Race 9 (399)
THE MERCEDES-BENZ HONG KONG DERBY TRIAL Rating:- 1800m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 1 | GREEN BIRDIE (CH245) | O Doleuze | -- | Waited with. Commenced move around home bend, improving to rear of midfield turning in. Held up early in straight. Quickened well inside final 250 M to take charge close to home. |
| 2 | 3 | HELENE MASCOT (CJ164) | F Coetzee | TT | Refused to settle in rear of midfield racing keenly. Took closer order around home bend moving to 4-wide in 2L 5th turning in. Came to challenge and hit front momentarily over 100 M out only to be swamped close to home. |
| 3 | 5 | GREAT GUY (CH112) | S K Sit | TT | Raced keenly in 2nd position on heels of leader. Came to challenge upon straightening and hit front briefly inside 200 M. Unable to sustain effort and swamped close to home. |
| 4 | 12 | WIN PRACTITIONER (CG180) | C Soumillon | B | Raced wide in last few. Fought on well down centre of straight to be nearest at finish. |
| 5 | 8 | LUCKYME (CH012) | Y T Cheng | TT | Broke well to lead. Made running to 200 M. Found no extra under pressure. |
| 6 | 13 | DANESIS (CH194) | W M Lai | TT | Raced keenly in 4th on rails within 3Ls of pace. In similar position but slightly closer up turning in. Fought on steadily without quickening. |
| 7 | 2 | NEVER LOOK BACK (CJ043) | G Mosse | -- | Well back. Ran on steadily down centre of straight to be nearest at finish. |
| 8 | 9 | LU YUE (CH278) | B Prebble | B/H | Prominent to 300 M. Gradually weakened. |
| 9 | 4 | AMBITIOUS GENERAL (CJ066) | Z Purton | TT | Travelled just worse than midfield. Effort 3 wide rounding home bend. Kept on before fading inside final 200 M. |
| 10 | 6 | FEARLESS (CH301) | D Whyte | -- | Raced wide just better than midfield. Dropped to midfield around home bend. In box seat early in straight. One-paced closing stages. |
| 11 | 7 | HORACE'S CHOICE (CH169) | G Boss | TT | Midfield far side. Lost position around home bend. Saved ground on inside turning for home. Found no extra inside final 200 M. |
| 12 | 11 | EYSHAL (CJ099) | D Beadman | B-/TT | Held rails run in rear of midfield. Shuffled back to last few coming out of back straight. Found nil in straight. |
| 13 | 10 | VISIONARIO (CJ095) | E Wilson | H1 | Raced in midfield 4-wide. Widest runner home turn. Dropped out upon straightening. |
| 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 |