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 |