Full Result 12.00 Sha Tin (HK) | 3 February 2003

The Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (Group 1)

(3yo+) 5f Good To Firm

1st £205,200 2nd £79,200 3rd £41,400 4th £21,600 5th £12,600

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁴⁾	3. Grand Delight (AUS) 11/1 Shane Dye J Size	Shane Dye J Size	5	90	124	–	121	–
b g Hurricane Sky (AUS) - Egyptian Ibis (NZ) (Straight Strike)
Inconvenienced exiting gates, raced about 2 lengths off the pace until 1 1/2f out, kept on well to hit the front 50yds out, won going away

2⁽⁶⁾ 1	2. FireboltI (IRE) 23/10 W C Marwing I W Allan	W C Marwing I W Allan	5	90	127	–	118	–
b g Flying Spur (AUS) - Musianica (Music Boy)
Soon in narrow lead, hard ridden 1f out, caught 50yds from home, no extra

3⁽²⁾ nk [1¼]	1. All Thrills Too (AUS) 3/5F Gerald Mosse David A Hayes	Gerald Mosse David A Hayes	5	90	132	–	118	–
ch g St Covet (AUS) - Red Slippers (NZ) (Citidancer)
Raced towards far rail about 2 lengths off the pace until 2 1/2f out when driven along, kept on well for pressure but never looked like sticking his head in front

4⁽¹³⁾ nk [1½]	13. Anabatik (AUS) 17/1 Glyn Schofield John Moore	Glyn Schofield John Moore	3	88	100	–	111	–
b g Anabaa (USA) - Key Satellite (AUS) (Chanteclair)
Always close up, about 1 length off the pace, down centre of track until the 2f loomed up with every chance 1f out when a neck down, no extra close home

5⁽¹⁰⁾ 1¼ [2¾]	6. Cape Of Good Hope 18/1 Douglas Whyte D Oughton	Douglas Whyte D Oughton	5	90	111	–	113	–
ch h Inchinor - Cape Merino (Clantime)
Held up to race 3 length off the pace until 2f out, a little closer 1f out but never really threatened principals

6⁽⁸⁾ nk [3¼]	4. Charming City (AUS) 34/1 Robbie Fradd David A Hayes	Robbie Fradd David A Hayes	6	90	123	–	112	–
ch g Chief's Crown (USA) - Quarantieme (AUS) (Bletchingly)
Prominent about half a length off the speed through first half of the race, couldn't sustain effort through final 2f

7⁽⁹⁾ nk [3½]	5. Thunder (NZ) 17/1 E Saint-Martin A S Cruz	E Saint-Martin A S Cruz	4	90	115	–	111	–
ch g Carolingian (AUS) - Last Round Up (NZ) (Sovereign Dynasty)
Slowly into stride, soon recovered to be no worse than half a length off the pace until 1 1/2f when holding every chance of success, faded noticeably inside final 50yds

8⁽¹²⁾ 1½ [5]	8. Solid Contact (AUS) 98/1 Y T Cheng D Cruz	Y T Cheng D Cruz	8	90	102	–	107	–
ch g Snippets (AUS) - Aussie Consul (AUS) (Adraan)
Kept within 3 lengths off the pace until 2f out, soon under pressure and faded out

9⁽⁷⁾ 1 [6]	7. Golden Years I (AUS) 60/1 Dwayne Dunn I W Allan	Dwayne Dunn I W Allan	4	90	108	–	104	–
b g Desert Style (IRE) - Durga Mai (NZ) (Grosvenor)
2 lengths off the pace 4f out, lost position when crowded out at the 3f, 3 lengths down 1f out, faded steadily

10⁽³⁾ 3 [9]	12. Winning Counter (AUS) 98/1 E Legrix John Moore	E Legrix John Moore	4	90	97	–	95	–
b g Geiger Counter (USA) -
Awkwardly away but recovered to be half a length off the pace 4f out, under pressure to keep up from 2 1/2f out, dropped away gradually

11⁽¹⁾ ½ [9½]	11. Speed Lord 98/1 W M Lai I W Allan	W M Lai I W Allan	4	90	97	–	93	–
gr g Royal Applause - Mainly Dry (The Brianstan)
Up against the far rail 1 length off the pace 4f out, 2 length down and all out 2f out, weakened

12⁽⁵⁾ shd [9½]	9. Chinook (USA) 98/1 Andreas Suborics P C Kan	Andreas Suborics P C Kan	4	90	98	–	93	–
ch g Nureyev (USA) - Mr P's Princess (USA) (Mr Prospector)
Inconvenienced exiting gates, off the bridle 3 1/2f out when 4 lengths down, never a factor

13⁽¹¹⁾ 2½ [12]	10. Ho Choi 98/1 K S Yu I W Allan	K S Yu I W Allan	4	90	97	–	85	–
b g Pivotal - Witch Of Fife (USA) (Lear Fan)
Always in rear, 8 lengths off the pace 4f out, never got any closer

13 ran Winning time: 56.30s (slow by 0.30s) Total SP: 128%
1st owner: (Grand Delight)
2nd owner: Tony Yue Kwok Leung (FireboltI)
3rd owner: Alan Lam Man Bun (All Thrills Too)

12:00 Sha Tin (HK) 3 Feb 2003

The Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (Group 1)