Race 9 (117)
PIAGET ALTIPLANO EXCELLENT HANDICAP Rating:100-80 1600m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 2 | WINNING LEADER (N268) | Z Purton | H | Allowed to find feet racing between horses in midfield. Entered straight behind wall of horses, powered through split 250m, hit front 100m, just held. |
2 | 1 | ENDOWING (N371) | O Doleuze | P | Bumped, unbalanced start, dropping behind midfield, 3-wide but with cover. Taken wide 400m, finished strongly to just fail. |
3 | 8 | CHATER DREAM (P117) | D Whyte | -- | Jumped well, settling in midfield 3-wide with cover. Four-wide into straight and kept on steadily to be closest at finish. |
4 | 9 | SUNNY YING (P152) | J Moreira | -- | Jumped well, rolling forward to sit outside leader when pace slackened. Took lead 250m, kept on well until swamped final strides. |
5 | 13 | EAGLE POWER (P038) | W M Lai | -- | Slow into stride, steadied 1100m when close to heels. Turned into straight very wide and ran home strongly. |
6 | 3 | OUTDOOR PEGASUS (CL173) | K C Leung | SR/TT | Taken forward from good draw to sit 2-back the fence. No run until 300m then checked when opening closed 200m. Kept on. |
7 | 14 | RACING HERO (N157) | C Y Ho | B/TT1 | Rolled forward to sit outside early leader before being shuffled back to fifth when pace slacked. Looked chance entering straight before swamped final 100m. |
8 | 11 | REGENCY KING (N040) | M Chadwick | H/TT | Ridden forward from wide draw and took over lead 1400m when pace slacked. Still ahead 300m before tiring final stages. |
9 | 5 | BANKSTERS BONUS (N113) | M L Yeung | SR | Taken back from wide draw, steadied 1100m dropping to clear last. Well back entering straight but made good ground final 200m. |
10 | 4 | LET ME HANDLE IT (CL287) | T Angland | V1 | No early speed and shuffled to rear despite good draw. Unable to find run 400m, shifted in 200m, kept on one-paced. |
11 | 6 | BUBBLE CHIC (N369) | W C Marwing | -- | Taken forward from wide draw but trapped 3-wide without cover outsider leaders. Still in contention 200m before flattened. |
12 | 12 | AGIAAL (N177) | T H So | -- | Outpaced early but held to rail behind midfield. Remained on fence turning for home but only one-pace final 400m. |
13 | 10 | KING OF REASON (M154) | C Y Lui | H | Jumped straight to the front from wide draw, crossed in easily and dropped anchor. Shuffled back to 3rd before turn, gave ground soon after entering straight. |
14 | 7 | GOOD CHOICE (P423) | K Teetan | -- | Shifted out start then over-raced before striking heels and blundering. No response when put under pressure 400m, eased final 200m. (See racing incidents). |
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 |