Race 8 (618)
TAI HANG HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 2 | VITAL GOLD (N398) | O Doleuze | B | Travelled strongly behind leaders, quickened well turning home, dueled with eventual 2nd from 200M and always holding on. |
| 2 | 1 | CIRCUIT STAR (N220) | D Whyte | TT | Held up behind midfield, came through strongly on the inner, joined leader form 200M, dueled all the way to the finish, just denied. |
| 3 | 3 | DISTILL (N270) | M L Yeung | -- | Settled near rear along the 2-path, took outside route passing 400M, stayed on well and got up for 3rd near line. |
| 4 | 10 | HONG KONG DANCER (N399) | T H So | -- | Held up in midfield, responded well early straight, went 3rd passing 150M, unable to trouble first two, lost 3rd near line. |
| 5 | 12 | SPEEDYGONZALEZ (N412) | C Y Ho | B-/H/P2/TT | Settled 2-wide in the chasing group, had every chance, stayed on mildly without getting to first two. |
| 6 | 11 | YOU KNOW I WIN (M361) | T Berry | B/TT | Held up in mid-division, placed under pressure 500M, stayed on mildly. |
| 7 | 9 | HOLY MAC (N189) | A Suborics | -- | Settled near the rear, made limited progress turning home and was never a threat to leaders. |
| 8 | 5 | EMPEROR CLAUDIUS (M128) | K C Leung | P/XB | Tracked pace early stages, ranked alongside leader from 900M, stayed in contention until weakening 150M. |
| 9 | 8 | HO HO LIFE (CL209) | G Mosse | B | Taken back to last about 8Ls off leaders, found disappointingly little and made no real progress over final 300M. |
| 10 | 7 | ALPHA GRAND (N127) | K C Ng | B/XB | Urged forward, shared lead on the inside and maintained a steady pace throughout, headed inside 300M, weakened final 150M. |
| 11 | 4 | ABSOLUTE FANTASY (M284) | Y T Cheng | TT | Fractious in stalls, failed to muster speed at early stages, caught 3-wide without cover in midfield, gave ground 600M, finished distant last. (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 |