Race 9 (524)
THE HONG KONG LIONS CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1400m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 2 | WALKONTHEWILDSIDE (CG033) | O Doleuze | -- | Raced wide in midfield. Hampered and lost at least a length approaching 800 M. Recovered to midfield turning in and finished off well inside final 300 M to gain upper hand final strides. |
| 2 | 6 | MUTUAL FRIENDSHIP (CG260) | D Nikolic | TT | Travelled on rails in midfield. Closer turning in but no clear run. Able to shift out into the clear 200 M out and ran on well to just fail to get up on line. |
| 3 | 3 | CALCANDO (CE232) | M Nunes | XB1/TT | Never far off in 4th within 2Ls of pace. Ran on alongside winner but unable to sustain effort close to home. |
| 4 | 12 | TREASURE COLT (CE308) | C W Wong | TT | Soon ridden to lead. Held running to 150 M out. Just plugged on for 4th. |
| 5 | 7 | THUNDER DANCING (CG250) | S K Sit | -- | Chased leader on rails in 3rd. Only kept on steadily without threatening in straight. |
| 6 | 8 | TOP TOP LIGHT (CG182) | G Mosse | TT | Very slowly away. Gradually picked up to rear of midfield before home bend. Saved ground on rails turning in. Did not find much room early in straight. Produced moderate impression under pressure late. |
| 7 | 1 | AMAZING ME (CH080) | K L Chui | XB/TT | Settled in last few. Wide rounding home bend and into straight. Produced good late impression down centre inside final 200 M. |
| 8 | 10 | SANBENITO (CC256) | F Coetzee | CP/XB/TT | Travelled in rear to straight. No clear running until over 200 M out. Made some late progress. |
| 9 | 5 | FLY ME TO THE MOON (CG104) | D Whyte | B | Travelled one out one back to straight. Dropped quickly out of contention after straightening. |
| 10 | 13 | DELIGHTFUL WIN (CC154) | H W Lai | -- | Settled at the back. Made some effort turning in. Ran home one-paced under pressure. |
| 11 | 9 | SPEED FIGHTER (CD355) | W M Lai | B | Jumped best from widest draw then restrained to drop back to rear of field. Trailed the field rounding home bend and into straight. Made no impression in the run home. |
| 12 | 14 | MASTER DREAMER (CE293) | C K Tong | B | Broke well then travelled wide just better than midfield. Kept on before dropping out quickly passing 300 M. |
| 13 | 4 | NICE KING (CG147) | B Prebble | -- | Raced wide in midfield before checked and lost position about 800 M out. Recovered to midfield turning in but did not find much room under pressure 200 M out, then badly weakened. |
| 14 | 11 | SMART HORSE (BV096) | Y T Cheng | -- | Travelled just behind midfield. Badly hampered coming out of back straight. Never recovered. (Heart irregularity.) |
| 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 |