Wed,17 Jan 2024 Happy Valley
Post Time 22:15 [23:15(JST)] Going
GOOD
7R CONNAUGHT HANDICAP
TURF 1650m Class 3 Prize:HK$ 2,050,000
Place HN Your
Tip		 Horse Name Draw Sex
Age		 Wt. Jockey Trainer Horse
Wt.		 Odds Ｕ index
U 		Time Margin Position
1 12 M UNICORN 6 G5 120 C Y Ho C Fownes 1197 2.7 (1) *** 1.40.77 9-9-7-1
2 4 QUANTUM PATCH 11 G5 130 K Teetan P C Ng 1126 6.4 (2) *** 1.40.83 N 12-12-10-2
3 3 CALIFORNIA VOCE 4 G4 130 B Avdulla A S Cruz 1093 8.1 (4) *** 1.40.97 3/4 8-8-9-3
4 7 ALL BEAUTY 10 G6 121 Y L Chung F C Lor 1191 16.0 (9) *** 1.41.11 3/4 11-11-11-4
5 8 SOLID IMPACT 7 G6 126 K De Melo D J Hall 1039 13.0 (5) *** 1.41.15 N 5-5-5-5
6 6 IVY LEAGUE 2 G5 127 L Ferraris D J Whyte 1213 14.0 (6) *** 1.41.18 SH 6-6-6-6
7 5 LUCKY EIGHT 1 G5 127 M F Poon P F Yiu 1155 15.0 (7) *** 1.41.21 HD 3-4-4-7
8 2 TOURBILLON PRINCE 9 G5 132 Z Purton T P Yung 1166 7.4 (3) *** 1.41.42 1-1/4 1-1-1-8
9 1 SILVER SONIC 5 G5 132 H Bentley K W Lui 1064 15.0 (7) *** 1.41.45 HD 7-7-8-9
10 11 U S S CONSTITUTION 12 G4 123 A Atzeni J Size 1013 32.0 (11) *** 1.41.56 1/2 4-2-2-10
11 9 STAR CONTACT 8 G5 126 L Hewitson D A Hayes 1229 20.0 (10) *** 1.41.61 N 2-3-3-11
12 10 TRADITION 3 G4 124 A Hamelin P C Ng 1002 91.0 (12) *** 1.42.01 2-1/2 10-10-12-12
Race Time28.08 51.43 1.16.41 (1:40.77)
Section Time28.08 23.35 24.98 24.36

Dividend(HK$)

WIN1227.00
PLACE1213.50
419.50
324.50
QUINELLA4 - 1290.50
QUINELLA
PLACE		4 - 1237.50
3 - 1246.50
3 - 488.00
TRIO3 - 4 - 12227.00
TIERCE12 - 4 - 3696.00
FIRST 43 - 4 - 7 - 12769.00
QUARTET12 - 4 - 3 - 78,112.00

Comments

1M UNICORN  C Y Ho  (H/P/TT)

Slightly slow out settling towards the rear, commenced move wide rounding home bend, quickened well to hit the front over 200 metres out, just held on from runner-up's strong late burst of speed.

2QUANTUM PATCH  K Teetan

Held up in rear and waited with, commenced move on top of home bend going very wide into straight, ran on well down the centre of the track to just fail to get up on line.

3CALIFORNIA VOCE  B Avdulla  (TT)

Bumped and unbalanced at start settling in midfield in 8th on rail, commenced move entering home straight, did not find much room after straightening, finished off well once into the clear inside final 200 metres.
4ALL BEAUTY  Y L Chung

Settled well behind from a poor draw, widest of all entering home straight, ran on well under pressure down the centre of the track and did work late.

5SOLID IMPACT  K De Melo  (B-)

Broke well amongst leaders early, settled some 4L back in 6th and slightly closer in 5th in back straight, switched for a run over 200 metres out to produce moderate progress closing stages.
6IVY LEAGUE  L Ferraris  (H/SR/XB/TT)

Jumped awkwardly, restrained some 4L back in 5th or 6th , saving ground in similar position turning into home straight, kept on at the same pace under pressure without quickening.

7LUCKY EIGHT  M F Poon  (B-)

Jumped well from the one draw, restrained 2L back in 4th into back straight, chased leaders most of the way to home straight, kept on at the one pace without quickening under pressure.
8TOURBILLON PRINCE  Z Purton  (TT)

Pressed forward from a poor draw going 4-wide vying for lead around first bend, obtained rails run in front over 1150 metres out holding narrow advantage to the 300 metres, soon weakened. (Tactic questioned)
9SILVER SONIC  H Bentley  (XB)

Jumped awkwardly, settled 2-wide in midfield switching wider entering home straight, found nothing.

10U S S CONSTITUTION  A Atzeni  (B/TT)

Began fairly from the widest draw, pressed forward around first bend to join race leader into back straight, soon weakened out of contention inside final 350 metres.
11STAR CONTACT  L Hewitson  (CP/TT)

Ridden positively to vie for lead early, settled for one-out-one-back position entering back straight, came to challenge turning into home straight, soon weakened. (Blood in trachea)
12TRADITION  A Hamelin  (B)

Crowded at start and soon dropped to last few on the rail, saved ground turning for home but soon dropped out of contention.
Please refer to official results,dividends,odds of HKJC