Race 8 (767)
THE GUANGDONG-HONG KONG CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 1 | CRUISING (B337) | U Rispoli | -- | Quickly into stride, vied for lead along the fence early stages then sat back behind leader from 750M, quickened well hitting the front near 200M, kicked away strongly to win by comfortable margin. |
| 2 | 4 | MR WEALTH (B265) | J Moreira | H/P | Chased leaders in 4th, always within striking distance, responded well to go 2nd near 200M, couldn't go on with winner final stages. |
| 3 | 13 | LITTLE BIRD (B069) | K Teetan | B | Vied for lead on the outside early stages, took outright lead passing 750M, headed by first 2 mid-straight, battled on to hold 3rd. |
| 4 | 5 | VIGOR FAME (B260) | M L Yeung | H1/TT1 | From wide draw caught 4-wide no cover in midfield, just over 4Ls behind leader 400M, stayed on moderately to the line, did well on debut off a tough run. |
| 5 | 8 | ALL BEST FRIENDS (A217) | H N Wong | B | Began well from draw 1, settled down in midfield along the inside, battled away in the straight but couldn't quicken to challenge leaders, held ground to the line. |
| 6 | 6 | BEST STEP (A150) | C Y Ho | TT | Gradually moved forward, caught wide no cover until reaching a trailing position behind leader 700M, kept on mildly turning home, held ground behind front runners. |
| 7 | 3 | GOOD BEAUTY (B384) | K C Leung | -- | From outside draw dropped back to race in last, 8Ls to make up 400M, took a while to get going, made good progress on outer over final 200M. Encouraging debut. |
| 8 | 12 | HAPPY HOUR (B286) | K C Ng | -- | Settled down towards the rear, 7Ls off the pace turning home, stayed on past weakening runners but not enough to threaten. |
| 9 | 11 | MY POWER (B267) | Z Purton | H1/TT1 | Began very awkwardly, held up behind midfield along the inside, checked 700m when awkwardly placed behind rivals, failed to finish the race off when asked for an effort in the straight. |
| 10 | 2 | CALIFORNIA GUNGHO (B204) | N Callan | XB1 | Settled down in mid-division along the 3-path, driven out 400M but responded only fairly and not mustered the pace to challenge. |
| 11 | 9 | PACKING MIRACLE (B320) | C Schofield | -- | Began only fairly, assumed a position head of midfield, failed to improve position turning in, plodded home. (Vetted - no significant findings.) |
| 12 | 14 | BLAZING PARTNERS (B071) | T H So | -- | Held up behind midfield, crowded for room 700M, couldn't come on in the straight, ran another poor race. |
| 13 | 10 | WINNER DON'T MISS (A184) | M F Poon | -- | Crowded for room at the start, ended up towards the rear, 8Ls off the pace 400M, never got going. |
| 14 | 7 | LEAN AMBASSADOR (A250) | W M Lai | B | Towards the rear, 3-wide throughout the race, couldn't keep up passing 400M, soon detached from the field. |
| 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 |