Race 7 (645)
THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1200m Happy Valley Yielding
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 3 | OUR LUCKY BABY (CH187) | P H Lo | CP/TT | Soon took up running, held on well under pressure to make all. |
| 2 | 4 | PERFECT STYLE (CJ329) | W C Marwing | -- | Soon taken back to wide in midfield from a poor draw, similar turning for home, fought on well under pressure to be nearest at finish. |
| 3 | 2 | FINGERS CROSSED (CG037) | K C Leung | -- | Settled in just worse than midfield, swung wide into straight, fought on well down centre of straight to be nearest at finish. |
| 4 | 6 | KINDACROSS (CG041) | C K Tong | XB/TT | Disputed lead most of way, unable to sustain effort inside final 200 M. |
| 5 | 11 | SEASON LINKZ (CK133) | M W Leung | B | Began moderately, settled in rear of midfield on rails, similar turning in, made modest progress under pressure without threatening. |
| 6 | 9 | ELITE FORTUNE (CJ212) | B Doyle | -- | Began moderately, settled at the back, trailed the field into straight and widest runner turning in, made significant late progress in straight to be nearest at finish. |
| 7 | 7 | CLASSIC NAVIGATOR (CD330) | Z Purton | TT | Broke well, settled in a prominent spot mainly 3-wide without cover down far side, kept on until fading under pressure inside final 200 M. |
| 8 | 10 | NATIONAL GLORY (CJ176) | M Du Plessis | B/XB | Never far off in 4th or 5th to straight, kept on same pace in straight without quickening. (Blood in trachea.) |
| 9 | 5 | FINN MACCOOL (CK072) | D Whyte | -- | Settled towards rear, very wide turning in, produced moderate late impression in straight, never nearer. |
| 10 | 1 | BEAUTIFUL DREAMER (CH108) | B Prebble | B | Near last most of way to straight, kept on steadily to be nearest at the blanket finish. |
| 11 | 8 | TOP NEWS (CK196) | Y T Cheng | -- | Slow out, soon picked up to forward of midfield on rails, closer up around home bend to be just off the lead turning in, soon faded under pressure after straightening. |
| 12 | 12 | EXPLODING (CH046) | H W Lai | XB/H | Broke well from a wide draw, prominent when wide without cover early in back straight, taken back to rear of midfield but still throughout far side, found nil under pressure in straight. |
| 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 |