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Race 1 (083)

L'OREAL PARIS HANDICAP   Rating:40-15   1800m   Sha Tin   Good To Firm

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 7 BULLISH POWER (M330) M Chadwick TT Never far off on rails, hit the front briefly over 300 M out, fought on nicely to re-gain advantage final strides.
2 14 FULL STAR (L031) H W Lai B/H Hampered at start, ridden and soon picked up to midfield on rails, saved ground turning in, quickened well inside final 300 M to hold every chance, just pipped.
3 5 DANESOUTH (L001) K C Leung H/TT Settled just better than midfield, badly baulked for a run early in straight, obtained a clear run 200 M out, ran on to be nearest at finish.
4 11 WATCH FIRST (L160) D Whyte B Began fairly settling towards the rear, ran on well down the centre of the straight, did best work late.
5 3 MIRAGE R (M055) T Angland B/TT Hampered at start, soon picked up to rear of midfield, switched wide into straight, tightened briefly 300 M out, produced some late impression under pressure.
6 1 HUMONGUS (CJ265) C Y Lui B/TT Settled just worse than midfield travelling 3-wide, hanging and a difficult ride for the jockey early in straight, kept on well in the run home.
7 8 NOBLE FLIER (L142) B Prebble B Slowly away, settled at the back, wide turn, finished off race nicely down the centre of the straight.
8 9 SILENT DEMAND (M415) R Fourie B/TT Soon taken back to last few, saved ground turning in, not much room early in straight, ran home one-paced.
9 6 SMART GUY (M377) Y T Cheng H Travelled mainly in 3L 4th just better than midfield, kept on same pace early in straight before fading inside final 200 M.
10 13 KING OF FISH II (L264) C W Wong B/H Ridden early settling in forward of midfield on rails, found nothing in straight.
11 2 TELECOM GOGO (CJ346) W C Marwing B/TT Settled at the back, switched out into straight, ran past well-beaten horses.
12 12 HAPPY EAGLE (L347) C K Tong B/H1/TT Began from the widest draw, hard ridden from the start settling just outside leader, weakened under pressure in straight.
13 4 POTENTIAL (L204) A Suborics TT Raced wide without cover in midfield, similar turning in, made no impression in the run home.
14 10 MEDIC CHAMPION (M054) T Clark B/TT Began from a wide draw, soon took up running and crossed to rails, led to 250 M, dropped out tamely. (Lame next day.)
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