
Race 8 (063)
BEIJING HANDICAP Rating:100-80 1400m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 3 | HEALTHY HAPPY (D435) | C L Chau | B/TT | Led nearing 1200M setting steady pace up front, joined by rival top of the straight, kept finding extra under pressure to be holding on gamely at the finish. |
| 2 | 5 | STEPS AHEAD (J263) | Z Purton | B | Bumped with rival after the start, stayed close enough in 5th spot, pressed on 450M to challenge for the lead, fought hard to the line but just couldn't get past the persistent leader. |
| 3 | 1 | HONG LOK GOLF (J517) | H Bentley | TT | Crowded after the start, settled down in midfield, steadied 650M, wide into straight before running on nicely for 3rd under a big weight. |
| 4 | 6 | CHIU CHOW SPIRIT (H175) | C Y Ho | B/TT | Dropped back to the rear, moved closer to leaders from 700M, wide into straight and closed off well. Just missed 3rd. |
| 5 | 10 | HUGE WAVE (J197) | A Badel | TT | Settled back early stages, strode forward 800M when the pace eased, taken very wide on the home turn, challenged for the lead early straight, kept battling and was only edged out to 5th late stages. |
| 6 | 4 | GUSTOSISIMO (J303) | Y L Chung | TT | Away fast, led early stages before taking a trailing spot behind pacemaker, kept on steadily final 400M but couldn't muster the pace to challenge leaders. |
| 7 | 8 | MICKLEY (K082) | A Atzeni | TT | From wide draw taken back to the rear, raced keenly from 600M, last turning home 4Ls back, kept on evenly to the line but always held by leaders. (No Vet findings.) |
| 8 | 2 | TAJ DRAGON (H164) | H Bowman | -- | Guided to the fence on settling, shuffled back from midfield to near last passing 700M, ran on fairly over final 400M when asked. (No Vet findings.) |
| 9 | 9 | TOURBILLON PRINCE (H122) | L Hewitson | TT | Chased leader in 3rd, still in touch turning for home but weakened away from 250M. |
| 10 | 7 | WONDER KIT (G455) | D Probert | V | Jumped fairly from draw 1, stayed close to leaders early and middle stages, raced keenly when crossed by rival leaving 1000M, struggled to keep up on straightening before giving ground passing 300M. |
| 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 |
