Race 7 (625)
THE ATV SHA TIN VASE (HANDICAP) Rating:90+ 1200m Sha Tin Good To Yielding
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 7 | FIGURES (CC307) | D Whyte | -- | Jumped well. Settled in 4th and was 5Ls off the pace at 800 M. Steadily closed in onto the leaders in the straight and ran down the early leaders 100 M. Kept on well to deny rivals final stages. |
2 | 4 | COUNTRY MUSIC (CD035) | B Prebble | -- | Slowly away and settled on fence behind midfield. Made a nice run along the rails in straight to be closest at finish. (Lame.) |
3 | 3 | SPECIAL KING PRAWN (CD212) | R Fradd | TT | Settled on fence at midfield in 5th. 5Ls down on straigh- tening and moved steadily into the lead near 100 M. Failed to hold off the top pair closing stages. |
4 | 9 | TRIUMPHANT UNICORN (CD166) | S Dye | -- | Settled 2-wide in rear section and among last few to enter home straight. Made a late rally to be closest at finish. |
5 | 8 | FOKINE (CE072) | A Delpech | TT1 | Off slowly and raced in rear section. Trailed field into home straight and made up good ground in the straight. |
6 | 10 | BILLET EXPRESS (CD140) | M Rodd | -- | Dueled for the early lead. Opened up a length's advantage 1000 M and held it until final 200 M. Faded thereafter. |
7 | 2 | THE DUKE (CB282) | C K Tong | -- | Jumped awkwardly and trailed field early stages. Settled on fence in rear section until straightening. Gradually shifted out in the straight and kept on same pace. |
8 | 12 | CLASSIC NAVIGATOR (CD330) | Y T Cheng | TT | Settled 3-wide behind midfield. Only ran past weakening runners in the straight. |
9 | 1 | PLANET RULER (CB359) | H W Lai | -- | Taken back from widest draw. Settled 3-wide at the back and was ridden from 500 M. Swung widest on straightening and only ran past a few beaten runners. |
10 | 5 | NATURAL BLITZ (CE227) | O Doleuze | TT | Off slowly and was hard ridden to stay behind the leaders. A length down on straightening and kept pace until 200 M. Found no extra in the closing stages. |
11 | 11 | FIREBOLT (CB256) | W M Lai | B/SR/TT | Dueled for the lead early stages. Raced alongside leader making home turn. Kept pace until weakening final 200 M. |
12 | 6 | ABLE PRINCE (CC348) | E Saint-Martin | B/TT | Began well and steadily dropped back to settle behind midfield. Lacked a closing run on straightening. |
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 |