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Race 8 (337)

PING SHAN HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1600m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 4 VOYAGE BUBBLE (E436) K C Leung CP Soon crossed to the lead, pressed by rival middle stages setting fast pace, battled home well under a forceful ride, just held on at the line from fast finishing 2nd.
2 12 HAPPY TOGETHER (G446) A Badel TT Caught wide early, steadied to a 3-wide spot at the rear entering home turn, fell back to clear last 600M, finished off strongly final 400M, just failed to reel in the winner.
3 2 LA CITY BLANCHE (G371) Y L Chung H/TT Taken back to race near the rear, driven along 500M, had some difficulty obtaining clear running early straight, closed off final 200M fastest, got up for 3rd last stride, nearest finish.
4 1 ERIMO (E193) H Bowman B Never far off leaders, positioned ahead of midfield along the 2-path, battled on under top weight in the straight, edged out to 4th in close finish for minor placings.
5 7 SECRET VISION (G302) S De Sousa TT Took up a 2-wide spot in midfield, swung wide for home, stayed on mildly to claim 5th in a blanket finish for minor placings.
6 9 HAVA NAGEELA (H114) Z Purton B Caught wide no cover early stages, allowed to improve position to race outsider leader 700M setting fast pace, battled on to hold 2nd until 70M, faded to 6th late.
7 14 HAPPY DAY (G119) L Hewitson -- Unhurried after the start, settled 3-wide towards the rear off the fast pace, stayed on moderately towards the line, finished 7th but beaten less than 1.5L.
8 8 GOLDEN EMPIRE (E490) R Maia -- Broke sharply, soon restrained to a midfield position along inside, went 4th briefly early straight, couldn't sustain run passing 200M.
9 6 CAPITAL LEGEND (G333) C Y Ho TT Obtained a midfield spot, raced keenly early stages, caught wide no cover from 800M, failed to threaten turning home. (Jockey : stepping up to 1600M, raced wide and not able to finish off strongly.)
10 10 DECRYPT (D129) C L Chau XB/TT From draw 1 obtained a position behind midfield, switched away from fence 650M, failed to impact over final 400M.
11 3 STRAIGHT ARRON (G435) K Teetan CP Bumped on jumping, given a waiting ride at the rear, widest into straight and lacked the needed response. Never threatened.
12 13 IMPERIAL MAGEE (E460) V Borges H/SR/TT Moved up to be prominently placed just off the pace, pushed along 600M, soon no extra and gave way from 350M.
13 11 YOUNG BRILLIANT (H135) H Bentley -- Restrained to race behind midfield, failed to go on passing 350M, soon left behind.
14 5 NEVER TOO SOON (E434) M F Poon TT Hustled to track leaders, under serious pressure 500M, weakened rapidly over final 300M, eased. (No Vet findings.)
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