Race 4 (068)
CHENGDU HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 10 | FABULOUS ONE (T005) | J Moreira | H-/P-/XB/TT | Pressed forward to lead on settling, crossing to fence and slowing tempo. Kicked clear top of straight and bolted home. Eased down final stages. |
2 | 5 | JOLLY JOLLY (T087) | Z Purton | B | Slow, ridden to make up ground, settling behind midfield at turn. Switched in top of straight to get clear running and finished off nicely. |
3 | 8 | MAGICAL BEAUTY (T342) | K Teetan | CP1/TT | Began well, ridden to hold fence three-back from leader. Came off fence passing 700m, shaken up 300m and kept on steadily. |
4 | 2 | SHARP HUNTER (P097) | D Whyte | B1 | Began well, unable find cover and drifted to behind midfield but wide. Taken very wide in straight and ran on steadily. |
5 | 1 | DIAMOND MASTER (S397) | N Callan | H/XB/TT | Began well, holding 2nd behind early leader before settling one-back, one-off at turn. Boxed on gamely in straight, flattened late. |
6 | 14 | MASQUERADER (N234) | C Schofield | B/TT | Jumped with field, not pushed, sliding to midfield before switching three-wide 700m to move forward. Battled on gamely in straight. |
7 | 12 | GOLDEN GUNNERS (N330) | C Y Ho | TT | Got off OK, steadied in midfield, holding one-off position to turn. Swung wide in straight but one-paced under hard riding. |
8 | 4 | CLEVER SPIRIT (T333) | B Prebble | B- | Unable to find cover early and slipped back towards rear. Hampered 800m, kept switching out in straight to get clear running but one-paced. |
9 | 7 | GERONIMO MEADOW (N226) | T H So | B/TT | Jumped OK, restrained, taken across behind runners from wide draw, settling last. Taken wide in straight, ran on fairly. |
10 | 3 | EMPEROR VICTORY (T340) | Y T Cheng | H1 | Jumped awkwardly, losing ground start. Settled at rear, switched out around turn, ran on fairly in straight while laying in under pressure. |
11 | 13 | LONDON CITY (T080) | G Mosse | -- | Began fairly, ridden to hold forward position 2L from leader. Rolled forward around turn to eyeball leader 600m, tired rapidly from 200m. |
12 | 9 | VIVACIOUS WINNER (V061) | C K Tong | -- | Lost ground start when jumped awkwardly, ridden to make up ground but checked 800m. One-paced in straight before tiring from 150m. |
13 | 6 | GARLIC YEAH (V039) | K C Leung | -- | Jumped awkwardly, unbalanced and lost ground settling at rear close to fence. Never competitive. |
14 | 11 | OCTAL LUCK (T205) | M L Yeung | B-/H1/PC1 | Hard ridden to hold box seat but under pressure from turn and faded quickly in straight. Stewards ruled performance unacceptable. |
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 |