Place	Horse No	Horse Name	Jockey	Trainer	Rate	Weight	ON	RD	Draw	Margin	Time	In Running	Section Time
1	12	GOLD TALENT (S113)	H. W. Lai	A. Lee	42	114	9.4	9.2	1		1:22.2	7-7-6-1	35.75 23.28 23.22
2	9	BEAR-POP (S321)	N. Rawiller	J. Moore	48	122	10	15	12	N	1:22.3	12-13-10-2	36.55 22.88 22.88
3	10	SPARKLING SWORD (P256)	U. Rispoli	K. W. Lui	45	119	6	3.8	3	1.75	1:22.5	4-6-5-3	35.71 23.28 23.54
4	13	JADE PIPPO (P052)	Y. T. Cheng	Y. S. Tsui	42	116	16	25	11	1.75	1:22.5	2-4-3-4	35.55 23.28 23.72
5	5	ALL WAYS BEST (S268)	M. Demuro	C. H. Yip	52	126	32	34	2	3	1:22.7	11-12-13-5	36.43 23.24 23.07
6	7	ATHENA BABY (S449)	C. Y. Ho	C. S. Shum	50	122	9.4	8.1	6	3	1:22.7	8-8-7-6	35.75 23.32 23.67
7	14	FANTASTICLIFE (S320)	M. Chadwick	A. S. Cruz	40	114	29	60	4	3.50	1:22.8	10-11-9-7	36.27 23.12 23.42
8	1	HARD BALL GET (P373)	D. Whyte	D. Hall	59	133	11	11	14	3.50	1:22.8	1-1-1-8	35.31 23.28 24.23
9	4	SECRET AGENT (P388)	G. Mosse	K. L. Man	53	127	6.5	6.7	10	3.75	1:22.8	5-2-2-9	35.47 23.20 24.20
10	11	FIRE STARTER (S002)	M. Guyon	R. Gibson	44	118	5.7	5.1	9	4.75	1:23.0	13-10-8-10	36.19 23.04 23.78
11	2	KING'S STEED (S051)	M. L. Yeung	Ng Ting-keung	57	129	18	18	13	8.50	1:23.6	3-3-4-11	35.51 23.44 24.68
12	3	STAR OF MYCROFT (S331)	K. Teetan	John Size	57	131	12	22	7	11	1:24.0	14-14-14-12	36.71 23.16 24.14
13	6	VICTORY BOYS (S355)	K. C. Ng	C. W. Chang	52	121	19	28	5	11.50	1:24.0	9-9-11-13	36.07 23.48 24.53
14	8	ABLE TALENT (S446)	T. H. So	P. O'Sullivan	49	121	75	99	8	22.75	1:25.8	6-5-12-14	35.67 23.88 26.34

Sire:Lawman

Breed of the Winning Horse:GOLD TALENT

Dam:Rye

Pool	Winning Combination	Dividend (HK$)
win	12	92.5
place	12	31
	9	46
	10	15
quinella	9-12	602
quinella place	9-12	190
	10-12	57.5
	9-10	123
tierce	12-9-10	5342
trio	9-10-12	755
first 4	9-10-12-13	3485
quartet	12-9-10-13	88060
2nd double	(14-12)	$2624.5
2nd double consulation	(14-9)	$647.0

Recap by phillip woo

Gold Talent settled three back along the rails, hit the front five deep at the 80m and held off the late surge of Bear Pop for the win. Bear Pop was ridden cold second from the rear from a wide gate, shifted into the clear with one wider at the 300m and finished well to grab second. Late-fancied favourite Sparkling Sword settled one off ahead of midfield, swung the final bend six deep and kept grinding away to grab third on the wire from Jade Pippo, who plugged away one off the fence after enjoying a rail's run on the back of the speed. All Ways Best had only one beaten coming to the final bend, straightened three deep and was getting going late when the race was all but over while shifting out under pressure in a pleasing debut effort. Athena Baby swung the final bend widest out and only kept on one-paced over the final 200m. Early favourite Secret Agent yielded ground 200m out after working hard from a tricky gate to sit outside the leader Hard Ball Get, who was giving way 150m out after finding the front from gate 14.

Racing Incident Report

Race Three: (375)-BOAT QUAY HANDICAP - Class 4 - 1400Metres

After being loaded, STAR OF MYCROFT became fractious.

Before being allowed to race again, STAR OF MYCROFT will be required to perform satisfactorily in a stalls test.

FIRE STARTER was slow to begin.

ALWAYS BEST lifted its front feet off the ground as the start was effected and began only fairly.

FANTASTICLIFE began only fairly.

STAR OF MYCROFT and ATHENA BABY bumped on jumping.

From a wide barrier, BEAR-POP was shifted across behind runners in the early stages.

Approaching the 1100 Metres, SECRET AGENT shifted in and made contact with ABLE TALENT.

Near the 1100 Metres, VICTORY BOYS got its head up and lost ground when proving difficult to settle and racing close to the heels of SPARKLING SWORD.

Passing the 900 Metres, JADE PIPPO was steadied away from the heels of HARD BALL GET.

Approaching the 500 Metres, SPARKLING SWORD shifted out away from the heels of KING'S STEED which also shifted out, resulting in SPARKLING SWORD and ATHENA BABY making contact when racing tight.

Throughout the race, SECRET AGENT and ABLE TALENT travelled wide and without cover.

The performance of ABLE TALENT, which finished tailed out, was considered unacceptable.

Before being allowed to race again, ABLE TALENT will be required to perform to the satisfaction of the Stewards in an official barrier trial and be subjected to an official veterinary examination.

A veterinary inspection of SECRET AGENT and FIRE STARTER immediately following the race did not show any significant findings.

SPARKLING SWORD, GOLD TALENT and BEAR-POP were sent for sampling.