Race 7 (334)
THE JANUARY CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:- 1800m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 7 | HELENE FEELING (H215) | H Bentley | B/TT | Settled towards rear in 9th, gained closer to 7th briefly some 3L off the pace at about 800M, commenced move under pressure wide rounding home bend, carried widest into straight, ran on resolutely to prevail close to home. |
| 2 | 1 | HAPPY TOGETHER (G446) | A Badel | H/TT | Settled in rear from a poor draw and waited with, improved one position to 10th over 800M out, commenced run under pressure around home bend going wide for a clear run into straight, ran on without pegging back the winner. |
| 3 | 3 | LA CITY BLANCHE (G371) | M Chadwick | TT | Trailed the field, came under pressure from 700M out given reminders home bend, finished off the race strongly down the centre of the straight to snatch 3rd final strides despite inconvenienced 150M out. |
| 4 | 4 | ENCOUNTERED (G236) | K Teetan | B | Settled in last few, finished off the race well inside final 100M. |
| 5 | 6 | MOMENTS IN TIME (H474) | H Bowman | TT | Jumped awkwardly, refused to settle travelling keenly in 6th some 3L back, allowed to stride forward to lead 600M out, held advantage until swamped 50M out. |
| 6 | 2 | FIVE G PATCH (G286) | B Avdulla | TT | Broke well, settled in midfield, kept on in straight before producing good late impression closing stages. |
| 7 | 11 | STAR CONTACT (E472) | L Hewitson | B/TT | Began moderately, shared early pace briefly before gradually restrained to 5th over 2L back in back straight, kept on steadily without quickening in the final stretch. |
| 8 | 10 | FLAMINGO TRILLION (H192) | K C Leung | -- | Held slender lead most of the way setting a steady pace, narrowly headed passing the 700M, renewed effort into straight but unable to peg back the race leader, swamped for a placing inside final 100M. |
| 9 | 8 | MONEY CATCHER (G171) | M F Poon | B | Began awkwardly from the widest draw, pressed forward to prominent 5th wide without cover, gained further closer to 3rd into back straight, kept on until overhauled inside final 50M. |
| 10 | 9 | WOODFIRE BRO (G115) | M L Yeung | TT | Chased leaders on rail, came under pressure to hold position rounding home bend, swamped close to home. |
| 11 | 5 | THE GOLDEN SCENERY (E379) | A Pouchin | TT | Worked his way forward early stages to reach 2-wide 2nd rounding the 1200M bend, came under to hold place 500M out, tight between runners inside final 150M, made no further impression. |
| 12 | 12 | ROMANTIC LAOS (G476) | A Atzeni | CP/TT | Never better than midfield travelling on rails, did not find much room early in straight, made no further impression. |
| 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 |