Race 9 (027)
THE CHINESE RECREATION CLUB CENTENARY CHALLENGE CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1200m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 9 | SUNNY FAY (M119) | K C Leung | H/XB/TT | Jumped with field but kept 3-wide near the rear to turn. Swung wide into straight and finished strongly to get up on the line. |
| 2 | 3 | SUPER CAGA (CK054) | O Doleuze | B | A little slow to move but soon 3-wide in midfield. Kept position to straight and finished strongly to be denied in final stride. |
| 3 | 2 | HELENE FUN STAR (N105) | A Suborics | SR-/TT1 | Driven up quickly after the start to hold fifth, one-off the fence. Made steady ground to finish third in blanket finish. |
| 4 | 12 | THE FAST LANE (N079) | H W Lai | -- | Crowded start and tailed field to home straight. Swung widest at the 400m and finished strongly, just missing a place. |
| 5 | 6 | DANCE FOR GOLD (N207) | B Prebble | H | No early speed and taken back. Was second last round the turn, swung wide into straight and made good ground. |
| 6 | 10 | APOLLO CAVALIER (N262) | Y T Cheng | H | Taken quickly to the front from wide draw and set solid pace. Still the leader at 100m but swamped close home. |
| 7 | 4 | GLENEALY STAR (CH284) | K C Ng | -- | Began well and moved to hold midfield position along rail to 400m. Kept on one-paced final stages. Never a threat. |
| 8 | 5 | BE-FABULOUS (N063) | C K Tong | TT | Tardy start, moved forward but unable get better position than 3-wide to straight. Found little under pressure final 200m. |
| 9 | 8 | FINN MACCOOL (CK072) | Z Purton | SR/TT | Checked soon after start, taken back to hold rail near the rear. Made some ground before being checked at the 200m. |
| 10 | 7 | GALAXY PRANCER (N389) | D Whyte | -- | Squeezed out at start. Taken forward but wide round the turn, moved in 400m but no room till 200m. Kept on. |
| 11 | 13 | HAPPY GOAL (N213) | M L Yeung | -- | Jumped well from inside draw and held 5th along rail to the straight. Found no extra under pressure and tired close home. |
| 12 | 1 | MONEYMAKER (M244) | T Angland | -- | Pushed forward from wide draw to pester leader and help set solid pace though wide without cover. Tired quickly. |
| 13 | 11 | BLUE CAVIAR (M276) | W M Lai | B/TT1 | Taken forward, 3rd into straight and looked chance. Gave ground at 200m. Had irregular heart beat and blood in trachea. |
| 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 |