Race 4 (590)
THE SANDBERG GOLD CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:40-0 1400m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 11 | METRO RIDER (CJ264) | B Prebble | XB/H/TT | Settled 2-3Ls behind the leader, one-off with cover, quickened well when asked at he top of straight, kept battling on, did well enough to withhold the challenger. (Lost left front plate.) |
| 2 | 6 | NAMJONG FIGHTERS (CG308) | Y T Cheng | -- | Broke well, urged to hold the fence in the mid-division, finished off well under pressure final 300 M, just late. |
| 3 | 2 | THE KID (CK080) | D Beadman | V | Broke well from gate 9 and soon obtained cover in the mid-division, dashed well when asked at the top of the home straight and looked possible to win, laid in, narrowly beaten. |
| 4 | 13 | COVER BOY (CK021) | J Lloyd | B | Awkward start, soon caught up 5-6Ls off the pace on rails, checked at 1000 M, finished off satisfactorily final 350 M but never really troubled the top three. |
| 5 | 8 | JOYFUL YEARS (CG143) | C K Tong | B | Pushed to lead 1L, hung in early, left uncontested until the home turn, headed in by the winner at 300 M, kept on fairly under pressure. |
| 6 | 12 | DAYLIGHT EXPRESS (CH036) | W C Marwing | TT | Urged to hold a fence position in midfield, not properly clear until final 150 M, dashed well but really too late. |
| 7 | 9 | BAYVIEW GREYSLEW (CJ194) | W M Lai | TT | Easily ran up to take the box-seat just behind the leader, niggled along at the home turn, only one-paced when asked in the straight. |
| 8 | 5 | MYTHIC STEED (CD208) | M L Yeung | B | Jumped fast and soon occupied the one out one back spot, travelled nicely, kept on until couldn't find extra passing the 200 M pole. (Mucus and inflamed epiglottis.) |
| 9 | 3 | COOL RUNNINGS (CK014) | K W Leung | CP1 | Lacked early speed and travelled 5-6Ls off the pace 3-wide with cover, finished off fairly well down centre of the home straight but failed to threaten the principals. |
| 10 | 4 | LIVERBIRD (CE055) | M Du Plessis | B | Lacked early speed despite being urged along, about 7Ls off the pace turning for home, made very limited progress under pressure final 250 M. |
| 11 | 1 | GOOD JOB (CL113) | G Cheyne | SR | Taken to the rear from gate 12, raced fiercely and checked when pace slackened at 1000 M, laid in in straight, finished off only fairly. |
| 12 | 7 | PERPETUAL DELIGHT (CK200) | K C Leung | CP-/TT- | Broke well from gate 13 but soon eased to the mid-division, caught 4-wide without cover early, finished off only fairly when clear at 400 M, never a factor. |
| 13 | 10 | ACCELERATOR (CG179) | M W Leung | -- | Out in line, raced fiercely in the early stages when being restrained to the mid-division, checked at 1000 M, failed to make up any ground in the home 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 |