Race 3 (470)
NOONDAY GUN HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 2 | UNIQUE SPEED (CG134) | G Mosse | V | Settled behind the pace early stages. Continued to race on the fence and stayed within 3Ls of the leader in back straight. Kept on well in the straight and charged through rivals in the final stages to win a close one. |
2 | 4 | FUJIAN PRINCE (CE006) | K T Yeung | SR/TT | Raced along the fence at midfield. Swung out on straightening and made a late push to grab 2nd. |
3 | 7 | G-ONE LEADING (CE306) | D Whyte | -- | Raced 2-wide behind the pace. Remained 2-wide and 2Ls off the leader in 3rd place 800 M out. Kept on well after straightening and wore down early leader final 50 M but was headed by top pair just before the line. |
4 | 10 | MIRACULOUS (CE115) | F Coetzee | -- | Raced outside the leader early stages before taking over the lead on entering the back straight. Remained in the lead final 200 M but unable to find extra to hold off principals final 50 M. Solid for workload. |
5 | 1 | KING HOGAN (CE257) | O Doleuze | B | Raced 2-wide behind midfield. 3-wide and under pressure making home turn. Closed the race off well making up good ground. |
6 | 6 | CHEEKY LAD (CG198) | D Nikolic | B- | Taken back from a wide draw and raced at the rear until home straight. Showed a nice rally and was closest at finish. |
7 | 3 | ALL OUR WAY (CE217) | K L Chui | B- | Raced 2-wide at the rear of the field. Remained towards the back on straightening and rallied to be closest at finish. |
8 | 12 | NOBLE ZOOM (CC298) | C K Tong | V | Raced in front before taking a sit behind the leader near 1000 M. Tracked leader into home straight but unable to turn up a notch. Faded in the final stages. |
9 | 11 | TATTENHALL DELIGHT (CG068) | H K Yim | -- | Raced on fence no better than midfield. Lacked the needed response and remained on same pace in the straight. |
10 | 8 | SUNRISE RAINBOW (CD209) | Y T Cheng | SR | A bit slow to jump and then was crowded and lost further ground. Raced along the fence in rear section and only ran past beaten runners in the straight. |
11 | 5 | MASTER ABLE (CD349) | W M Lai | B | Settled 2-wide and no better midfield. Unable to quicken when asked turning for home. Remained same pace in the straight. |
12 | 9 | RIVER TANGO (CG186) | A Delpech | B | Caught wide in a forward spot into 1st turn. Settled 2-wide at midfield back straight. Hard ridden to keep pace turning for home, dropped out quickly after straightening and finished tailed out. |
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 |