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Race 1 (484)

KRETA AYER HANDICAP   Rating:40-0   1400m   Sha Tin   Good

Section 1

Placing Horse
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Horse Name Jockey Gear Comment
1 1 FLYING NOBLE (A267) K C Leung -- Moderate start, settled not far off the lead in 5th, came to challenge entering straight, hit the front from the tiring leader over 200 metres out, won readily.
2 2 VARA PEARL (S138) Z Purton B Niggled along in midfield in 6th on the rail, ran on to reach 2nd 100 metres out, never threatening.
3 14 DON WONGCHOY (V259) C Schofield B Travelled wide from the widest gate though never far off, kept on before finding no extra nearing finish.
4 4 AMBITIOUS SPEEDY (T063) B Prebble PC-/B2 Settled towards the rear, quickened well inside the 200 metres, ran on to be nearest at finish.
5 7 HAPPY BEAUTY (V375) M F Poon V/TT Soon dropped well behind, trailed the field into straight, produced good late finish closing stages.
6 13 CASH COURIER (S417) A Sanna B2 Bumped at the start, soon dropped the rear despite ridden along, remained in last few on the rail to the straight, made modest progress under hard driving in the run to the line.
7 10 THE GREATEST (T435) M Chadwick PC/XB Taken back from a wide gate for rails run, picked up along the rail to be just worse than midfield, kept on steadily in straight.
8 11 WINNING BOY (N186) N Callan -- Soon taken back to 3-wide in midfield, came to challenge under pressure early in straight, unable to sustain effort closing stages.
9 3 HAPPY HAPPY (A348) N Rawiller H- Raced wide towards the rear from a wide gate, kept on same pace in straight.
10 8 RICHCITY FORTUNE (V088) H T Mo H/XB/TT Soon took up running setting a smart pace far side, held over 1L advantage rounding home bend and into the straight, swamped over 200 metres out.
11 12 FAIR COMMENT (A014) U Rispoli B Prominent from a wide gate, chased the leader to straight, dropped out tamely inside the final 250 metres.
12 6 A STAR LUSTER (A259) O Doleuze -- Awkward start racing freely early stages, in last few throughout, made no impression.
13 5 TORNEY (A063) M L Yeung B Crowded after a moderate start, soon recovered to rear of midfield in 8th, kept on in home straight before fading the inside final 200 metres.
14 9 SKYRAIDER (A225) C Y Ho B Chased leader in back straight, became 3rd and some 2L back rounding home bend, dropped away 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