Race 7 (293)
SATURN HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 6 | EMBRACES (J276) | C L Chau | TT | Travelled well behind and waited with, shifted one of the widest for a clear run into straight, responded well to take command about 100M out. |
2 | 9 | WAH MAY WAI WAI (J193) | Y L Chung | -- | Began moderately but was able to soon take up running on the rail passing the winning post the first time, led the field until swamped by fast-finishing winner about 100M out, just held on for 2nd. |
3 | 10 | TAKE ACTION (J098) | B Avdulla | -- | Jumped awkwardly losing ground settling at the back, trailed the field until commenced move 650M out circling the field 4-wide home bend, carried wider into straight, fought on steadily without threatening. |
4 | 5 | CORLEONE (J426) | H Bowman | TT | Settled 3-wide in midfield, lost position rounding home bend, tight behind runners early in straight, fought on steadily under pressure without threatening. |
5 | 3 | PRINCE ALEX (G307) | H Bentley | CP/XB/TT | Settled in midfield on rail, shifted 2-wide for a run turning in for home, one-paced under pressure. |
6 | 1 | BIG RED (H299) | E C W Wong | -- | Not far off the pace on rail travelling keenly first bend, saved ground on the inside turning in for home, one-paced without quickening under pressure. |
7 | 8 | FASHION LEGEND (J080) | A Atzeni | XB/TT | Soon taken across at the back from the widest draw, travelled in last few to straight, snuck up on rail turning in for home, fought on under pressure early in straight, found no extra inside final 100M. |
8 | 2 | HAPPY UNIVERSE (J533) | A Hamelin | -- | Taken back to last few from a poor draw travelling keenly 3-wide, gained slightly closer early in back straight, very wide around home bend and into straight, fought on steadily while hanging in. |
9 | 7 | TEAM HAPPY (J218) | A Pouchin | B/TT1 | Close up early from a poor draw gradually settling just over 2L back in 4th, restrained in 5th most of back straight, tightened when in a similar position early in home straight, never recovered. |
10 | 4 | SMART CITY (J213) | Z Purton | CP/TT | Pressed forward from a poor draw to join race leader onto first bend before settling in 1L 2nd into back straight, dropped out of contention quickly inside final 350M. |
11 | 11 | ISLAND GOLDEN (H018) | M F Poon | TT | Wide in last few early stages, circled the field from first bend to reach 3rd 3-wide 1000M out, remained in a similar position before giving ground steadily on home bend, folded up quickly in straight. |
12 | 12 | UNITED ENDEAVORS (G030) | M L Yeung | H/TT | One of the first to jump despite awkwardly but soon retrained to midfield, dropped steadily further back halfway out reaching 9th approaching home bend when inconvenienced, 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 |