in the early stages. At the 1100 M shifted in to race outside leader to straight. Stayed one-paced when asked out and steadily weakened inside final 200 M. |
12 | 6 | TELECOM BABE (CA187) | Y T Cheng | B | Slowly away and raced at back on rail through to straight. Made no impression in home straight. |
13 | 3 | GOOD BOY (CB437) | K T Yeung | B-/P2 | Unable to muster early speed and raced in worse than midfield 2-wide. Under pressure at home bend to hold position. Unable to sustain effort in straight and further weakened inside final 200 M. |
14 | 5 | TABBRIS (CB088) | G Mosse | -- | Broke fairly and niggled along to lead narrowly on rail through to straight. Found nothing when asked 350 M out and dropped out quickly inside final 200 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 |