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Race 8 (826)

BEGONIA HANDICAP   Rating:90-60   1800m   Happy Valley   Good To Firm

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 6 JUMBO LEGEND (G266) H Bowman TT Jumped awkwardly, reserved at the back of the field, still plenty to do home turn, attacked the line strongly closing off final 400M in 22.26s. Got there last stride.
2 7 WOODFIRE BRO (G115) M L Yeung TT Settled down in a trailing spot behind leaders, unleashed a strong finish passing 300M, led nearing 100M only to be headed by fast finishing winner last stride.
3 9 CAMBRIDGE (K085) Z Purton XB/TT Restrained in mid-division, raced keenly middle stages, swung wide into straight before keeping on fairly well to take 3rd.
4 4 EMBRACES (J276) C L Chau TT From the outside draw taken across behind runners, 6Ls towards rear on settling, swung wide into straight then ran on well final 300M.
5 3 BRAVEHEARTS (H389) M Chadwick -- Switched off to race at the rear 7-8Ls back, saved ground along the inside, stayed on steadily final 300M to claim 5th, not beaten far.
6 10 WINNING WING (K129) H T Mo B/TT In touch with leaders early stages, drifted back to a position ahead of midfield middle stages, kept on steadily from 300M but always held by leaders
7 11 STAR MAC (J053) K Teetan CP-/B2/TT Reserved towards the rear along the fence, 5Ls off leader home turn, switched wide on straightening to challenge, kept on but lacked a strong finishing response.
8 8 BEAUTY ALLIANCE (J260) A Badel -- Caught 3-wide until reaching the front 1000M, disputed lead on outside, established narrow lead top of straight, fought hard to 150M couldn't hold off rivals late.
9 2 SHARPEN BRIGHT (H276) M F Poon B Obtained a midfield spot along the fence, kept to inside on straightening but failed to close off the race.
10 5 FLAMINGO TRILLION (H192) K C Leung -- Went forward as anticipated, was pressured in the lead throughout the race, hard driven to maintain position 400M, no extra mid-straight weakened away.
11 12 PACKING HURRICANE (H137) Y L Chung B/TT Caught 3-wide chasing leaders, left with no cover from back straight, going one-paced before being checked 200M, soon left behind by rivals.
12 1 NOISY BOY (J536) L Ferraris TT Took up a forward position, vied for early lead before easing back near 1000M to track leaders, struggled to keep up top of straight under a big weight, soon weakened out of contention.
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