Race 8 (434)
THE HEUNG YEE KUK CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:100-80 1600m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 11 | JOHANNES BRAHMS (K014) | A Atzeni | -- | Settled towards the rear with cover 6Ls back, 3-wide throughout, picked up strongly passing 400M, hit the front 70M out and gamely held on from runner-up in a driving finish. (Trainer questioned re improved performance.) |
| 2 | 12 | SPEED DRAGON (H380) | M Chadwick | B | Jumped only fairly, raced towards the rear 6Ls off pace, closed off well final 300M, threw everything at the winner late stages, just missed. |
| 3 | 2 | SUNLIGHT POWER (H244) | H Bowman | CP/H | Obtained a position behind midfield, 4Ls to make up top of straight, lay in 400-300M then finished off the race fairly well for 3rd without matching for the first two. |
| 4 | 10 | VOYAGE SAMURAI (J026) | K C Leung | CP-/B1 | Quickly into stride and soon took up running, kept going well early straight, headed 150M then faded to 4th. |
| 5 | 7 | MID WINTER WIND (K208) | L Ferraris | -- | Bumped on jumping, settled down midfield 4Ls back, came with a promising looking run early straight, briefly in front 150M but run ended soon and lost several places near line. |
| 6 | 4 | KARMA (G392) | T Marquand | TT | Raced keenly in the early stages, moved forward approaching the turn to be tracking leaders, fought well to go 3rd mid-straight but couldn't sustain run over final 150M. |
| 7 | 1 | THE GOLDEN SCENERY (E379) | B Avdulla | TT | Taken back from wide draw, settled near last 8Ls off leader, had some work to do top of straight, made some progress but never looked likely. |
| 8 | 5 | WOODFIRE BRO (G115) | B Thompson | TT- | Jumped only fairly, recovered to race in mid-division, saved ground on inside, kept on steadily final 300M but never able to challenge leaders. |
| 9 | 3 | C P BRAVE (E306) | H Bentley | V | Switched off to race at the rear, 6Ls off pace at 400M, came with a moderate finish only and couldn't reach contention. |
| 10 | 8 | MICKLEY (K082) | A Hamelin | B/TT | Shifted across behind runners and dropped back to last 8-9Ls off the pace, little change in position home turn, brought wide on straightening but closed off only fairly. (Blood in trachea.) |
| 11 | 14 | ROMANTIC THOR (K012) | H Doyle | B-/XB-/TT- | Away in line then moved up to a spot not far from leaders, kept on same pace early straight, weakened 200M from home. |
| 12 | 9 | TOURBILLON PRINCE (H122) | M F Poon | TT | Moved up to be tracking leaders, in 3rd place top of straight, couldn't keep up 200M and faded away. |
| 13 | 13 | FLAMING RABBIT (H257) | K Teetan | SR/XB | Ridden along early, settled ahead of midfield but slightly further back than anticipate, failed to finish off on straightening. |
| 14 | 6 | MONEY CATCHER (G171) | A Badel | B | Bumped on jumping, moved forward gradually to be racing outside leader, weakened passing 300M and dropped away to finish last. |
| 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 |