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Race 8 (554)

POLLOCK HANDICAP   Rating:60-40   1600m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 13 DRAGON PRIDE (D164) M Chadwick -- Held up 2-wide in midfield, 4Ls behind leader in a slowly run race, into clear 400M, chased leader strongly final 200M, got up last stride.
2 11 PRESIDENT'S CHOICE (D038) J Moreira -- Settled down 3-wide in mid-division, responded well when driven out 500M, hit the front 200M out, was strongly challenged by rival late, caught last stride.
3 1 BEAUTY SPIRIT (B409) A Badel B/TT Crossed to the lead 950M, took them along slowly, battled on well from top of straight, headed near 200M, not pace of first 2 final stages, held on for 3rd just.
4 6 COPARTNER ERA (C534) C Y Ho B Reserved in midfield along the fence, 4Ls off the slow pace on settling, responded mildly under pressure 400M, just missed 3rd in a photo finish.
5 5 DECISIVE ACTION (C152) K C Leung CP/TT Crowded for room on jumping, ended up towards the rear 3-wide, stayed on steadily over final 400M, always held by leaders.
6 2 FREE FOAL (E065) Z Purton CP Up with early pace, tracked leader 2-wide from 1000M, challenged for the lead early straight, run ended passing 150M, weakened towards the line.
7 10 LOTUS FAVORITES (E026) M F Poon H Began awkwardly, shifted across behind runners, held up towards the rear on the fence, brought to outside 400M, closed off well but too much to make up.
8 9 GREAT TREASURE (T380) M L Yeung -- Dropped back to race towards the rear, 5Ls behind leader rounding home turn, ran on fairly final 400M, not reach leaders.
9 4 TOYCOON (D203) C L Chau CP Taken back from wide barrier, settled near last along the 3-path, made limited progress on straightening, never involved.
10 7 NOBLE STEED (A326) L Ferraris B- Held up in a 2-wide spot ahead of midfield, pressed along 500M but not going the pace to challenge leaders, no threat from mid-straight.
11 8 CORDYCEPS TWO (E259) H Bentley -- Took early lead, tracked leader along the inside from 900M in a slowly run race, battled on one paced in straight, faded over final 200M.
12 14 LOYAL AMBITION (E489) C Wong H/TT From draw 1 moved up to race behind leaders early stages, shuffled back to midfield 700M, failed to run on passing 400M, never threatened.
13 12 STRATHMORETOO (E426) H T Mo B From wide draw restrained to race in last, raced ungenerously 1400M, 7Ls to make up top of straight, failed to make any real progress.
14 3 GENERAL WINNER (E376) K Teetan CP Caught 3-wide no cover chasing leaders, came under heavy pressure 500M, fought hard to stay with leaders until no extra 200M, weakened to last. (Jockey unable to explain for the disappointing run.)
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