Race 8 (706)
THE HONG KONG EXCHANGES CHALLENGE CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1200m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 8 | JUMBO GOLD (CK393) | B Prebble | TT | Never far off in the pack chasing the pace, picked up strongly under urging, took the lead 100M from home and ran out a clear cut winner. |
| 2 | 1 | SHIFACHI TRADITION (L013) | D Whyte | B1/H1 | Reserved in midfield, shifted out from fence approaching 450M and had an uninterrupted run in straight, kept on and took 2nd right on the line. |
| 3 | 11 | SOLAR UP (CK065) | T H So | -- | Average start only, rushed to the lead but not able to cross, kept on well only to be headed near 100M, tired near the line and lost out in a photo finish for 2nd place. |
| 4 | 9 | MY MEMORY (CK173) | Y T Cheng | B2 | Kept 3-wde in the first half of the race, gradually crept forward to race in 3rd just off leader, kept on well between horses and just lost 3rd on the line. |
| 5 | 3 | TEAM WORK (CH276) | K W Leung | B | Crowded for room after the start and ended up in the rear, made a 4-wide move 550M out, ran on well down the outside and just missed out on 3rd. |
| 6 | 6 | MAGIC SWEEP (CH299) | W C Marwing | B | Towards the rear 5Ls back, saved ground on the inside, gradually picked up passing 250M, not beaten far. |
| 7 | 2 | FREE AND EASY (L049) | H W Lai | B/H/TT | Broke well, bagged the rail and raced ahead of midfield 3Ls off leader, briefly threatened at the 200M mark but couldn't sustain his run in late stages. |
| 8 | 7 | SUPERIOR UNIT (CJ045) | Z Purton | B/TT | Dropped back to a spot behind midfield, checked 550M and shuffled further back, ran on fairly in straight but couldn't get near to the leaders. |
| 9 | 12 | KOENIGSBERG (L268) | M Chadwick | -- | Placed 2-wide in mid-pack early stages, shuffled back to near last approaching home straight, made limited progress final 300M and got past beaten runners only. |
| 10 | 4 | BEAUTIFUL DREAMER (CH108) | C K Tong | B | Hard driven out the gate and obtained a forward position off the fence, kept on till finding no extra 200M. (Jockey questioned re the positioning of his horse.) |
| 11 | 5 | FIRST IN COMMAND (L085) | J Lloyd | H/TT | Unable to cross and kept 3-4 wide ahead of mid-division, struggled to keep up halfway round the home turn, soon beaten. |
| 12 | 10 | GLORIOUS ERA (L075) | M L Yeung | SR/TT | Taken back from draw 12 and swiftly crossed to the rail, raced as the back marker throughout and not picked up on straightening. (Confirmed a roarer in post race exam.) |
| 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 |