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Race 7 (110)

THE SHA TIN TROPHY (HANDICAP)   Rating:-   1600m   Sha Tin   Good To Firm

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 6 MY WISH (J256) A Badel -- Pressed forward from a wide draw, unable to go near the rail before joining race leader 2-wide 900M out approaching first turn, hit the front 200M out to win readily.
2 7 COPARTNER PRANCE (H408) K De Melo XB Began well to lead, obtained run close to rail 1100M out, held slender advantage rounding home bend and early in straight, unable to sustain effort and caught inside the 200M.
3 4 BEAUTY JOY (E058) K C Leung TT Soon taken back from the wideset draw travelling 3-wide, went wider into home straight, finished off strongly inside final 300M to be nearest on line.
4 5 STRAIGHT ARRON (G435) E C W Wong XB-/V1 Settled in midfield on rail, saved ground turning in for home gaining to within 3L off the pace, kept on same pace under pressure without threatening.
5 14 MOMENTS IN TIME (H474) H Bentley TT Began fairly, gradually recovered to within 2L back to 4th on rail, gained 3rd racing keenly at times rounding home bend, kept on steadily without quickening under pressure in the run to the line.
6 2 GALAXY PATCH (H399) C L Chau CP-/TT Began moderately and soon taken well back to last on rail and waited with, commenced move on straightening but did not find much room until the 150M, never nearer.
7 8 HAPPY TOGETHER (G446) K Teetan TT Began well from a middle draw, gradually settled some 2L back in 4th 2-wide, baulked behind runners after straightening early in straight until over 250M out, faded under pressure.
8 10 CAP FERRAT (K021) M L Yeung -- Began well travelling keenly in midfield, baulked for a run most of the straight and never seen with a chance.
9 9 BEAUTY ETERNAL (H008) M Chadwick E2 Towards rear despite niggled at early stages, commenced move out wide rounding home bend and one of the widest into straight, kept on same pace down the centre of the track without quickening.
10 3 RED LION (H115) R Kingscote -- Prominent and very wide early from a poor draw, taken over 2L back to 6th shortly afterward remaining wide, gained closer to 3rd upon straightening but unable to sustain effort inside final 200M.
11 13 VICTOR THE WINNER (G404) Y L Chung TT Broke well from a poor draw and soon taken back to last few travelling keenly in back straight, commenced move home bend swinging wide for a run into straight but in vain, baulked until the 200M and found nothing under pressure.
12 1 VOYAGE BUBBLE (E436) M F Poon CP Niggled at early, 3-wide in 6th some 2L back before making headway inside the 1200M, reached within 1L of pace 3-wide onto first bend, hampered and lost position 900M out, soon weakened in straight. (See Incidents Report)
13 11 ENSUED (H452) A Atzeni -- Never better than midfield, saved ground on the inside turning in for home, soon dropped out of contention.
14 12 SWORD POINT (G448) D Probert CP-/V1 Began fairly settling 3-wide in midfield, remained similar into home straight, did not find much room behind runners before fading inside final 200M.
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