Race 7 (344)
THE MERCEDES-BENZ HONG KONG CLASSIC MILE Rating:- 1600m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 1 | FLORAL PEGASUS (CG011) | G Mosse | TT | Raced wide in rear of midfield. Ran home well despite tendency to hang in and hit front over 150 M out. Won readily. |
| 2 | 8 | VIVA MACAU (CH110) | C Soumillon | SR-/CP1/TT | Settled 3-wide in last few. Shaken up upon straightening. Quickened well inside final 250 M to grab 2nd place close to home. |
| 3 | 3 | ALL'S WELL (CE234) | D Whyte | B1 | Travelled in mid-division. Shifted out for a run turning for home. Ran home quite well inside final 300 M to be nearest at finish. |
| 4 | 5 | SUPREME CLASS (CG089) | F Coetzee | CP-/TT | Never far off, mainly one out one back. Joint 3rd turning in. Moved up to hold some chance inside final 200 M but unable to see it out nearing home. |
| 5 | 7 | SURVEY SURVEY (CH070) | B Prebble | TT | Raced mainly 2-wide in forward of midfield. Jostled for racing room early in straight. Obtained clear run late over 150 M out and only kept on steadily to the line. |
| 6 | 2 | DOWN TOWN (CG054) | O Doleuze | -- | Settled 2 back on rails. Shared 6th spot rounding home bend. Failed to obtained a clear passage early in straight. Made modest headway down inner inside final 200 M. (See Racing Incidents.) |
| 7 | 13 | SUNNY POWER (CG203) | Y T Cheng | -- | Broke well from poor draw. Took up running after first 400 M and led until joined into straight. Fought on to regain advantage briefly 200 M out only to be swamped close to home. |
| 8 | 4 | ROYAL DELIGHT (CG192) | S Dye | -- | Broke well, led and gradually crossed to rails, settling one back behind leader. Came under pressure upon straightening and improved to hold some chance 200 M out only to fold up quickly shortly afterwards. |
| 9 | 10 | ALPHA MAIL (CG286) | A Delpech | H | Slightly sluggish at start, settling towards rear. Remained same into straight. Made up some late ground closing stages. |
| 10 | 6 | GROWL (CH224) | D Nikolic | TT | Travelled just worse than midfield on rails. Only kept on same pace without quickening in the run home. |
| 11 | 12 | BULLISH CASH (CH049) | E Saint-Martin | TT | Raced mainly 3-wide just better than midfield. Similar turning in. Soon weakened. |
| 12 | 9 | SIKANDER (CG080) | M Nunes | V | Settled at the back. Shifted out onto centre of track upon straightening and didn't make much ground. |
| 13 | 14 | WATCH WHAT HAPPENS (CH145) | A Starke | -- | Wide in midfield early. Took off from 1000 M to dispute lead into straight. Dropped out tamely over 200 M out. |
| 14 | 11 | SUNNY KING (CH105) | D Beadman | H-/XB/TT | Always well behind. (Heart irregularity.) |
| 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 |