Race 8 (349)
GOOD BA BA HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1400m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 3 | MY ALLY (B261) | K H Chan | TT | Soon led under 10lb claimer, pressed by rival home turn, waited with until 350M, responded well when asked, kept on momentum to hold off fast finishing rivals late stages. |
2 | 2 | MONGOLIAN KING (A098) | Z Purton | B2 | Shifted across to obtain cover after the start, held up in rear, brought widest to challenge top of straight, closed off fastest to be nearest at the finish. |
3 | 7 | THE ROCK (D187) | C Y Ho | -- | Restrained to race towards the rear along the 3-path, a shade keen early stages, driven along 450M, kept on well to the line for 3rd. |
4 | 1 | FOLLOW ME (B440) | H Bowman | TT | Not hurried after the start, settled down midfield 3-wide, into clear 400M, stayed on mildly to go 4th near line, held by first 3. |
5 | 11 | BEAUTY LOYAL (B383) | J Moreira | B/TT | Positively ridden, sat just behind the pace, had every chance turning home, advanced to 2nd 300M chasing the winner, effort petered out passing 100M, lost several places late. |
6 | 5 | REEL BIZZY (C138) | M F Poon | B/TT | Stumbled at the start, recovered to race in midfield along the fence, kept battling in straight, held by leaders always. |
7 | 6 | CHARIZARD (B463) | T Piccone | TT | Held up towards the rear, 5-6Ls off the pace rounding the home turn, ran on moderately but not quite able to challenge leaders. |
8 | 13 | GIFT OF LIFELINE (C172) | S De Sousa | B | Taken back from wide draw, settled down behind midfield along the fence, 5Ls to make up 400M, stayed on without threatening leaders. |
9 | 14 | LADY FIRST (B013) | G van Niekerk | TT | Caught wide early stages from draw 14, improved from 1100M to race outside leader, kept on same pace turning in and unable to challenge, swamped by pursuing rivals 150M. |
10 | 8 | TOTAL POWER (D138) | B Shinn | -- | Positioned ahead of midfield about 3Ls off the pace, gave moderate response early straight before outpaced by rivals passing 200M. |
11 | 4 | SOLOMON'S BAY (B330) | N Callan | XB/CP2 | Held up behind midfield, raced keenly middle stages, clipped heels and stumbled 750M, responded fairly early straight before crowded for room near 200M, didn't find much afterwards. |
12 | 9 | AMAZING KIWI (D068) | K Teetan | -- | Chased leaders along the fence, inclined to race keenly middle stages, didn't respond when driven out 400M, beaten far too easily. (Unacceptable Performance.) |
13 | 12 | NATURAL WINNER (C489) | K C Leung | CP1 | Eased back to last from wide draw, 7Ls back on settling, couldn't go on in the straight, never in the picture. |
14 | 10 | THE DRIVE (C479) | H N Wong | TT | From draw 10 unable to get closer than 3-wide, lost cover from 900M, 5th at 800M, struggled to keep up 500M, no extra final 250M. |
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 |