9:40 Sha Tin (HK) 5 Oct 2008
Sha Tin Sprint Trophy (Group 3) (Handicap)
5f Good To Yielding
1st
£63,788.66 2nd
£32,603.09 3rd
£17,042.53 4th
£8,891.75 5th
£5,186.86
| Pos. (Draw) |
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
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Jockey
Trainer
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Age | WGT | OR | TS | RPR | MR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 (6)
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5 | 93 | – | – | 108 | – | |||
| b g Centaine (AUS) - Free As A Bird (AUS) (Jugah) | ||||||||||
| Fair break, raced close to the pace, commenced running from over 2f out, picked up speed gradually, finished the final stages with a powerful surge and won impressively | ||||||||||
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5 | 81 t | – | – | 95 | – | ||||
| ch g Westbridge (USA) - Mysticaro (USA) (Seattle Slew) | ||||||||||
| Even jump, cruised down centre of track within a length behind the pace-setter, moved up to challenge 2f out, battled on gamely before outrun by the winner well inside final furlong | ||||||||||
| 4 | 81 | – | – | 93 | – | |||||
| b g Align (AUS) - Indian Squaw (NZ) (Carolingian) | ||||||||||
| Bounced out well, allowed to stride on, led the field at a quick tempo from a position 2 off the stands' rails, attempted to make all but was overhauled inside final furlong | ||||||||||
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7 | 87 b | – | – | 101 | – | ||||
| b g Commands (AUS) - Coureuse (AUS) (Tierce) | ||||||||||
| A little awkward jump, held running on stands' rails, travelled comfortably in a forward position just off the leader, responded well under pressure from 2f out, kept on gamely to finish a creditable 4th | ||||||||||
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6 |
711
1
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– | – | 90 | – | ||||
| br g Happy Giggle (AUS) - Not Always (AUS) (Al Awir) | ||||||||||
| Quickly into stride, pressed on to maintain a better than midfield position, never far off the pace, held up 1 1/2f out and switched inside for a run, finished off the race well | ||||||||||
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8 | 90 t | – | – | 99 | – | ||||
| b g Hurricane Sky (AUS) - Queen's Choir (NZ) (Palace Music) | ||||||||||
| Average break from a low draw, kicked on to take up running on inside rails, soon racing clear of others, stayed on well before gradually weakened inside final furlong | ||||||||||
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7 (5)
½
[2¼]
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6 |
85
1
b
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– | – | 88 | – | |||
| ch g Ashkalani (IRE) - | ||||||||||
| Slightly slowly away, settled near the rear towards centre of course about 2 lengths behind leader, didn't have another gear and just held ground in run to line | ||||||||||
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8 | 97 h | – | – | 101 | – | ||||
| b g Danehill (USA) - Subterfuge (Machiavellian) | ||||||||||
| Reasonable jump from the inside draw, steadied when being shifted to middle of track, ended up further back than usual, made some late ground from 1f out | ||||||||||
| 4 | 89 | – | – | 88 | – | |||||
| b g Kyllachy - Heckle (In The Wings) | ||||||||||
| Began with them, crossed to race near the inside rails away from the main group, found little when asked and ran home one paced | ||||||||||
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5 | 91 | – | – | 92 | – | ||||
| br g O'Reilly (NZ) - She Wishes (NZ) (Kenfair) | ||||||||||
| Away evenly, raced in a prominent position just off the pace, under pressure 1 1/2f out, found nothing and dropped right out | ||||||||||
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3 | 85 t | – | – | 76 | – | ||||
| b c War Chant (USA) - Enthused (USA) (Seeking The Gold) | ||||||||||
| No speed from outset, raced at the rear about 3 lengths from the leader with cover, unable to pick up when asked, dropped out in run to line | ||||||||||
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6 | 83 | – | – | 71 | – | ||||
| br g Centaine (AUS) - | ||||||||||
| One of the first to jump, soon taken to a forward position close to the pace, slowed down at mid-point, did not respond to jockey's riding and was never competitive | ||||||||||
- 12 ran Winning time: 56.07s (slow by 0.07s) Total SP: 1%
- 1st owner: Mr & Mrs Ben Wong Chung Mat (Enthused) 1st breeder: G J & Mrs H A McCarthy
- 2nd owner: Siu Pak Kwan (Superior Unit)
- 3rd owner: C H Lo (Nightlign)
