Place	Horse No	Horse Name	Jockey	Trainer	Rate	Weight	ON	RD	Draw	Margin	Time	In Running	Section Time
1	3	BLAZING SPEED (P192)	N. Callan	A. S. Cruz	121	126	12	15	8		2:02.8	5-6-6-1	77.44 23.59 21.86
2	9	STAPHANOS (T622)	Y. Fukunaga	H Fujiwara	113	126	33	18	5	2	2:03.2	6-5-5-2	77.36 23.67 22.17
3	4	CRITERION (T613)	C. Williams	D A Hayes	121	126	4.3	2.5	1	2	2:03.2	2-2-2-3	77.00 23.87 22.34
4	1	DESIGNS ON ROME (P270)	J. Moreira	J. Moore	123	126	3.6	3.9	11	2	2:03.2	10-11-11-4	78.00 23.27 21.94
5	12	PACKING LLAREGYB (S109)	O. Peslier	A. Schutz	104	126	19	32	6	2	2:03.2	11-10-10-5	77.88 23.35 21.98
6	6	HELENE SUPER STAR (S152)	D. Whyte	A. S. Cruz	115	126	10	14	3	2.25	2:03.2	4-3-3-6	77.12 23.87 22.26
7	2	MILITARY ATTACK (N175)	B. Prebble	C. Fownes	123	126	6.7	9.7	2	2.75	2:03.3	3-4-4-7	77.24 23.63 22.46
8	10	HELENE HAPPY STAR (T104)	T. Berry	J. Moore	110	126	5.3	6.5	4	3	2:03.3	8-7-7-8	77.64 23.51 22.24
9	8	CALIFORNIA MEMORY (L135)	K. Teetan	A. S. Cruz	114	126	27	85	7	4	2:03.5	12-12-12-9	78.12 23.39 22.01
10	7	SMOKING SUN (T621)	S. Pasquier	P. Bary	115	126	63	91	10	5	2:03.6	9-9-9-10	77.88 23.63 22.17
11	5	RED CADEAUX (N618)	H. Bowman	E Dunlop	116	126	26	16	9	5.50	2:03.7	7-8-8-11	77.68 23.67 22.44
12	11	SAME WORLD (N098)	K. C. Leung	J. Moore	107	126	57	99	12	9.50	2:04.4	1-1-1-12	76.88 24.03 23.51

Sire:Dylan Thomas

Breed of the Winning Horse:BLAZING SPEED

Dam:Leukippids

Pool	Winning Combination	Dividend (HK$)
win	3	151.5
place	3	34.5
	9	46.5
	4	13
quinella	3-9	1027
quinella place	3-9	292
	3-4	58
	4-9	84.5
tierce	3-9-4	7701
trio	3-4-9	764
first 4	1-3-4-9	788
quartet	3-9-4-1	28688
7th double	(5-3)	$1446.0
7th double consulation	(5-9)	$523.5

Recap by phillip woo

Blazing Speed landed a perfect spot one off the rails in midfield from a tricky gate, swung the final bend with three wider out and finished well to win going away at the 200m for the biggest success of his great career. Well-punted late, Staphanos had to duck and weave about for a clear run from the 400m to the 150m after travelling ahead of midfield along the rails and finished nicely thereafter to snatch second in a blanket finish for the minors. Favourite Criterion took the sit in second behind the leader Same World, assumed the lead four deep at the 400m and grudgingly gave way. Designs On Rome was ridden patiently second from the rear, swung the final bend with one wider out and was getting going late to just miss a placing. He might have been a bit flat following a trip to Dubai. Packing Llaregyb settled fourth from the rear, peeled into the clear with two wider out upon straightening and finished nicely to just miss a Quartet spot. It was a huge run at set weights. Helene Super Star was sweating on a run on the back of the speed, came one off upon straightening and was swamped late for a placing. Military Attack was prominently ridden with cover, moved level for the front at the 350m and peaked on his run 100m out.

Racing Incident Report

Race Eight: (568)-THE AUDEMARS PIGUET QEII CUP - Group One - 2000Metres

HELENE SUPER STAR blundered at the start and then was bumped by MILITARY ATTACK which shifted out.

From a wide barrier, DESIGNS ON ROME was shifted across behind runners in the early stages.

Near the 200 Metres, HELENE HAPPY STAR was steadied away from the heels of STAPHANOS (Y Fukunaga) which shifted to the inside of CRITERION to obtain clear running.

Y Fukunaga was advised to exercise more care in similar circumstances.

A veterinary inspection of RED CADEAUX immediately following the race did not show any significant findings.

CRITERION, BLAZING SPEED and STAPHANOS were sent for sampling.