Race 7 (218)
EDINBURGH HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1200m Happy Valley Good
Section 3
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 1 | BEAUTY DESTINY (H281) | A Atzeni | H/P/TT | Niggled along in last few and waited with, lost a stride when tightened passing the 600M, responded well inside final 250M to take command over 100M out, won convincingly. |
2 | 9 | TELECOM POWER (J332) | K De Melo | B | Soon recovered from sluggish start to travel in 7th some 4L off the pace, commenced move swinging wide into straight, ran on to reach distant 2nd over 100M out. |
3 | 6 | RACINGRACE (J102) | B Avdulla | XB | Settled in prominent 4th swinging wide into straight, ran on to hold every chance until finding no extra 100M out. |
4 | 12 | WOOD ON FIRE (C460) | M L Yeung | V/TT | Jumped best from the one draw before taken back to track race leader, hampered and unbalanced making the home turn but ran on to hold some chance 200M out, had no more to give inside final 50M. |
5 | 10 | GLORY B (H373) | M Chadwick | CP/H | Towards rear despite niggled along early stages, made steady headway to 6L 8th along back straight, angled out off the rail for a clear run inside the 200M, made some impression near the centre of the track inside final 100M. |
6 | 7 | FORTUNE WHISKEY (J153) | M F Poon | H-/P-/B1/XB1/TT2 | Jumped moderately travelling in last few, commenced move out wide rounding home bend and widest into straight, ran on well under strong pressure to be nearest at finish. |
7 | 11 | SPEEDY SMARTIE (H108) | L Hewitson | TT | Hard ridden from the start from a poor draw to join race leader 2-wide 900M out, hit the front from tiring leader on straightening, unable to sustain effort and overhauled over 100M out. |
8 | 4 | LIGHTNING BOLT (G130) | J McDonald | B/TT | Bumped at start settling just over 3L back in 6th on rail, gained 5th rounding home bend, angled out for a run making home turn, unable to quicken to challenge and found no extra inside final 100M. |
9 | 2 | LYRICAL MOTION (G081) | H Bowman | B/TT | Soon taken well behind from the widest draw, trailed the field until commenced move home bend, saved ground turning in on the inside, found no extra inside final 150M. |
10 | 3 | COLONEL (D090) | L Ferraris | B | Ridden forward to take up running on the rail into back straight, held mainly half a length advantage to home straight, swamped for a placing inside final 150M. |
11 | 5 | CARRYON SMILING (J392) | C Y Ho | H/TT | Niggled along towards rear, dropped further back from approaching home bend, never seen with a chance. |
12 | 8 | INVINCIBLE DELIGHT (J372) | B Thompson | H | Settled some 3L back in 5th 2-wide, became 6th rounding home bend, soon weakened in straight. |
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 |