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Race 9 (662)

LONG KE HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1800m   Sha Tin   Yielding

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 10 TRIUMPHANT DIAMOND (CG227) K T Yeung CP Began moderately. Ridden along to obtain rail position behind leader in 2L 4th. Closer up rounding home bend and in box-seat early in straight. Quickened to hit front over 100 M out. Held on under pressure.
2 9 THE GOODIES (CH097) M Du Plessis H/TT Began okay but sluggish early. Travelled 3-wide in last before effort when wider rounding home bend. Sustained progress down straight to reach 3rd late. (Finished 3rd, placed 2nd.)
3 7 ROCKET FORCE (CJ201) Z Purton B Settled in forward of midfield within 3Ls of pace. Coming to challenge under pressure when badly bumped and unbalanced over 300 M out. Soon renewed effort and fought on gamely to the line. (Finished 4th, placed 3rd.)
4 3 ANKH MORPORK (CH306) D Beadman XB-/TT1 Settled in midfield on rails. Saved ground on inside turning in. Shifted out for run about 300 M out bumping ROCKET FORCE. Fought on steadily to just fail to peg back winner. (Finished 2nd, placed 4th.)
5 2 LOCAL POWER (CH296) C W Wong -- Soon took up running and attempted to make all. Swamped under pressure inside final 150 M.
6 12 LUCKY MONEY (CE159) Y T Cheng -- Began well. Wide in prominent position early, settling 3-wide within 2Ls of pace in 3rd or 4th. Similar turning in but could only keep on at the same pace without quickening.
7 5 INFINITE DELIGHT (CG314) M Nunes TT Travelled at the back to straight. Made moderate headway down centre of track.
8 8 CHEERFUL MASTER (CE309) H W Lai TT Settled towards rear. Saved ground on rails turning in. Ran home one-paced under pressure.
9 1 FLORAL NIRVANA (CH232) K L Chui TT Settled just worse than midfield. Similar turning in. Did nothing in straight.
10 11 WARM EMBRACES (CJ162) W M Lai -- Began with rest from wide draw. Soon taken back to race in midfield. 3-wide most of way. Soon weakened after straightening.
11 6 MAVERICK (CE199) G Mosse TT Raced wide without cover in midfield. Came under pressure upon straightening and soon weakened.
12 13 RIGHT FRAAR (CE024) F Coetzee B Never seen with a chance racing in last few throughout.
13 4 FANTASTIC DANCER (CJ001) G Boss B Outside leader early, settling one-out-one-back in 3rd approaching home bend. Folded up quickly shortly after 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