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Race 2 (599)

THE MACWHINNIE CUP (HANDICAP)   Rating:60-40   2000m   Sha Tin   Good To Firm

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 5 ROUGE ET BLANC (S353) Z Purton B/TT Pushed forward at start to settle behind leader, moved up to challenge strongly home turn, broke clear at 400m and easily held of all challengers.
2 11 CRUISE CONTROL (P198) J Moreira H/TT Ridden along early but did not show any pace and settled midfield, commenced positive move at 700m, travelled strongly at home turn, finished strongly but no match for winner.
3 10 OXFORD CHARLEY (P266) D Lane SR-/V2 Settled worse than midfield, travelling well passing 600m to improve along rail, held up home turn, eased out passing 400m and finished strongly once clear.
4 8 WIN ALONG (P003) H W Lai B/TT Jumped well and settled midfield, improved quickly near 600m to issue strong challenge at home turn, no match for winner but fought hard to the line.
5 9 NAVEL ORANGE (P035) K Teetan -- Jumped well and pushed forward to settle behind leaders, hard ridden home turn but fought hard entire straight.
6 2 SPEEDY WALLY (T002) Y T Cheng H-/B1 Jumped awkwardly, ridden along early to settle midfield, checked when awkwardly place at 600m, lay inwards in straight and finished okay.
7 3 OCEAN POWER (P240) N Callan B/XB Commenced awkwardly, ridden along when caught wide early to settle on pace, ridden hard to challenge at home turn, awkwardly placed when tiring at 300m.
8 6 GOOD FIT (S131) N Rawiller H-/B2/TT Eased back from wide gate to settle worse than midfield, hampered at 600m, kept to inside in straight and one pace to the line.
9 4 PERCY JACKSON (N188) D Whyte B2 Jumped okay and allowed to settle in midfield position, albeit wide, bumped and unbalanced at 600m, battled on one paced in straight.
10 7 TELEPHATIA (P405) M L Yeung E/P/TT Taken back from wide gate at the start to settle towards rear, urged along and taken wide at home turn but could not make ground in straight.
11 1 AMBASSADORSHIP (N217) H N Wong B Jumped awkwardly and lost ground, settle at rear, last into straight and made no ground.
12 12 GRASSLAND DRAGON (S201) W M Lai B-/E Fast out to settle in front, stayed there until weakening out of it at 500m.
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