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Race 4 (368)

SWAN HANDICAP   Rating:40-0   1650m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 6 VICTORY FOLLOW ME (V182) Z Purton PC/TT Moderately away, positioned 2 wide, 2 lengths or so back, there to turn, took the lead early in straight, kept on strongly to score easily.
2 4 FURIOUS PEGASUS (S441) C Schofield CP/TT Jumped well, raced 2 wide in midfield, 3 to 4 lengths back, angled out near 400M, closed off well to take 2nd, no threat to the winner.
3 12 EMPIRE OF MONGOLIA (V317) K Teetan B Average to begin, raced 4 lengths back on rail, saved ground to turn, angled out early in straight, made reasonable headway in straight to take 3rd without threatening.
4 2 GLENEALY PRIZE (T181) J Moreira B Inconvenienced after the moderate start, positioned 5 lengths or so back at rear, 2 wide on turn, taken wide in straight and made some progress to make frame.
5 11 WINNINGLI (V377) M F Poon B/TT Jumped with them, raced prominently, 3 wide with no cover throughout, peaked and headed after turning in, stayed on one paced to the line.
6 10 EQUITY DOCTRINE (T329) A Badel B Taken back from the widest draw, raced 3 wide with cover at rear. 6 lengths back, still well back on turn, widest in straight, made some headway in straight.
7 3 DOUBLE POINT (S246) C Y Ho PC Taken back from a wide draw, raced at tail, 8 lengths back, slightly improved on turn, no clear running early in straight, made minor progress when clear thereafter.
8 5 HAPPY BEAUTY (V375) K C Leung V/TT Average to begin from gate 12, unable to slot in, travelled 4 wide and without cover, 1 to 2 lengths back, still no cover on turn, peaked early in straight, weakened gradually thereafter.
9 8 EXPONENTS (A031) U Rispoli H- Jumped well from a wide draw, raced 3 wide with cover behind midfield, 4 wide on turn, failed to close off in straight.
10 14 SNOWHOOVES (S409) K C Ng SR/XB Away with them, positioned 2 lengths behind the leader on rail, easy run to turn, angled out near 400M, kept on same pace early in straight, peaked near final 200M, weakened thereafter.
11 13 RAINBOW GOLD (T237) M Chadwick B Began well, sent forward to share the lead early, positioned in 3rd after 1000M, 2 wide throughout, peaked early in straight, emptied final 200M.
12 9 GREAT WISDOM (V084) M L Yeung B Slowly away, raced at rear, 7 lengths back, found the rail in the middle stages, 4 lengths back on turn, emptied early in straight.
13 7 HAPPY OUT THERE (A255) W M Lai V1/TT Jumped well from gate 1, shared the lead, peaked on turn, emptied early in straight, eased final 200M, finished tailed out.
14 1 AMBITIOUS SPEEDY (T063) B Prebble PC Moderately away, sent forward to race 3 wide with cover, 2 lengths or so back, peaked in the middle stages, weakened on turn, eased early in straight. (Lame right front leg next day.)
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