Race 6 (384)
THE VOLUNTEERS' CHALLENGE CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1800m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 8 | ESCAPE ROUTE (E273) | K Teetan | H | Broke nicely and ridden along early to be prominent, settled behind the leaders 2 wide, angled out at 400M and ran on well, just held on. |
| 2 | 4 | ROCKET SPADE (G170) | H Bowman | XB/TT | After the start shifted in to obtain cover near the rear, moved to 2 wide to improve in the back straight, took an inside run and stayed on well between horses, just held. |
| 3 | 2 | PRIME MINISTER (D288) | K C Leung | -- | Settled midfield 2 wide, stayed on okay to finish 3rd, no threat to the top 2. |
| 4 | 3 | COMET SPLENDIDO (G071) | A Badel | CP1/TT | Broke nicely and showed good early speed to cross and settled in a box-seat position, angled out and responded well in the early part of the straight, weakened inside 100M. |
| 5 | 1 | TIANCHI MONSTER (B350) | H Bentley | -- | Settled in front of midfield on the rail, just one pace. |
| 6 | 11 | RIGHTEOUS DOCTRINE (C197) | M L Yeung | XB | At rear, began to improve near 800M, stayed on fairly. |
| 7 | 5 | SNAFFLES (G299) | L Hewitson | -- | Settled worse than midfield on the rail, took time to respond in the straight, best stride late. |
| 8 | 6 | HAVA NAGEELA (H114) | Z Purton | B | Settled behind midfield 2 wide, raced keenly, limited response in the straight. |
| 9 | 9 | SAMARKAND (H070) | M F Poon | H/XB/TT | Ridden along to assume the lead, weakened inside 200M. |
| 10 | 10 | ENSURED (G136) | S De Sousa | B1 | Settled at the rear, never in contention. (See Incident Report) |
| 11 | 7 | SUPER OASIS (D085) | Y L Chung | B/H/TT | Tracked leader, under pressured near 600M, weakened in the 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 |