Race 4 (119)
THE HONG KONG RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 9 | LUCKY QUALITY (CH134) | O Doleuze | -- | Close to pace but very wide along back straight, edged inside on the circle, led turning for home, driven out to pull increasingly clear, very impressive. |
| 2 | 2 | GLOBAL WIN (CG109) | Z Purton | B/TT | Settled midfield but between 5Ls and 6Ls from the pace until the straight, watched the winner disappear into the distance, best of the also-rans. |
| 3 | 3 | VIVA FIGHTER (CG307) | C K Tong | B-/PC2/TT | Quietly ridden towards rear at least 7Ls from the speed until the stretch, ran on past tired rivals in the straight to nick a place. |
| 4 | 12 | DRAGON EYE (CJ127) | M Du Plessis | TT | Raced in 4th about 4Ls or 5Ls off pace down the back, a little further back taking last bend, had his chance to place but was outstayed in last few strides. |
| 5 | 4 | JOLLY GOOD FORTUNE (CD274) | K C Leung | B/TT | 1L back in 3rd out 2-wide at 800 M and 4Ls back in same position into home straight, one-paced thereafter a lost a place in the final 200 M. |
| 6 | 10 | THREE CLUBS (CG149) | D Beadman | -- | Never any better than midfield and always a respectful 7Ls or 8Ls margin from the speed up front, plugged on past a few tired rivals in the straight. |
| 7 | 6 | HEARTLINE (CJ330) | E Saint-Martin | CP1/TT | Midfield at halfway about 5Ls behind leaders but struggling turning for home and yielded further ground. |
| 8 | 1 | VIKING TOR (CE207) | B Prebble | CP | Slowest to start, always well behind and detached from the main body of the field at the top of the home straight, weak run. |
| 9 | 7 | TAIJI SPIRIT (CD185) | K T Yeung | V/TT | 3-back the rails in 5th about 5Ls from the early pace, hard pressed to hold this position on straightening, didn't succeed. |
| 10 | 11 | DEMINER (CG184) | W M Lai | -- | Fractious in gates, led by 1L on the fence at first, headed just before the home turn and dropped out very quickly. (Bled.) |
| 11 | 8 | GILDED FLIGHT (CH294) | D Whyte | B1 | Performance deemed unacceptable, fractious in gates beforehand and always rearward, eased down from the top of the home straight. (Lame next day.) |
| 12 | 5 | WELL NOTED (CG313) | B Doyle | CP/TT | Fractious beforehand and very wide down the back straight, steadily slipped further behind from halfway, performance deemed unacceptable. |
| 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 |