Race 8 (054)
THE IRELAND TROPHY (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1200m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 2 | JUMBO GOLD (CK393) | C Y Ho | TT | Held up in midfield and guided to a rail position passing 800 M, switched to outer on straightening, ran on strongly final 200 M and got up close home. |
| 2 | 5 | GLENEALY STAR (CH284) | B Prebble | TT | Swiftly away then restrained to a position ahead of midfield, moved closer rounding the home turn, ran on well under a strong drive to take 2nd last stride. |
| 3 | 8 | JUN DAO (L110) | C W Wong | -- | Ordinary jump only but quickly pushed to 3rd position, responded well turning in and took over from 250 M, led till dying strides. |
| 4 | 7 | HORSE GALORE (L220) | Y T Cheng | -- | Average start, positioned in midfield but was kept wide without cover in first half of the race, picked up gradually and did best work towards finish. |
| 5 | 4 | FREE AND EASY (L049) | O Doleuze | B/TT | Quickly into stride and pressed leader to straight, ran on one-paced. (Jockey dropped whip at 200 M.) |
| 6 | 3 | CARS KING PRAWN (CK348) | D Whyte | V | Switched off and taken across to the fence shortly after the start, remained in the rear section to straight, finished fastest final 400 M. |
| 7 | 10 | CONFUCIUS CLASSIC (CJ141) | M Chadwick | CP/TT | Held up in mid-division, headway from 350 M but had to shift away from beaten runner mid straight, turned one paced final 100 M. |
| 8 | 6 | MY TIME (CJ310) | M L Yeung | -- | Broke smartly and chased leaders in a 3-wide position without cover, not quickened on straightening. |
| 9 | 9 | FLY HIGH (CH126) | M W Leung | V | Taken back on jumping from draw 11, raced in 2nd last to home turn, shifted wide passing 500 M to improve but only one paced finish down the outside of track. |
| 10 | 1 | FINN MACCOOL (CK072) | W C Marwing | B-/SR2/TT | Taken across behind runners soon after the jump and raced as the backmarker 7Ls off the pace, driven 350 M out but made very limited progress. |
| 10 | 11 | GO DAN GO (CJ327) | K C Leung | -- | Behind midfield throughout and made no impression in straight. Never threatened. |
| 12 | 12 | SOLAR UP (CK065) | J Lloyd | -- | Took up running passing 1000 M but was difficult to settle once in front, headed 250 M and weakened rapidly from 150 M. (Unacceptable Performance.) |
| 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 |