Race 7 (225)
THE CATHAY PACIFIC HONG KONG MILE Rating:- 1600m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 10 | THE DUKE (CB282) | O Doleuze | -- | Settled in 3rd on rails not far off pace. Angled off the rails for a run when 2Ls back in 3rd turning in. Responded well to hit front over 200 M out and just held off runner-up's strong late surge to the line. |
| 2 | 6 | ARMADA (CE246) | D Whyte | -- | Settled in midfield one off the rails. Came to challenge under pressure upon straightening and finished off race strongly inside final 200 M to just fail to get up on line. |
| 3 | 2 | RAMONTI (CH608) | E Botti | TT | Held slight advantage after beginning from poor draw mainly one off the rails. Went 1L clear with rails run rounding home bend. Same turning in but had no answer to winner's challenge over 200 M out. Hung on gamely under pressure. |
| 4 | 1 | BULLISH LUCK (CC155) | B Prebble | B | Settled in midfield early far side. Steadied and lost position coming out of back straight. Towards rear turning for home. Obtained clear running 300 M out and quickened well to do best work at finish. |
| 5 | 7 | LINNGARI (CH624) | G Schofield | SR | Waited with. Shaken up turning for home, making significant progress between runners down straight. Did best work at finish. |
| 6 | 4 | JOYFUL WINNER (CE045) | C Soumillon | TT1 | Settled on rails in midfield. Improved to 5th turning in. Quickened to hold some chance early in straight but unable to sustain effort closing stages. |
| 7 | 11 | FLORAL PEGASUS (CG011) | L Dettori | TT | Travelled in 4th some 4 to 5Ls off the speed. Commenced move turning in and ran on steadily under pressure to look a place chance but unable to sustain run late. |
| 8 | 8 | REBEL REBEL (CH611) | E Prado | TT | Mainly in rear of midfield on rails to straight. Kept on same pace before finding no extra inside final 200 M. (Lame.) |
| 9 | 13 | SIR ERNESTO (CG051) | F Coetzee | SR- | Well there in 2nd position on rails. Shifted to one out one back position when leader crossed to rails coming out of back straight. Chased leader to home turn before weakening shortly after straightening. |
| 10 | 5 | RUSSIAN PEARL (CE019) | E Saint-Martin | TT | Travelled mainly 3-wide towards rear to straight. Slightly hampered on top of straight. Made modest headway without threatening. |
| 11 | 9 | BOWMAN'S CROSSING (CB138) | G Mosse | SR | Always travelling towards rear. Only kept on steadily without quickening in straight. |
| 12 | 14 | DANCE IN THE MOOD (CE606) | Y Take | -- | Broke well from wide draw. Settled wide in rear of midfield. Slightly inconvenienced early in straight and could find nothing under pressure. |
| 13 | 12 | DAVE'S BEST (CC060) | M Kinane | -- | Settled at the back. Came under pressure turning in but unable to make any impression in the run home. |
| 14 | 3 | MUSTAMEET (CH609) | D McDonogh | SR | Raced wide without cover in forward of midfield. Not going places when jostled 350 M out. Soon weakened. |
| 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 |