Race 8
SKY RACING Class 1 Handicap 1400m
CL1
Aquis Park Gold Coast
Soft 7| Details | Barrier | Wgt | Margin | Time | Progression | Steward comment | Starting price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 59.5kg | - | 1-24.20 | 800m: 6th 400m: 5th | Steadied for some distance when awkwardly placed at heels near the 600m. Apprentice Y Lewis was reprimanded for using her whip on more than 5 occasions prior to the 100m. A post-race veterinary examination revealed the gelding to be exhibiting signs of the thumps. | $11 | ||
| 1 | 58.0kg | 0.30 | 800m: 5th 400m: 6th | Near the 1000m momentarily eased when awkwardly placed at the heels of APPLICATIONS which shifted in when not completely clear | $14 | |||
| 3 | 59.0kg | 0.60 | 800m: 7th 400m: 4th | Slow to begin. Held up approaching and rounding the home turn. | $3 | |||
| 5 | 58.0kg | 0.90 | 800m: 9th 400m: 8th | - | $10 | |||
| 10 | 58.0kg | 1.10 | 800m: 2nd 400m: 2nd | Jockey N Callow reported that the gelding over raced during the early and middle stages which he felt resulted in it having a diminished finishing sprint over the concluding stages. | $2.40 | |||
| 8 | 57.5kg | 1.40 | 800m: 3rd 400m: 3rd | Held up rounding the home turn. | $20 | |||
| 4 | 55.5kg | 3.15 | 800m: 1st 400m: 1st | - | $61 | |||
| 9 | 59.0kg | 12.15 | 800m: 10th 400m: 10th | Apprentice M Potgeiter was unable to offer any tangible explanation for the performance of the gelding, which drifted notably in betting other than it had a tendency to lay out throughout the event. A post-race veterinary examination failed to reveal any abnormalities. | $18 | |||
| 7 | 55.0kg | 13.40 | 800m: 8th 400m: 9th | - | $51 | |||
| 6 | 55.0kg | 15.90 | 800m: 4th 400m: 7th | Laid out rounding the home turn. | $21 | |||