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Race 8 (715)

THE MEMBERS CUP (HANDICAP)   Rating:80-60   1400m   Sha Tin   Yielding

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 3 BERLINI (P359) G Mosse H Taken across from wide barrier, not hurried and held up at the rear 7Ls off the pace, fanned wide 600M, offered up a good kick down outside, led 150M and drew away.
2 6 MODERN TSAR (S167) K Teetan V Shifted across from wide barrier, patiently handled in 2nd last, moved up on the outside 600M, ran on well but no match with winner 150M, rallied on to edge out rival for 2nd.
3 9 COLOSSUS (T170) N Callan H/TT From draw 11 raced no closer than 3-wide in mid-division throughout, swung wide into straight, picked up well to lead 250M, not pace of winner final stages, lost 2nd close home after a duel.
4 11 BAAB AL NASR (S373) T H So H/XB Unable to slot in for cover, raced keenly, 3-wide in pursuit of leaders home turn, kept on through final 400M despite tough trip, not pace of first few final stages.
5 13 ULTIMATE GLORY (S235) M L Yeung -- Began awkwardly, held up behind midfield early stages, shuffled back further 800M, brief effort inside 300M down the inside, lacked the needed late response.
6 10 PACKING GO GO (T110) H W Lai H/SR1 Off a bit slow, sat reserved towards the rear, in last place passing 400M, made some progress down outside without threatening.
7 7 GENEROUS BOBO (S096) Z Purton TT In midfield early but difficult to settle when being restrained, strode forward to join leaders from 1100M but remained wide to straight, kept pace with the front runners until 200M then steadily backed away.
8 14 SHINING CHAMPION (S305) H N Wong P Close up early stages, fell back to midfield middle stages, ran on only fairly inside 400M and never reached a contending position.
9 8 LUCKY SCEPTER (N174) B Prebble V/XB/TT Eased back after the jump, crossed to race along the fence 4L off the pace, taken keen hold middle stages, slowly picked up early straight, lacked room 250M but failed to kick on when clear.
10 4 KIRAM (T093) J Moreira -- Settled down midfield, 3Ls off the pace along the 3-path, driven along 550M, offered limited response early straight, no threat to leaders from 200M, eased towards the line.
11 5 MULTIMAX (T129) K C Ng TT Went straight to the lead but was soon taken on by rivals, asked to quicken 500M, headed 300M out then faded towards the finish, (Jockey questioned.)
12 1 WONDERFUL COUPLES (T206) C Y Ho -- Tracked leaders along the fence, kept on same pace entering straight, no threat from 250M.
13 12 GRACEFUL KINGDOM (P145) M Chadwick -- Settled 2-wide in range of the leaders, came under coaxing 600M out, failed to pick up pace, soon beaten 300M.
14 2 ALWAYS WIN (T050) K C Leung B Sent forward from wide barrier, vied for lead to straight, found nothing under pressure 400M, weakened rapidly.
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