Race 3 (322)
UNIVERSITY HALL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1600m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 4 | KING ACRYLIC (CG295) | K T Yeung | B/TT | Led or disputed lead. A length ahead on straightening and kept on gamely in a duel over the final 200 M. Prevailed in a photo finish. |
2 | 11 | WAIT FOR ME (CE332) | M Nunes | -- | Among leaders before easing back to race along the rails in front of midfield. Gradually made up ground turning for home and was locked in a duel with the eventual winner over final 200 M. Came up just short in a photo finish. |
3 | 5 | TRIUMPHANT DIAMOND (CG227) | E Saint-Martin | TT | Dropped to a rearward position from outside draw. Widest turning for home and rallied strongly for a minor placing. |
4 | 8 | BIG KAHUNA (CG177) | O Doleuze | B | Slow to begin and raced in midfield. Blundered at 1400 M but continued to be midfield. Quickened on straightening and steadily made up ground. Kept on fairly final stages despite being checked close to the line. |
5 | 3 | QUALITY-QUALITY (CE250) | W M Lai | -- | Raced along the rails at midfield. Switched out on straightening and ran on fairly in the home straight. |
6 | 10 | EVER KING (CE147) | H W Lai | V/TT | Off slowly and raced 2-wide behind the pace. Raced 3-wide and 2Ls behind the leader making home turn. Kept on only fairly and unable to find extra to stay in contention final 200 M. |
7 | 1 | CENTENNIAL SMILE (CG165) | A Delpech | CP1 | Raced behind midfield. Caught behind traffic at 300 M when making a rally. Made up some ground thereafter but unable to sustain the run final stages. |
8 | 7 | FLAMING SUN (CG164) | F Coetzee | B1/TT | Crowded to the rear on jumping. Continued to be in a rearward position on straightening. Made up some ground in the early part of the straight but unable to sustain effort final stages. |
9 | 2 | MEATH (CE143) | B Prebble | SR/V | Better than midfield but was wide and without cover. Pushed forward after 900 M and travelled alongside leader making home turn. Kept pace before weakening inside final 300 M. |
10 | 12 | SILVERBIRD (CB335) | Y T Cheng | CP/TT | Raced 3-wide at midfield. Unable to quicken on straightening and weakened final stages. |
11 | 6 | EXPRESS MAIL (CG166) | G Mosse | H | Led or disputed lead before settling behind the pace at 1000 M. Struggled to keep up turning for home and found nothing in the straight. |
12 | 9 | POWERKIE (CG185) | A Starke | -- | Crowded to a rear position after the start and trailed field into home straight. Never quickened. (Lame morning after.) |
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 |