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Race 7 (757)

KIU TSUI HANDICAP   Rating:60-40   1200m   Sha Tin   Wet Slow

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 10 ACA POWER (E144) A Badel CP Badly crowded and blundered at start dropping to last, trailed the field on rail to the 750 metres, improving in 10th when running into heels and steadied 550 metres out, renewed effort in straight to assert authority late.
2 6 ROBOT KNIGHT (H464) L Ferraris TT Ridden positively after fair start to take up running passing the 900 metres, obtained rails run approaching first turn, kicked over 3L clear from 1L advantage into straight only to be caught final strides.
3 2 TOP SCORER (J120) H Bowman P1 Close up early stages before gradually shifting to some 2L back in 6th, renewed effort 4-wide rounding home bend to share 2nd into straight, fought on steadily without threatening.
4 5 HINOKAMI KAGURA (H384) H Bentley PC/TT Travelled prominently in 4th after moderate start, steadied and lost position passing 600 metres, switched to obtain clear run 300 metres out, fought on steadily without threatening.
5 8 CRAZY TREASURE (J063) M Chadwick B Niggled along just worse than midfield after beginning from a poor draw, held rails run in a similar position rounding home bend, did not find much room between runners early in centre of straight, fought on steadily to the line.
6 9 STRIVE FOR GLORY (D186) B Thompson P/TT Drifted gradually back to last few from the widest draw despite ridden along, shifted wide into straight, made up good ground down the centre of the track to be nearest at finish.
7 1 FORTUNE WHISKEY (J153) H T Mo H/P Soon dropped well behind despite ridden along, dropped to last onto home bend, produced good late impression running past well-beaten horses inside final 200 metres.
8 7 TRIUMPHANT WARRIOR (H430) Z Purton TT Close up early, gradually drifted back to 5th onto home bend, renewed effort to briefly share 2nd into straight but soon faded.
9 3 EVERYONE'S VICTORY (E177) L Hewitson CP/H/TT Soon picked up to close-up 3rd on rail after moderate start, chased leader into straight and soon came under pressure, dropped out of contention inside final 200 metres.
10 11 HIGH RISE POWER (H353) C Y Ho -- Prominent from a poor draw gradually drifting back to some 3L back in midfield while 5-wide, shifted wider when 10th into straight, ran home one-paced.
11 12 DAILY TROPHY (H283) K Teetan B/TT Soon dropped to some 3L off the pace 6-wide in 7th or 6th, remained very wide in similar position rounding home bend before losing position into straight, never recovered.
12 4 THE GREAT MASTER (H457) Y L Chung -- Ridden to lead out wide from a poor draw, headed 900 metres out before obtaining 2-wide position in 2nd coming onto home bend, given reminders entering home straight and soon weakened.
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