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Race 1 (494)

LUARD HANDICAP   Rating:40-0   1200m   Happy Valley   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
No
Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 2 TREASURE AND GOLD (V027) Z Purton H/TT Taken back from the widest gate, quickened well inside the final 150 metres to snatch victory close to home.
2 1 RAICHU (V414) K Teetan TT Broke well from a middle gate to share early lead, soon taken back for cover but to no avail, raced 3-wide without cover in 5th over 2L back rounding home bend, hit the front under pressure over 150M out but outsprinted close to home.
3 4 SPARKLING TALENT (T346) N Rawiller B/TT Settled wide in rear of midfield, in similar position turning into home straight, ran on to be nearest at finish.
4 5 SCARBOROUGH FAIR (A144) K C Leung H/TT Midfield early, shuffled backward at the 1000 metres, renewed effort and saved ground rounding home bend, ran on under pressure to reach half-length 2nd briefly 100 metres out, no extra.
5 9 EXPONENTS (A031) C Y Ho V1 Given reminders to hold position amongst leaders early, soon dropped to over 2L back in 6th on first bend, shuffled further back rounding home bend, produced good impression in home straight but hampered near finish.
6 7 GOBI STORM (A101) U Rispoli H/PC/TT Jumped fairly, led or disputed lead on the rail from the 800 metres, driven 1L clear after straightening, unable to sustain effort and headed 150 metres out.
7 11 KING'S STEED (S051) M Chadwick B Slightly slow out, ridden and improved steadily to close-up position just behind the leaders at the Rock, kept on before finding no extra inside final 200 metres.
8 8 GREAT TOPLIGHT (T031) C Schofield V-/CP1/TT Settled wide in last few from a wide gate, went wider into the straight, produced good late impression closing stages.
9 3 YOUNG DREAMER (T378) A Sanna B/TT Moderate start, never better than midfield, dropped towards the rear onto home bend, kept on steadily along inside rail, hampered late. (Lame next day)
10 12 ROCKET LET WIN (P330) K C Ng CP-/B2/TT Settled in last few, saved ground on the inside turning for home, made no impression.
11 10 CATCHMEIFYOUCAN (A026) D Whyte B Recovered steadily from a moderate start, sustained headway on the outside down back straight, joined the leader going up the Rock, unable to sustain effort after straightening, dropped away quickly passing the 200 metres.
12 6 IDYLLIC WIND (N139) B Prebble -- Driven to lead early but gradually drifting backward to 3rd at the Rock, folded up quickly after straightening.
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