Race 7 (027)
THE HONG KONG COUNTRY CLUB CHALLENGE CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1000m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 4 | GRAND SUPREME (CG229) | D Whyte | -- | Jumped fairly. Raced on rails just off the lead. Gained slender advantage rounding home bend. Shifted ground after home turn and had to be straightened. Hung on well to win readily. |
| 2 | 12 | DILIGENT (CC285) | M Nunes | CP | Niggled along in rear of midfield. Ran on well down centre of straight to do best work at finish. |
| 3 | 5 | GLORY YEARS (CE023) | G Mosse | B | Niggled along in on rails. Took closer order rounding home bend and within midfield 2Ls of pace turning in. Tightened on rails by winner early in straight and only kept on at the one pace to finish. |
| 4 | 7 | MONEY MAN (CG115) | C K Tong | -- | Held early lead but unable to cross to rails. Lost advantage coming out of back straight and went wider rounding home bend dropping to midfield into straight. Recovered some late ground inside final 250 M. |
| 5 | 9 | PLEZAYRE (CG116) | F Coetzee | TT | Broke well. Amongst leaders to straight. Unable to sustain effort under pressure and swamped close to home. |
| 6 | 3 | TOP SCORER (CE110) | B Prebble | -- | Settled towards rear. Ran on steadily under pressure despite slightly tightened early in straight. Did best work at finish. |
| 7 | 11 | CHOICE AND CHANCE (CA381) | W M Lai | B | Slow into stride. Gradually picked up to rear of midfield around home bend. Kept on steadily from midfield into straight. |
| 8 | 2 | FANTASTIC SUN (CG225) | M Odendaal | -- | Travelled mainly 2-wide in midfield. Kept on quite well early in straight before fading gradually inside final 250 M. |
| 9 | 1 | GENERAL KINGY (CB039) | S K Sit | B | Not far off to straight. Lost touch over 300 M out. |
| 10 | 6 | SUPREMACY (CD315) | K L Chui | B | Raced wide in midfield far side. Lost position steadily approaching home bend. Made no impression in straight. |
| 11 | 8 | KINGSTON MARBLE (CE244) | A Delpech | B | Trailed field most of way and never seen with a chance. |
| 12 | 10 | SPEED FIGHTER (CD355) | D Nikolic | P-/SR2 | Close up but wide far side. Lost position coming out of back straight. Made no impression thereafter. |
| 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 |