Race 7 (073)
THE HONG KONG COUNTRY CLUB CHALLENGE CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1650m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 3 | HANNAH KING PRAWN (CJ178) | M Chadwick | B1/TT | Raced wide in midfield, remained same into straight, responded well after straightening to grab the lead over 100 M out, won convincingly. |
| 2 | 10 | EASY AHEAD (CK212) | T H So | V | Attempted to make all, unable to sustain effort and headed over 100 M out. |
| 3 | 9 | STRAWBERRY (CK182) | Y T Cheng | CP-/B1 | Began well, well placed in 3rd on rails, shaken up turning in, kept on well without quickening under pressure despite forced to switch over 100 M out. |
| 4 | 4 | LHOJONG (CG281) | D Beadman | B- | Trailed the field to halfway, made swift headway around the field up the Rock to reach midfield for home bend, widest turning in, sustained good progress down centre of straight to be nearest at finish. |
| 5 | 8 | ABLE DRAGON (CJ308) | D Whyte | B | Settled in last few, switched wide into straight, produced good impression down centre of straight despite not threatening. (Questioned for disappointing performance.) |
| 6 | 5 | HAPPY AMBASSADOR (CH286) | H W Lai | B | Settled mainly in rear of midfield, kept on steadily in straight without threatening. (Questioned for disappointing performance.) |
| 7 | 6 | ISTIDE (CJ089) | J Winks | TT | Quickly ridden from a side draw to gain one-out-one-back 2nd position before stables bend, remained similar into straight, gradually weakened. |
| 8 | 1 | JUGGERNAUT (CJ019) | M L Yeung | B/TT | Slow out from the widest barrier, ridden for pace and soon travelled in 4th within 3Ls of speed, commenced move around home bend, soon weakened after straightening. |
| 9 | 11 | STRIKING MASCOT (CH154) | W M Lai | B/TT | Soon obtained midfield position, remained same into straight, baulked for a run 200 M out, ran home one-paced inside final 200 M. (Questioned for disappointing performance.) |
| 10 | 7 | THE WITCH'S BROOM (CH231) | B Doyle | B | Failed to muster early, settled in last few, made no impression in the straight. |
| 11 | 2 | SAFETY FIRST (CG161) | C K Tong | TT | Began with others, settled on rails in midfield, lost position around the 1000 M, tailed off before home bend. (Irregular heart rhythm.) |
| 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 |