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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