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Race 8 (491)

NGA TSIN WAI HANDICAP   Rating:80-60   1000m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 6 BABY CRYSTAL (H081) A Atzeni B/TT Away smoothly, sat in behind leader, took over nearing 300M when still under a hold, always holding on when challenged by the runner up over final 200.
2 8 JAMES TAK (J007) C L Chau -- Settled midfield 2Ls off pace, quickened up nicely from 400M to challenge leader, fought hard to line but always held.
3 4 STELLAR EXPRESS (J186) Z Purton -- In mid-division never far off from leaders, responded moderately under pressure, moved up to 3rd near 100M, comfortably held by first two.
4 7 GRACIOUS EXPRESS (J188) H Bentley -- Jumped awkwardly and then crowded for room, chased leaders along stand's side, kept on steadily over final 400M, not able to challenge first two but ran a pleasing race on debut.
5 1 FLYING HIGH (E204) M Chadwick TT Maintained a midfield position towards the stands' rail, battled on same pace passing halfway, safely held by leaders. (Jockey : his mount did not quicken under top weight on a track that had some give in it.)
6 2 HEROIC MASTER (G394) H Bowman CP/TT Bumped with rival at the start, soon towards the rear 6Ls off the pace, made some progress final 400M but couldn't get into the finish.
7 13 PRINCE OF PORTY (H009) A Badel CP/TT Crowded at the start, maintained a position towards the rear, picked off a few final 400M but posed no serious threat to leaders.
8 14 RUBYLOT (H412) K Teetan -- Badly crowded at the start, held up at the rear 7Ls off the pace, had some work to do passing halfway, made up some ground but never a threat to leaders.
9 11 CHEVAL VALIANT (E336) B Thompson B/TT Bumped shortly after the start, soon took up running along the stands' rail, headed inside 400M and failed to run on.
10 10 YOUTHFUL SPIRITS (J082) L Ferraris H1/SR1/TT1 Began awkwardly, soon took up a forward position chasing the pace, struggled to make an impression passing 500M and gave ground.
11 9 ATOMIC ENERGY (H150) Y L Chung TT Restrained after the jump, soon towards the rear, struggled to keep up halfway, never in the hunt.
12 12 CALIFORNIA TOUCH (J051) M L Yeung TT Bumped on jumping and became unbalanced, moved up to be prominent behind leader, struggled to maintain his position 400M, soon out of contention.
13 5 SPARKLING KNIGHT (C201) K H Chan CP1 Jumped awkwardly, settled in midfield but never far off the pace, couldn't go on passing 400M and gave ground. (RF tendon injury reported on the day after racing.)
14 3 VIVA CHALEUR (G368) A Hamelin PC1/TT- Settled midfield 4Ls off the pace, under the pump near 500M, emptied final 200M and 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