Race 8 (347)
THE MERCEDES-BENZ HONG KONG CLASSIC MILE Rating:- 1600m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 1 | LUCKY NINE (CL259) | B Prebble | -- | Never far off the pace, travelled smoothly to straight, into clear 350M and quickly surged to the front with a devastating turn of foot, kept on momentum closing stages despite hanging out. |
| 2 | 4 | XTENSION (M097) | D Beadman | XB/H | Held up near the rear 7Ls behind leader, started to pick up once into the straight and closed off willingly final 200M, couldn’t quite get to Lucky Nine but finished nicely clear of the rest. |
| 3 | 12 | TREASURE LANDS (CL407) | W C Marwing | SR | Slow to begin, soon guided to the fence and travelled in midfield 4Ls off the pace, took time to gather in straight but stayed on well final 200M to claim 3rd. Good effort. |
| 4 | 9 | OUTDOOR PEGASUS (CL173) | H W Lai | TT | Held up out the back, in last place throughout and looked a bit outpaced approaching home straight, finished strongly when switched to widest of track and just missed out on 3rd. |
| 5 | 2 | LITTLE BRIDGE (CL285) | Z Purton | TT | Held up behind mid-field 5Ls behind leader, switched to outside of track leaving the bend, ran on well early straight but couldn’t maintain that momentum final 100M. |
| 6 | 7 | SPARKLING POWER (CL257) | M Guyon | XB | Slightly slow out but soon recovered to race in 6th about 3Ls off the pace, responded well early straight, loomed a threat 250M but effort petered out final 100M, |
| 7 | 6 | SICHUAN SUCCESS (CL307) | D Whyte | TT | Settled in mid-division along the 2-path, travelled well to straight but found less than expected when placed under pressure, steadied 150M and never got back into the race. |
| 8 | 10 | TURF EXPRESS (CL399) | G Mosse | TT | Placed ahead of midfield but was3-wide without cover after 1200M, moved closer to leaders over the turn, kept on one paced, out of contention 150M. |
| 9 | 5 | MILITARY MOVE (M077) | N Callan | XB/H | Forwardly placed just behind leader along the 2-path, didn’t find much when the race got serious inside 400M, weakened gradually 200M out. (Trainer questioned re riding position) |
| 10 | 8 | FREE JUDGEMENT (M163) | Y T Cheng | XB1/H1 | Switched off to a position near the rear and settled 7Ls behind leader along the fence, stayed on under pressure 400M out but unable to quicken. |
| 11 | 11 | DRAGON FIGHTER (CL260) | B Doyle | -- | Began only fairly, driven along to chase leader, kept on at the same pace when placed under pressure nearing the top of straight, weakened final 100M. |
| 12 | 3 | MULTIGLORY (CL168) | M Chadwick | TT | Led uncontested at a steady tempo, collared near 250M and could offer little resistance, emptied near 100M. |
| 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 |