Race 7 (091)
THE CHINESE RECREATION CLUB CHALLENGE CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 9 | MATTERS MOST (K154) | E C W Wong | B/TT | Soon took up running from a poor draw obtaining rails run coming onto home bend, kept on well to keep runners-up at bay the length of the straight. |
| 2 | 3 | SUPER STRONG KID (K180) | Z Purton | -- | Well there, restrained to 3rd passing the 900M, did not find much room behind runners over 150M out, fought on well late to grab 2nd final strides. |
| 3 | 7 | ALSONSO (J405) | A Badel | -- | Ridden from a poor draw to be up with the pace, chased leader around home bend, soon came to challenge upon straightening but unable to quicken under pressure to threaten. |
| 4 | 4 | DEVAS TWELVE (H435) | M Chadwick | TT | Began well from the widest draw travelling 3-wide without cover in 4th, shifted behind runners 2-wide coming onto home bend, kept on steadily without quickening in straight. |
| 5 | 8 | FLYING KNIGHT (K370) | H Bentley | CP/TT | Slightly slow out, gradually recovered to 7th just worse than midfield, hung in and a difficult ride early in straight, finished off the race well inside final 100M. |
| 6 | 1 | POWER KOEPP (E301) | H Bowman | -- | Began fairly settling in worse than midfield, raced keenly approaching home bend, produced good late impression closing stages past well-beaten horses. |
| 7 | 2 | GOLDEN EMPIRE (E490) | K De Melo | B- | Broke well but lacked pace dropping to 6th in midfield, kept on at the one pace from a similar position into straight. |
| 8 | 11 | YEE CHEONG GLORY (K074) | A Atzeni | TT | Slowly away, soon recovered along rail to 3L 5th, slightly further back when pace quickened around home bend, hung in and a difficult ride early in straight, faded inside final 120M. |
| 9 | 6 | BIGTIME GENERATION (K496) | M F Poon | SR-/XB-/TT1 | Began awkwardly losing ground dropping to tail-end, trailed the field into straight, made no further impression. |
| 10 | 5 | NOVA KNIGHT (K518) | M L Yeung | -- | Always in last few and never seen with a chance. |
| 11 | 10 | TACTICAL COMMAND (H197) | D Probert | B | Began moderately settling in last few, never a danger. |
| 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 |