Race 7 (604)
HEALTHY COMMUNITY 1600M HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1600m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 10 | CELTIC TIMES (G230) | K Teetan | B/TT | Settled mainly 3-wide in midfield from a wide draw, quickened well inside final 250 metres to gain upper hand close home. |
2 | 11 | JOY OF SPRING (H383) | C Y Ho | TT | In last few early, made steady headway from 10th onto home bend along the rail to be 4L back in 9th approaching straight, quickened well after obtaining clear passage inside final 200 metres. |
3 | 12 | SMART FIGHTER (H278) | K C Leung | TT | Restrained in prominent position, some 2L back in 4th onto home bend gaining closer into straight, quickened to lead over 200 metres out and only to be swamped close to home. |
4 | 8 | PING HAI COMET (H344) | A Badel | H | Always thereabouts on the rail, came under pressure to hold place after straightening, swamped for a placing inside final 50 metres. |
5 | 5 | FLYING MOJITO (G412) | Z Purton | V/XB/TT | Niggled along to just over 2L off the pace in 6th, drifted back to midfield before tightened 1000 metres out, ran on between runners in straight to be nearest at finish. |
6 | 1 | LAUGH TALE (G406) | H Bowman | XB/TT | Settled wide in last few to straight, ran on well under pressure down the centre of the track to nearest at finish. |
7 | 7 | SOARING BRONCO (J162) | H Bentley | -- | Very wide without cover with leaders after beginning from a poor draw, taken some 3L back to 5th coming onto home bend, kept on before finding no extra 100 metres out. |
8 | 4 | BEER PALACE (H361) | L Ferraris | B/TT1 | Midfield early stages, lost position rounding home bend, came under pressure on straightening, produced some late impression closing stages. |
9 | 13 | TOP TOP TEA (H048) | Y L Chung | -- | Ridden to soon take up running, led until finding no extra inside final 300 metres. |
10 | 9 | C P ONE (J013) | A Hamelin | B1/TT | Settled in forward of midfield, faded under pressure in straight. |
11 | 3 | MARADO (E245) | C L Chau | -- | Crowded at start, settled in last few on rail, failed to quicken under pressure after straightening. |
12 | 14 | FOREVER FOLKS (G463) | B Thompson | B | Trailed the field most of the way, never seen with a chance. |
13 | 6 | ABSOLUTE SUNSHINE (H342) | M L Yeung | B/TT | Pressed forward from a poor draw, travelled outside race leader rounding home bend, dropped out of contention inside final 300 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 |