Race 8 (624)
THE FWD QEII CUP Rating:- 2000m Sha Tin Yielding
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 1 | ROMANTIC WARRIOR (E486) | J McDonald | TT | Caught wide early stages before slotting into a midfield spot along the 2-path, swung wide home turn, kept closing doggedly to gain lead 150M, gamely held off the persistent runner up late stages. |
| 2 | 4 | PROGNOSIS (H820) | Y Kawada | H | Bounded on jumping and lost ground, raced as the back marker before commencing a rapid forward move 1200M, caught wide no cover home turn, finished off well enough but was always held by winner final 200M. |
| 3 | 9 | NORTH BRIDGE (J828) | Y Iwata | -- | Jumped awkwardly, soon led setting a fast pace for the first half of the race, kicked nicely clear early straight, caught by first two inside 150M, held on well for 3rd. |
| 4 | 10 | HAPPY TOGETHER (G446) | A Badel | H/TT | Settled down in mid-division, driven along 500M, kept battling in the straight to take 4th near line. |
| 5 | 3 | HISHI IGUAZU (G807) | D Lane | XB | Tracked leaders on inside, tried hard on straightening but lacked a turn of foot to launch a serious bid. |
| 6 | 8 | FIVE G PATCH (G286) | B Avdulla | TT | From wide draw shifted across behind runners, at the back of the field from 1200M, 5Ls to make up 400M, stayed on moderately. |
| 7 | 2 | DUBAI HONOUR (G809) | T Marquand | XB/TT | Settled behind midfield, struggled to pick up when the race got serious and was only fair to the line. |
| 8 | 11 | MASSIVE SOVEREIGN (J208) | Z Purton | -- | Obtained a position behind midfield, came under pressure middle stages, couldn't finish it off turning home. (Jockey : failed to handle the Yielding track conditions) |
| 9 | 7 | NIMBLE NIMBUS (E249) | A Atzeni | V/TT | From wide draw moved up to press leader on outside in a race with genuine pace, under the pump 550M, soon beaten on straightening. (Jockey : changed tactics from wide draw but that didn't suit him.) |
| 10 | 5 | STRAIGHT ARRON (G435) | C Y Ho | -- | Held up behind midfield, checked 1400M, fell back to a rearward position after, failed to finish off on straightening. (Jockey : failed to travel at any stage after incident near 1400M.) |
| 11 | 6 | SWORD POINT (G448) | K C Leung | CP | Chased leaders, shifted out to a 3-wide spot without cover from 1000M, struggled to keep up 500M, soon weakened and finished tailed out. (Unacceptable Performance.) |
| 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 |