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Race 1 (390)

AZALEA HANDICAP   Rating:40-0   1400m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 6 RED HORSE (V334) N Rawiller B Never far off, produced good late run inside final 200 metres to prevail by a narrow margin.
2 1 MASSIVE POWER (T339) N Callan H/V Jumped well, settled 3-wide in midfield, wider into straight, ran on quite well under pressure to miss narrowly.
3 13 MAGIC STAR (T266) T H So H-/PC-/TT Settled in rear of midfield and wide without cover, commenced move around field home bend, hit the front narrowly 200 metres out, unable to sustain effort close to home.
4 5 DANEWIN EXPRESS (S234) H W Lai H Always prominent on rails, baulked for a run early in straight, only produced moderate headway under pressure inside final 200 metres.
4 10 LAUGHING LORD (T071) J Moreira CP1 Settled towards the rear, baulked for a run early in straight, fought on steadily inside final 200 metres to narrowly miss the place-getters.
6 11 OPTIMISM (S150) C Schofield B/TT Settled in rear, switched out to the centre of the track to challenge after straightening, ran on.
7 3 PLAIN BLUE BANNER (S070) D Whyte B Travelled in midfield, attempted in vain to switch out early in straight, obtained a run over 250 metres out, kept on steadily without quickening.
8 8 GOLDEN CANNON (T022) K K Chiong H/XB Driven to lead from a wide gate, led the field on rails before joined into straight, folded up quickly inside final 200 metres.
9 7 FANTASTICLIFE (S320) O Doleuze B/TT Jumped awkwardly, settled mainly in midfield on rails, saved ground turning for home, did not find much room in straight.
10 14 NOBLE BUDDIES (T356) M L Yeung B-/TT Raced prominent and wide without cover, kept on early in straight before fading inside final 200 metres.
11 4 SUPERNATURAL (V063) S De Sousa B/TT Slowly away, settled well behind, kept on steadily without quickening.
12 2 HAR HAR CHARMING (S440) M Chadwick -- Taken back from the widest gate, trailed the field to straight, remained wide turning in, one-paced down the centre of the straight.
13 12 NO LAUGHING MATTER (V032) H T Mo CP/TT Towards the rear throughout.
14 9 POWER DRAGON (V129) Z Purton B/H1 Began from a poor gate, chased outside leader, dropped out tamely inside final 200 metres.
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