





Race 4 (056)
THE CHINESE RECREATION CLUB CHALLENGE CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:88-64 1800m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 12 | TWIN DRAGONS (BL229) | D Harrison | -- | Mainly in midfield until hampered 500 M out. Rear into straight before unleashing a powerful finish inside final 200 M to snatch race near line. |
2 | 1 | CELESTIAL FORTUNE (BN010) | B Doyle | -- | Settled in midfield. Steady headway from halfway to be close up entering straight. Sustained progress to take command over 100 M out but grabbed by fast-finishing winner final strides. |
3 | 4 | AMERICAN CHAMPION (BN179) | K S Yu | B | Settled in rear. Made swift progress on outer rounding home bend to be midfield into straight. Ran on to be nearest at finish. |
4 | 11 | ELITE (BM142) | H K Cheung | B | Attempted to make all but could find no extra and swamped inside final 200 M. |
5 | 5 | GAYLORD (BM182) | E Saint-Martin | V | Well there, disputing lead early in straight but failed to quicken under pressure to hold place closing stages. |
6 | 9 | JADE LAKE (BN191) | D Whyte | -- | Settled in midfield. Pushed along rounding home bend improving to 5th some 3Ls back into straight. Ran on steadily without threatening. |
7 | 7 | RAINBOW SEEKER (BN201) | R Fradd | -- | Never better than midfield. Kept on without quickening in straight. |
8 | 3 | COTTAGE VIEW (BM171) | W M Lai | -- | Travelled in last few. Came under pressure passing 500 M and steadily weakened. |
9 | 6 | CLASSIC BOY (BM011) | W Woods | -- | Slowly away and always in rear. |
10 | 2 | BIG MAC (BL155) | E Legrix | -- | Settled just behind leaders to straight. Found nothing under pressure. |
11 | 8 | TAKE OFF (BN234) | F Coetzee | B | Prominent until dropping out from Rock. |
12 | 10 | CRICKET LORD (BK175) | A Munro | -- | Never in the hunt. |
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 |