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Race 7 (295)

HIGH WEST HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1200m   Happy Valley   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 5 ARMOUR EAGLE (G093) J McDonald B/XB/TT Prominent early stages before gradually drifted backward to just worse than midfield, commenced move entering straight responding well inside final 200 metres to assert authority close to home.
2 4 BON'S A PEARLA (G449) A Atzeni B Settled well back from a poor draw, checked and lost ground 1000 metres out trailing the field to the 150 metres, finished off the race strongly to snatch 2nd final strides.
3 10 STREET CONQUEROR (H341) M L Yeung TT Broke well from the one draw before settling in midfield in 5th some 3L off the pace, saved ground turning in, fought on to hold every chance in straight only to be pipped for 2nd late.
4 11 WATCH BUDDY (H185) A Badel -- Travelled wide without cover in midfield, one of the widest turning into straight, ran on under pressure to narrowly miss a placing.
5 2 VIVA CHALEUR (G368) H Bowman TT Travelled in last few 3-wide with cover, commenced move approaching home turn and widest into straight, ran on well under pressure down the centre of track to be nearest at finish.
6 3 LUCKY ARCHANGEL (E385) M F Poon B/XB Ridden forward at start before settling some 2L back in 3rd on rail, gained slightly closer to 2nd rounding home bend and switched out for a run into straight but unable to quicken to threaten.
7 8 A AMERIC TE SPECSO (H037) Z Purton -- Soon dropped backward travelling well back to straight, ran on well between runners down the inside until finding no extra inside final 100 metres.
8 9 DENFIELD (G471) B Avdulla TT Well there early stages, settling just over 2L back in 4th, slightly further off the pace passing the 800 metres, held good chance from wide into straight but unable to sustain effort inside final 100 metres.
9 1 LIGHTNING BOLT (G130) C L Chau TT Settled towards rear on the rail, saved ground turning for home, making ground when tightened over 150 metres out, made no further impression.
10 7 GOLDEN EMPIRE (E490) L Hewitson B Pressed forward from a poor draw to reach 2nd 3-wide into back straight, gained closer to rail passing the 800 metres remaining one-out-one-back to home turn, kept on in straight before jostled and faded inside final 200 metres.
11 6 BEAUTY GLORY (E459) L Ferraris CP/H/TT Driven forward from the widest draw to take up running 3-wide into back straight, obtained rails run 800 metres out and led the field until finding no extra inside final 200 metres.
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