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Race 7 (007)

MA ON SHAN HANDICAP   Rating:60-40   1200m   Sha Tin   Good To Yielding

Section 2

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 11 GROOVY FEELING (J515) Z Purton CP/TT Gradually settled 3-wide in midfield or slightly worse after beginning from a wide draw, commenced run upon straightening and quickened well inside final 250M to hit the front close to home.
2 4 VICTORY CHAMPION (K240) K C Leung CP1 Settled at the back after slowly away, trailed the field to straight and waited with, switched out for a clear run over 300M out and finished off the race strongly near the centre of the track to just fail to get up on line.
3 9 NOBLE FANS (K038) M Chadwick B/TT Settled in midfield early stages, improved to about 2L off the pace 1000M out, steadied and lost position leaving the 900M sharing 6th 3-wide home bend, ran on steadily inside 200M but unable to sustain effort final strides.
4 7 KA YING RESILIENCE (J439) K Teetan B/TT Jumped awkwardly but travelled keenly in front narrowly, obtained rails run onto home bend but lost advantage narrowly into straight, re-gained lead under pressure inside the 200M only to be swamped final few strides.
5 12 LUCKY STATEMENT (J521) Y L Chung B/TT Settled in midfield, did not find much room early in straight, produced good late impression inside final 100M.
6 1 CALIFORNIA DEEPLY (G451) B Avdulla B/TT Soon dropped to last few from a poor draw, remained wide in a similar position around home bend and into straight, ran on without threatening.
7 14 PATCH OF WATCH (H476) P N Wong B-/TT Moderate start, soon pressed forward to join race leader over 900M out, hit the front narrowly into straight but unable to sustain effort inside final 200M.
8 2 FANTASTIC FUN (J364) H Bowman XB/TT Gradually settled in last few near the rail, made steady headway on the inside in straight but baulked close to home.
9 6 NEWBORN MIRACLE (J477) R Kingscote B1/TT- Prominent, one-out-one-back sharing 3rd rounding home bend, baulked for a run early in straight, gradually weakened inside final 100M.
10 3 LOVING VIBES (J359) L Ferraris -- Jumped awkwardly from the one draw, taken one back sharing 3rd on rail coming onto home bend, soon came under pressure upon straightening but weakened inside final 100M.
11 10 COLOURFUL WINNER (J312) M L Yeung B1 Amongst leaders 5-wide early stages, shifted one-back for cover coming onto home bend but in vain, weakened under pressure inside final 300M.
12 8 SEA SAPPHIRE (H343) A Atzeni B-/V1/TT Broke well from the widest draw, gradually settled in midfield wide without cover, commenced to lose ground from turning into straight.
13 13 YODA'S CHOICE (J146) H Bentley CP/TT Settled towards rear, did not find much room early in straight, soon found nothing.
14 5 CONSPIRATOR (K090) J Orman -- Slowly away, gradually recovered along the rail to midfield home bend, saved ground turning in for home but baulked behind runners early in straight, weakened inside final 300M.
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