Race 4 (572)
THE SANDBERG GOLD CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:60-40 1800m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 9 | HAPPY ALL AROUND (CD248) | K T Yeung | TT | Always in front rank, 2Ls back in 3rd in box-seat turning for home, soon came under pressure but responded gamely, all out to score. |
| 2 | 1 | KING HESPERUS (CE151) | D Whyte | B/TT | 5Ls back in 6th out 2-wide at 1200 M, advanced to be 1L back in 2nd from 800 M to home turn, briefly led about 100 M out, foiled final strides. |
| 3 | 7 | SOARING DRAGON (CH183) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Mid-division 3-wide with cover 4Ls back at halfway, same margin back turning in, upsides and with every chance 100 M out, couldn't sustain the run. |
| 4 | 11 | ALICE TOO (CG309) | M Nunes | B/XB/TT | 4-wide no cover early, pressed on to lead on fence by 1L from 1000 M to home straight, headed about 100 M out and run out of place. |
| 5 | 12 | PURE ALPHA (CH008) | B Prebble | XB | 4-back on fence in midfield about 4Ls from the early pace, shuffled further back turning in, made some fair late ground, never nearer. |
| 6 | 2 | CHEERFUL HEART (CC206) | G Boss | B | Slightly worse than midfield about 5Ls from the early pace, 5-wide (widest of all) in same position off last turn, finished well, nearest at finish. |
| 7 | 14 | NIGHT HUNTER III (CH102) | Y T Cheng | CP1 | Midfield with cover about 4Ls off pace at 1000 M, without a clear passage from top of stretch until 250 M out, no impact once clear. |
| 8 | 6 | HAPPY HEROES (CD261) | O Doleuze | B-/PC2 | 2-wide in rear about 6Ls behind early pace, without running room at top of home straight when 5Ls back, stayed on past a few beaten rivals. |
| 9 | 10 | GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY (CJ015) | G Mosse | -- | Slowest out, 8Ls last at the 1400 M, still in rear about 6Ls back making last turn, retrieved a little late ground down the centre of the stretch. |
| 10 | 8 | VINCERE (CE324) | C K Tong | B | Led early on before settling into a 3-back on fence position around midfield, under pressure to keep up 600 M out, no impression in the straight. |
| 11 | 5 | EVER KING (CE147) | M Du Plessis | PC/TT | Went back from wide gate and raced with head up early on, always worse than midfield at least 4Ls from the speed, posed no danger. |
| 12 | 13 | DRAGON STRIDE (CC370) | W M Lai | -- | Mostly 5th or 6th about 2Ls from the speed through to the home turn, outpaced thereafter and no excuses. |
| 13 | 3 | JOY TRUMPS (CD242) | K L Chui | B/TT | Messy start, always in rear, on the fence at least 5Ls down turning for home, very weak in the home straight. |
| 14 | 4 | DASH (CG236) | C W Wong | -- | Keen early on, 3-wide no cover throughout, 2Ls back in 3rd out 2-wide at halfway, struggling to lie up off last bend, dropped out very quickly. (Jockey was told his riding in early stages had come under notice.) |
| 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 |