Race 1 (193)
HAINAN HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1000m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 1 | THUNDER FLASH (CG270) | B Prebble | -- | Settled just off the pace in 2nd one out one back. Came to challenge upon straightening hitting front under pressure just inside 200 M. Just held on to the line. |
| 2 | 4 | VICTORY WARRIOR (CA338) | K T Yeung | CP | Soon took up running and led field until narrowly headed inside 200 M. Fought on gamely to just fail to peg back winner. |
| 3 | 3 | DRAGON HORSE (CB131) | O Doleuze | V | Settled mainly just off the pace in 3rd on rails. Moved as close as half a length of leader passing 200 M but unable to sustain effort nearing finish. |
| 4 | 5 | MY PRIDE (CG017) | C K Tong | V | Niggled along to keep with pace in 4th after beginning from poor draw, racing 3-wide before home bend. Held similar position turning in despite dropped to 5th rounding home bend. Fought on steadily at the one pace in home straight. |
| 5 | 2 | BUTTERFIELD (CG178) | D Whyte | -- | Raced wide behind midfield. Took closer order rounding home bend gaining 5th into straight. Ran home one-paced. |
| 6 | 10 | FUNTRAP (CE243) | G Mosse | B | Raced in 5th on rails just better than midfield before forced to steady 600 M out. About midfield turning in but could only keep on at the one pace under pressure. |
| 7 | 7 | K-JACK (CG233) | F Coetzee | -- | Around midfield before lost position in scrimmaging approaching home bend. Towards rear turning in and made up some late ground inside final 200 M. |
| 8 | 6 | KING'S CHOICE (CG040) | H W Lai | -- | Just in rear of midfield before hampered and lost position approaching home bend. Found nothing under pressure from towards rear into straight. |
| 9 | 12 | TRIUMPHANT GLORY (CB368) | S K Sit | B | Jumped with field but squeezed and unbalanced, dropping to tail-end. Trailed the field into straight and ran on past beaten horses near finish. |
| 10 | 8 | ZERO GRAVITY (CH037) | K L Chui | TT1 | Raced in last few. Shifted widest into home turn. Made some late impression down centre of straight closing stages. |
| 11 | 9 | SOUTHERN LIGHT (CB439) | A Delpech | B | Crowded at start. Raced wide in rear to straight. Ran home one-paced under pressure. |
| 12 | 11 | TREASURE PLANET (CG117) | Y T Cheng | PC/TT | Crowded at start. Quickly recovered from rear to be 4th within 2Ls of pace coming out of back straight, however, made home bend awkwardly and found nothing in straight. |
| 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 |