Race 3 (435)
THE INDIAN RECREATION CLUB CHALLENGE CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 2200m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 4 | MAJESTIC HEART (CH319) | C K Tong | B/H | Towards rear near the fence to home straight. Forced its way out final 200M. Finished off strongly to contain rivals home. |
| 2 | 6 | HO HO LIFE (L209) | D Whyte | B | 2-wide behind midfield. Pressured 500M. Swung wide and was 4Ls off turning in. Dashed well but was fended off by the winner late. |
| 3 | 2 | ANTIPASTO (CK213) | K C Leung | B | Taken to rear on fence after start. Hard ridden and took inside run home turn. Kept making up ground early home straight. Forced into run 50M to snatch 3rd near the post. |
| 4 | 7 | VICTORY MASCOT (CJ243) | C Y Ho | B/TT | 2-wide towards rear. Came wide home turn and was 4Ls back leaving the bend. Closed off fairly well to make frame at line. |
| 5 | 1 | ALMIGHTY WINDPOWER (L272) | Z Purton | B | Box-seated to home straight. Hit front briefly passing 200M but couldn’t repel the principals final 50M. |
| 6 | 8 | OWNERS' GLORY (L391) | B Prebble | B | 2-wide ahead of midfield. Made run 3-wide home turn. Ran on top of home straight until bumped and became badly unbalanced final 200M. Held ground once resumed. |
| 7 | 9 | HEALTHY BLUEBERRY (CK222) | T H So | V/TT | Led on fence until overhauled 250M. Interfered final 50M but was well beaten anyway. |
| 8 | 3 | EASTERN EMPIRE (L172) | M Chadwick | CP-/TT | On fence at midfield to home straight. Plugged on along the rail until checked severely final 50M. |
| 9 | 5 | STRAWBERRY (CK182) | Y T Cheng | B/SR | 2-wide behind leader until dropped out on straightening. No impression thereafter. |
| 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 |