Race 9 (386)
THE CHINESE NEW YEAR CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:110-85 1400m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 5 | PENGLAI XIANZI (CK248) | M L Yeung | TT | Jumped well to hold box seat behind leaded. Boxed in 400m before getting run between horses to win drawing away. |
| 2 | 12 | TALLEY CLOSE (M280) | R Fourie | TT | Taken back from wide draw and near last entering straight. Switched wide and finished strongly but hung in closing. |
| 3 | 10 | KEEN MARIE (N123) | C Y Ho | PC- | Ridden forward to sit 4th, one-off the fence. Pulled out 400m and kept on well to the line. |
| 4 | 8 | MAJESTIC FALCON (M236) | B Prebble | H | No early speed and held at rear along fence. Crowded 850m, no run 400m, blocked again 200m. Ran on well when clear. |
| 5 | 2 | FAIR TRADE (CK345) | Z Purton | -- | Began fairly but badly crowded 900m, losing position. Checked 400m when denied run, recovered but crowded near line. |
| 6 | 11 | GOOD WORDS (CL371) | M Chadwick | TT | Taken straight to the front and set leisurely pace to 200m. Boxed on well when challenged and ovetaken. |
| 7 | 13 | GIFT IS GIFT (M053) | K C Leung | SR-/H1/B2 | Ridden up to sit outside leader to straight. Drew level 400m but unable continue. Tried to savage winner 50m. |
| 8 | 9 | FUN RIDER (CK231) | T Clark | B | Taken back from wide draw and trailed field to straight. Taken widest 400m, doing best work final final stages. |
| 9 | 3 | VOILE ROUGE (M343) | K C Ng | B/TT | Driven forward but unable to cross, caught 4-wide without cover for much of the way, weakened passing 300M. |
| 10 | 7 | FLASH KNIGHT (N173) | D Whyte | H | Held behind midfield on rails to straight, but unable to get run until 300m. One-paced final. Bled from both nostrils. |
| 11 | 6 | FAT CHOY OOHLALA (CL250) | G Mosse | B/TT | Ridden forward from wide draw but trapped wide into turn. Bumped and unbalanced 400, checked 150m losing position. |
| 11 | 14 | AMIGO (CK358) | C K Tong | B | No early speed and held towards rear but wide. Covered extra ground around turn and finished wide without threatening. |
| 13 | 1 | BEAUTY FLASH (CK314) | O Doleuze | TT | Began OK but badly crowded for space 900m, then checked 850m dropping back. Never likely after that. |
| 14 | 4 | NEW VISION (M028) | T Angland | B/TT | Began well and held 2-back the fence to turn. Dropped back quickly after straightening. Found to have irregular heart rhythm. |
| 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 |