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Race 8 (489)

FINANCE STREET HANDICAP   Rating:85-60   1800m   Happy Valley   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 7 BASIC TRILOGY (V133) J Moreira B Shared lead early stages, dropped back to 4th entering 1st turn, remained in touch to straight, quickened up to lead near 200M, kept on well enough to hold off rivals.
2 1 PHOTON WILLIE (S199) E da Silva B-/H/XB/TT Restrained to race at the rear, 9Ls off the pace middle stages, saved ground on the inside home turn, closed off strongly up the fence inside 300M, got up 2nd near line.
3 4 LITTLE DRAGON (S264) K K Chiong -- Shared lead until 1000M then sat in 3rd chasing the pace, ran on inside 300M, briefly dueled with winner mid-straight, was held over final 100M, lost 2nd late. (Lame RH.)
4 5 PIKACHU (S298) N Callan B- Slow to begin, taken to the rails and settled down 5-6Ls behind midfield, angled out 500M, stayed on moderately down outside.
5 8 MCQUEEN (V013) G Lerena XB Reserved in midfield along the fence, waited with till 350M, ran on one paced in straight and no serious threat to leaders.
6 11 HAPPY ROCKY (S147) B Prebble BO/XB In mid-division and settled down 3-4Ls behind leaders along the 2-path, driven out passing 500M, kept on fairly final 300M.
7 6 TRAVEL FIRST (T098) C Schofield B/TT Always prominent, took over the lead entering back straight, led to near 200M, faded towards the line.
8 10 ANDOYAS (T109) Z Purton B/H Taken across behind runners, reserved near the rear 7Ls off the pace, ran on mildly leaving the bend, awkwardly placed 100M and not ridden out to the end.
9 9 GENERAL SHERMAN (V125) M Chadwick TT Given a waiting ride near the rear, 5Ls to make up leaving 400M, responded fairly under pressure early straight, awkwardly placed final 100M and not able to be ridden out to the finish.
10 2 PREMIUM CHAMPION (T187) H N Wong B/TT Settled 2-wide behind midfield, in 9th 6Ls off the pace halfway, brought wide into straight, kept on same pace only.
11 12 REGENCY KING (N040) M L Yeung H/TT Fractious in stalls, failed to muster speed, caught wide no cover behind field from 1400M, strode forward to track leader, no extra and gave way 250M.
12 3 SO FAST (S419) K Teetan H/P Never far off the pace, couldn't sprint with them passing 400M, dropped out of contention quickly. (No Vet findings)
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