Race 10 (377)
THE CHINESE NEW YEAR CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:115-90 1400m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 1 | SUNNY KING (CH105) | G Mosse | H | Positioned behind midfield from an awkward draw, 3 wide with cover, pace to suit to turn, chased hard final 300M and came up with goods close to line. |
| 2 | 12 | SPARKLING POWER (L257) | M Guyon | XB | Taken back from a wide alley, raced 3 wide at rear nearly 10ls off lead, had pace to suit in mid section, came widest and produced a strong close to go down narrowly. |
| 3 | 6 | CALIFORNIA MEMORY (L135) | M Chadwick | -- | Even jump, settled behind midfield 7-8ls back, fair run with speed to suit, angled out at 400m, made a strong bid but outlasted final 50M. Good effort nonetheless. |
| 4 | 7 | HIGH POINT (CH215) | B Prebble | CP | Showed usual speed, unable to slot in and caught 3 wide without cover, 3ls or so away, crept closer on circle, challenged strongly at 300M, hard run took toll last 150M. |
| 5 | 3 | AASHIQ (CK175) | J Lloyd | -- | Prominent was usual, raced first outside leader without cover, did some work with decent speed on, took over passing 400M, in mix to 200M before tiring late. |
| 6 | 8 | FINAL ANSWER (L178) | D Beadman | XB/H/TT | Showed speed, took and ideal spot behind speed, over-raced in mid section, right there turning and took inside runs in straight, peaked at 200M. |
| 7 | 10 | SOARING DRAGON (CH183) | K C Leung | B/TT | Out in line, wide early before dropping into midfield, 5Ls back to turn, improved at 400M but bumped at 300M, didn’t go on final furlong. |
| 8 | 11 | FLEET COMMAND (CK077) | W C Marwing | SR | Tardy into stride, settled best part of 10ls back on rails, well back and held up turning, received a bad check at 350M, no real impact when clear thereafter. |
| 9 | 13 | YOU GOTTA PAY (CK350) | D Whyte | -- | Even break, raced 4ls or so back on rails in midfield, easy time throughout, not much room for most of straight and was never really tested. |
| 10 | 5 | AMIGO (CK358) | O Doleuze | B-/H2 | Faded back from an awkward draw, best part of 10ls away in two wide line, still plenty to do turning, made minimal impression. |
| 11 | 9 | LONDON CHINA TOWN (L236) | Z Purton | -- | Ok to break, nicely positioned 1 out 1 back, had good run to turn, unable to get into clear at 350M and inconvenienced, didn’t offer much from 250m when running presented. |
| 12 | 14 | APPRECIATION (CK161) | M L Yeung | V/TT | No speed and allowed to settle at rear, raced on rails 12ls back, still well back to turn, made no impact in straight. |
| 13 | 4 | OUR LUCKY BABY (CH187) | Y T Cheng | CP-/B1/TT | Showed customary speed, set a strong tempo 2-3ls clear, led to turn, soon capitulated when found trip too testing. |
| UR | 2 | CERISE CHERRY (L141) | T Angland | B | Behind midfield on rails, 6-7ls back to bend, lost run near 300m, severely checked and lost rider. |
| 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 |