Race 7 (368)
THE HONG KONG CLUB CHALLENGE CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 6 | NITRO EXPRESS (T353) | N Callan | TT | Jumped fairly, taken to fence, settling 4L from leader first turn. Shaken up passing 500m, hard ridden around turn, battled on strongly under vigorous riding to win close home. |
| 2 | 3 | BULLISH SMART (S221) | S De Sousa | B/TT | Broke well, raced in 2nd, travelled well throughout, kept on very well in straight but couldn't hold off the winner late. |
| 3 | 7 | CHEERFUL BOY (V019) | N Rawiller | B/TT | Jumped well, pressed forward to take lead on settling. Travelled keenly back stretch setting up big lead before steadied home turn. Caught passing 150m but kept battling to line. |
| 4 | 1 | BIG BANG BONG (V186) | J Moreira | -- | Jumped with field but bumped shortly after, then shifted in, settling in one-off position 4L from leader. Switched out approaching home turn, wide into straight, ran on steadily. |
| 5 | 11 | HARD BALL GET (P373) | K Teetan | B | Bumped on jumping then shifted across behind horses, settling towards rear in one-off position. Hard ridden from 500m, wide into straight, ran on steadily. |
| 6 | 9 | PEARL WARM WARM (T183) | S Clipperton | -- | Off nicely, pressed forward from an outside draw, finding cover behind midfield entering first turn. Put under pressure from 500m, wide into straight, boxed on fairly. |
| 7 | 5 | JOYFUL PARK (S382) | M L Yeung | -- | Got off OK, eased off early pace and taken to fence towards the rear. Stayed on rail around turn, kept shifting in straight to get run but only one-paced when clear. |
| 8 | 2 | CLASSIC EMPEROR (T193) | A Badel | H | Hard ridden to hold forward position, racing 3-wide around first turn till settling 3L from leader back stretch. Under pressure from 450m, kept on fairly to 150m before giving around. |
| 9 | 4 | HAPPY ROCKY (S147) | B Prebble | XB | Bumped start, restrained, shifted across behind runners, dropping to rear, more than 10L from leader back stretch. Took rails run in straight but only one-paced. |
| 10 | 8 | APACHE SPIRIT (T095) | D Whyte | H/TT | Began awkwardly, taken to fence but travelled keenly before settling 5L from leader passing 900m. Got inside run in straight, kept on gamely to 100m before tiring. |
| 11 | 10 | DIGITAL GENERATION (T424) | M Chadwick | B/H | Jumped OK, restrained, switched in to rail and long last on settling. Never competitive. |
| 12 | 12 | THE SHOW (T256) | T H So | -- | Vigorously ridden to go forward, then steadied 1400m and shifted in to get cover in midfield. Left without cover from 900m, wide home turn, given reminders but running on empty from 150m. |
| 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 |