Race 8 (203)
CHEVALIER ENTERPRISE DIGITAL SOLUTIONS HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1600m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 11 | SWEET ENCOUNTER (G426) | Z Purton | -- | Jumped smoothly, soon moved up to the lead setting steady tempo, travelled strongly turning into straight, drew off to win with something in hand. |
2 | 8 | ENTRUSTED (D381) | L Ferraris | CP/TT | Tracked the pace racing along the inside, finished off well in a steady effort, got up for 2nd near 100M, unable to trouble the runaway winner. |
3 | 4 | GOLDEN EMPIRE (E490) | L Hewitson | -- | Dueled for the early lead on outside, driven top of straight but unable to go with the winner, fought on steadily holding 2nd spot until 100M. |
4 | 1 | CAPTAIN WIN (E466) | H Bentley | V/XB/TT1 | Unhurried after the start, taken back to a rearward spot from draw 13, wide into straight, ran on evenly under top weight. |
5 | 6 | PRINCE ALEX (G307) | J McNeil | SR/CP1 | Off a step slow, recovered to race behind mid-division, saved ground on inside, not going the pace to challenge leaders in straight, battled on to hold 5th. |
6 | 12 | LOOKING COOL (G151) | M Chadwick | PC | Tracked the pace while racing 2-wide, kept on same pace on straightening, always held by leaders. |
7 | 10 | HAPPY DAILY (E294) | K C Leung | TT | Dropped back from draw 11, waited with near the rear, badly held up 250-150M before closing off well final stages. (Jockey questioned re his riding.) |
8 | 3 | INVINCIBLE MISSILE (C037) | Y L Chung | TT | Dropped back from draw 14, raced in last 7-8Ls off leader, came wide into the straight, stayed on final 400M and gradually improved his position. |
9 | 9 | GIFT OF LIFELINE (C172) | L Currie | B | Held up in midfield along the fence, fought on same pace in the run to the line, always held by leaders. |
10 | 13 | ROUND THE EARTH (G358) | C Y Ho | B | From draw 12 moved forward to track leaders, wide no cover after 1000M, under pressure 500M, failed to threaten. |
11 | 5 | POWERFUL WINGS (G225) | H Bowman | B | Restrained in midfield along the 2-path, shuffled back to near the rear middle stages, found disappointingly little in the straight, never threatened. |
12 | 14 | DEAR SIBLING (G336) | M F Poon | B1 | Chased leaders early stages, shuffled back to midfield making the home turn, fought on same pace in the straight and never going the pace to challenge. |
13 | 7 | KASA PAPA (G312) | C L Chau | TT | Began only fairly, shifted across behind runners from draw 10 to be racing behind midfield, switched to 3-wide entering home turn, failed to run on. |
14 | 2 | PEGASUS HERO (G188) | R Maia | H | Settled down 3-wide in mid-division, pushed along 500M, had nothing left 300M from home, weakened to last. |
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 |