





Race 7 (509)
THE ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG RACING JOURNALISTS CHALLENGE CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
1 | 11 | SING DRAGON (J141) | K Teetan | -- | Made all kicking over 2L clear 200 metres out, won cosily. |
2 | 3 | VICTORY MOMENTS (H142) | M Chadwick | SR/TT | Settled in midfield, ran on steadily in straight without threatening. |
3 | 6 | FAST BUCK (H126) | B Avdulla | PC | Well there on rail, in box seat turning for home, kept on steadily for a placing but never threatening. (Lame next day) |
4 | 1 | YELLOWFIN (G326) | E C W Wong | XB | Jumped awkwardly and jockey unbalanced, travelled wide without cover in prominent positions sharing 3rd into straight, kept on before finding no extra inside final 200 metres. |
5 | 7 | GOOD BUDDY (E097) | A Badel | B/TT | Shared 1L 2nd 3-wide without cover, commenced move rounding home bend joining race leader eventual winner briefly entering home straight, unable to sustain effort and swamped inside final 150 metres |
6 | 8 | SELF IMPROVEMENT (H337) | K C Leung | B2/TT | Crowded at start but soon recovered to midfield, kept on before making late impression closing stages. |
7 | 12 | MONTA FRUTTA (H455) | Y L Chung | H/TT | Taken well back from a poor draw, fought on under pressure in the run to the line. |
8 | 9 | SKY FOREVER (E414) | A Atzeni | B/TT | Settled towards rear, kept on steadily without quickening in straight. |
9 | 10 | JOLLY RULER (E346) | M F Poon | H-/TT2 | Well there, shifted back to 2L 4th coming onto home bend and 5th into straight, faded gradually under pressure. |
10 | 5 | FIERY DIAMOND (G022) | C L Chau | TT1 | Travelled wide without cover in last few after beginning from a poor draw, made no impression in home straight. |
11 | 2 | ARMOUR EAGLE (G093) | A Hamelin | PC/XB/TT | Jumped awkwardly, always well behind and never seen with a chance. (Mucus) |
12 | 4 | SMOKEY BEAR (E126) | Z Purton | B/XB/TT | Blundered and lost ground at start, travelled in last few on rail saving ground on final turn, soon faded after straightening. (Blood in trachea) |
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 |