Race 7 (456)
THE HONG KONG RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1000m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 8 | ISLAND SPEED (CG202) | A Delpech | B | Quickly ridden to lead, virtually making all despite narrowly headed briefly coming out of back straight. Unchallenged in straight. |
| 2 | 2 | FLYING SPRINTER (CD021) | H K Yim | B | Always thereabouts after breaking well settling just under 2Ls behind lead. Fought on steadily from 3rd into straight but never threatening. |
| 3 | 9 | TIGER RIDGE (CD084) | D Whyte | B/TT | Raced mostly 2 to 3-wide in midfield. Similar turning in. Ran on steadily in straight for 3rd. |
| 4 | 4 | INDUSTRIAL MARVEL (CG188) | Y T Cheng | -- | Gradually rolled up to 5th just better than midfield. In similar position on rails turning in. Kept on same pace in the run home. |
| 5 | 5 | AMO (CB125) | H W Lai | -- | Well behind. Made good progress past beaten horses inside final 200 M. |
| 6 | 12 | DILIGENT (CC285) | M Nunes | CP | Well back. Produced good late impression down centre of straight. |
| 7 | 11 | REUNION (CE258) | B Prebble | TT | Broke well from poor draw gradually crossing to join leaders going up Rock. Hit front momentarily coming out of back straight. Folded up quickly 200 M out. |
| 8 | 6 | GALLANT KNIGHT (CC189) | D Nikolic | V/TT | Towards rear. Kept on well in straight. |
| 9 | 7 | DASHING WINNER (CA018) | P H Lo | SR/CO | On rails in midfield before yielding ground from home bend. No further impression. |
| 10 | 1 | FLYING GENERAL (CB236) | K L Chui | SR | Prominent early, gradually dropped back towards rear. Similar turning in and found nothing in straight. |
| 11 | 3 | DIVINE TOUCH (CG291) | G Mosse | B | Prominent to straight. Weakened. |
| 12 | 10 | MR FLOODLIGHT (CG257) | S Dye | B | Tailed-off throughout. |
| 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 |