Race 8 (072)
WISTARIA HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1200m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 8 | BEST STEP (A150) | Z Purton | TT | Utilized his inside draw, soon led at good pace, kept finding under pressure in straight and fended off challenges from both side to score. |
2 | 12 | CHARITY GLORY (T302) | M Chadwick | CP/TT | Settled down behind midfield, 4Ls off the pace home turn, driven wide to challenge and closed off strongly despite hanging, rattled home late and only a few strides short of catching the winner. |
3 | 10 | STAR OF JOY (A171) | J Moreira | H1 | Had a ground saving run along the fence and remained close up behind leaders throughout, every chance over final 300M, just couldn't reel in the leader, lost 2nd late. |
4 | 5 | POWERMAX (A009) | N Callan | B | Jumped midfield to be 8th on the inside 4Ls on settling, ran on steadily when placed under full pressure and got up for 4th late. Honest effort. |
5 | 6 | SO FAST (S419) | M F Poon | H/P | Urged forward from draw 9, caught 3-wide early before improving to a position outside leader, kept on evenly in straight, outsprinted by rivals final 150M. |
6 | 2 | ARM RUNDA (V248) | S Clipperton | B/TT | Taken back from wide draw, settled 2nd last 5Ls off the pace, switched widest passing 300M, worked home well without threatening. |
7 | 1 | DUKEDOM (V372) | D Whyte | P | Taken back from wide draw, settled last 6-7Ls off the pace, made some ground final 300M but couldn't get close enough. |
8 | 9 | WHO ELSE BUT YOU (T341) | K Teetan | H | Began moderately, held up 2-wide in mid-division, kept battling away honestly without threatening in straight. |
9 | 7 | HAPPY BAO BEI (S172) | M L Yeung | B/TT | Jumped well to be 3rd chasing leaders, kept on same pace turning home, no impression on leaders from 200M. |
10 | 11 | MASTER VIKING (S385) | H T Mo | V/TT | Slow out, pressed on to chase leaders along the 3-path, couldn't muster enough speed to be closer over final 300M. |
11 | 3 | SHANGHAI MASTER (A337) | C Y Ho | -- | Up with early pace, dropped back to midfield entering back-straight but remained in touch with leaders, driven out 300M but struggled to make headway to the line. |
12 | 4 | GENERAL IRON (P429) | T Berry | H/TT | Away with them then taken back to a rearward position 4-5Ls off the pace, brought wide for challenge early straight but got held up, checked again 200M and not ridden out to the finish. |
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 |