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Race 7 (641)

TIN SHUI WAI HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1650m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 3 APACHE PASS (D433) K C Leung BO/XB Close up early, gradually taken back off the pace in 3rd and becoming 4th passing the 1000 metres, made headway 3-wide around home bend and hit the front over 300 metres out, hung on well under pressure.
2 7 ROMANTIC COMBO (D271) J Moreira B/TT Broke well, settling in 4th before hampered and lost position 1400M out, wide without cover in back straight before making steady headway to join leader from 800M out, unable to peg back the winner inside final 250M.
3 1 SO WE JOY (D082) C Y Ho H/XB Settled in midfield on the rail, tightened passing the 1400 metres, travelled over 3L back in 5th in back straight, commenced move approaching home straight, fought on but hung in a difficult ride.
4 2 ULTRA EXPRESS (D161) M Chadwick B/TT Soon dropped well behind from the widest barrier despite ridden along, given reminders in 10th from the 800 metres, snuck up on the inside entering straight reaching 2L 4th briefly inside the 200 metres.
5 11 EMERGING (G296) L Hewitson H/TT Settled just worse than midfield after moderate start, commenced move entering home straight, fought on steadily without threatening.
6 4 BEAR SLAM (C143) B Shinn -- Settled in midfield, tightened briefly 1400 metres out but remained in midfield until making headway approaching home straight, unable to quicken further despite given strong reminders.
7 5 LEAP OF FAITH (C386) Z Purton P Broke well but soon taken back, travelled 3-wide with cover in midfield down back straight, made headway 4-wide rounding home bend and wider into straight, fought on steadily without threatening.
8 8 FUNCTION PATCH (E446) C L Chau H/TT Settled at the back from a wide barrier, tailed-off approaching back straight on stables bend, commenced move from the 500 metres but unable to quicken under pressure.
9 10 SKYEY SUPREME (C293) M F Poon B/TT Driven forward from a wide barrier to vie for lead, eventually obtained a length's advantage on the rail 1200 metres out and steadied pace, led until swamped inside final 300 metres.
10 6 TRUE LEGEND (D047) K Teetan B Vied for lead from a wide barrier, settled one back on the rail entering back straight, remained similar until baulked behind runners after home turn, folded up quickly.
11 9 A LA KING (E147) H Bentley V/TT Held up wide in last few, became last into straight, found nothing. (Bled)
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