Race 2 (408)
WUHU HANDICAP Rating:40-10 1650m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 5 | ABLE DRAGON (CJ308) | Z Purton | B/TT | Camped midfield 3 wide with cover. Closed off strongly to grab victory late. |
2 | 10 | FANTASTISCH (CK017) | O Doleuze | XB | Parked 1 out 1 back. Peeled out early in the straight and ran on well. |
3 | 9 | BROTHERS IN ARMS (CJ070) | D Whyte | -- | Went forward and led along the fence. Maintained a good gallop down the running only tiring in the final stages. |
4 | 8 | ICE FIRE (CJ272) | G Mosse | H/SR/XB | Settled at the rear, 2-3 wide with cover. Cornered the home turn widest and finished strongly down the outside. |
5 | 13 | PLOT RATIO (CK044) | H W Lai | CP | Settled towards the back of the field, 3 wide with cover. Was carried 4 wide without cover after the 900m. Kept on gamely despite the wide run. |
6 | 12 | BINGO KEY (CK190) | T Clark | B | Settled at the tail of the field along the paint. Peeled out 5 deep early in the straight and closed off evenly. |
7 | 7 | STORM'S DESTINY (CJ260) | K C Leung | B | Travelled midfield, 2 wide with cover. Had some minor traffic problems early after turning for home, finished off one paced. |
8 | 1 | M'S MAGIC (M079) | M Du Plessis | B/TT | Posted 3 wide without cover for most of the trip while tracking the speed. Never likely. |
9 | 6 | PLANET (CL029) | T Angland | P | Settled 4 back the paint. Kept to the inside in the final stretch but only plodded to the line. |
10 | 14 | ROCKET AND GOLD (CH015) | C W Wong | B-/P2/TT | Settled 2-3 wide with cover, behind midfield. Shifted out near the 900m to track the leader but failed to close off. |
11 | 11 | SPARKLING (CK149) | J Lloyd | CO/TT | Raced 3 back the fence. Failed to make any impression in the run home. |
12 | 4 | EPEE DE HUA (CJ307) | N Callan | B | Taken back from a wide gate and settled worse than midfield, 1 off with cover. Struggled in the home straight. |
13 | 3 | GREAT HERO (CH016) | T H So | B/TT | Travelled outside the leader. Was a beaten horse 150m from home. (Pulled up lame.) |
14 | 2 | SUPER PEPPER (CK244) | M L Yeung | B | Stalked the leader on the rails. Was under pressure from the 600m and failed to respond weakening noticeably in the straight. |
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 |