





Race 7 (120)
ATLANTA HANDICAP Rating:100-80 1000m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 2 | FIFTY FIFTY (CD131) | B Prebble | B | Driven to lead after a slightly slow start. Held narrow advantage far side before moving a length clear around home bend. Hung on well to the line and never threatened. |
2 | 9 | ULTRA FANTASY (CG311) | M Nunes | B | Began fairly. Soon picked up to join leading group in 4th or 5th. Held one back position on rails rounding the bend. Fought on steadily without threatening. |
3 | 5 | EXPRESS WIN (CJ042) | C W Wong | TT1 | Began fairly but had to niggle along to hold place. Raced just worse than midfield most of way to straight. Finished off race strongly inside final 200 M. |
4 | 1 | LIBERAL'S KNIGHT (CE272) | D Whyte | -- | Began fairly. Raced wide in behind midfield. Shaken up turning in and ran on to be nearest at finish. |
5 | 10 | WHATAFANTASY (CH267) | Z Purton | TT | Towards rear far side. Took closer order rounding home bend. Moved up along rails to 6th within 3Ls of pace turning in. did not have too much room early in straight. Kept on at the one pace closing stages. |
6 | 8 | BOOM (CH225) | S K Sit | TT | Began very awkwardly losing considerable ground. Trailed the field to 400 M when taking closer order. Made up good ground under pressure in the run home. |
7 | 3 | ISLAND SPEED (CG202) | A Delpech | B | Raced 3-wide in close-up position. Slightly inconvenienced and dropped to 5th within 2Ls of pace coming out of back straight. Similar turning in. Ran home one-paced. (See Racing Incidents.) |
8 | 7 | STRONG GAIN (CE317) | D Beadman | XB- | Always in last few. Produced moderate late impression closing stages. Never nearer. |
9 | 6 | CANNONISE (CD377) | K T Yeung | B2/TT | Began fairly. Disputed lead before dropping to 1-out-1-back position coming out of back straight. Still there turning in but soon weakened. |
10 | 4 | BULB KING (CD303) | W M Lai | -- | Began best from middle draw. Raced wide in prominent position to straight. Weakened badly. |
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 |