Race 4 (470)
THE PEARCE MEMORIAL CHALLENGE CUP (DIVIDED HANDICAP) Rating:120-64 1400m Sha Tin Good
Section -1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 1 | CROWN COUNSEL (BG404) | G Mosse | -- | Rear until effort home bend. Ran on well from some 3L 9th early in straight to hit front 150 M out. Just held on. |
| 2 | 11 | KEY ON (BH100) | K H Ting | -- | Mid-division before dropping to rear of closely bunched group entering straight. Came with strong late run inside final 300 M but just failed to get up on line. |
| 3 | 8 | CLEAR CLASSIC (BJ214) | R Thompson | -- | Well there. Hit front 300 M out but outsprinted by first two inside final 200 M. |
| 4 | 5 | MUSTANG (BJ031) | B Marcus | -- | Towards rear. Took closer order passing 600 M to be 4th upon straightening. Kept on steadily. |
| 5 | 9 | NATURAL TALENT (BK206) | G Childs | -- | In 6th or 7th until effort when wide entering straight, making moderate progress to hold some chance early on. No extra. |
| 6 | 7 | SUNDAY CRUISE (BH176) | D Gauci | -- | Prominent. Found nothing when swamped early in straight. (Demoted.) |
| 7 | 10 | SPLENDID (BK074) | C K Tse | -- | Wide throughout. Never better than mid-division. |
| 8 | 6 | PRUDENT KING (BJ271) | F Coetzee | -- | Ridden and soon led. Made running to 300 M where he was swamped. |
| 9 | 2 | SHAKA ZULU (BH248) | J Marshall | -- | Mostly 5th to straight. One-paced. |
| 10 | 13 | WIN'S A GIFT (BJ182) | H K Yim | -- | Well there to 400 M and weakened. |
| 11 | 12 | SPACE ROCK (BK134) | N Tiley | -- | Never in the hunt. |
| 12 | 4 | GROUP LEADER (BK085) | D Beadman | -- | Towards rear early. Weakened from midfield into straight. |
| 13 | 14 | MANNIDEAR (BK215) | D Lee | -- | Soon dropped to rear. |
| 14 | 3 | FORTUNE DUKE (BH120) | D Murphy | -- | Always at the back. (Trainer and Jockey questioned.) |
| 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 |