Place	Horse No	Horse Name	Jockey	Trainer	Rate	Weight	ON	RD	Draw	Margin	Time	In Running	Section Time
1	3	SPARKLING SWORD (P256)	J. Moreira	K. W. Lui	54	127	2.8	2.3	3		1:51.8	2-2-2-1	64.48 23.76 23.57
2	9	KITAYA (S187)	G. Mosse	Y. S. Tsui	45	120	8.1	7.2	11	SH	1:51.8	3-4-3-2	64.60 23.92 23.30
3	2	ROCK THE TREE (P272)	R. Fourie	D. Ferraris	54	127	6.2	9.8	6	2.25	1:52.1	5-5-5-3	64.76 24.08 23.35
4	5	SPIRIT SOARING (N099)	H. N. Wong	W. Y. So	52	115	14	14	1	2.75	1:52.2	1-1-1-4	64.36 23.84 24.06
5	12	OXFORD CHARLEY (P266)	M. Chadwick	S. Woods	42	115	6.1	4.3	9	4	1:52.4	6-7-6-5	64.88 24.00 23.58
6	4	GO-GETTER (S303)	N. Rawiller	John Size	52	125	12	11	4	4.25	1:52.5	4-3-4-6	64.64 24.08 23.78
7	1	BACKBENCH BLUES (P096)	Z. Purton	T. P. Yung	58	131	11	14	7	6.50	1:52.8	8-8-8-7	64.96 24.20 23.71
8	7	TELEPHATIA (P405)	M. L. Yeung	A. Lee	48	119	9.6	14	5	7	1:52.9	10-9-9-8	65.20 24.16 23.56
9	6	NEW SPEED AHEAD (T208)	T. H. So	L. Ho	48	119	84	99	10	7.50	1:53.0	12-12-12-9	65.56 24.12 23.35
10	8	MEDIC MASTER (S363)	K. C. Leung	P. O'Sullivan	47	118	64	99	8	8.75	1:53.2	11-11-11-10	65.44 24.60 23.17
11	11	TRIPLE KING (T128)	C. Schofield	C. S. Shum	43	116	66	99	2	9.25	1:53.2	7-6-7-11	64.96 24.44 23.89
12	10	VITAL PRINCE (P397)	C. K. Tong	C. W. Chang	44	115	43	99	12	12.25	1:53.7	9-10-10-12	65.20 24.76 23.79

Sire:Danzero

Breed of the Winning Horse:SPARKLING SWORD

Dam:Supernal

Pool	Winning Combination	Dividend (HK$)
win	3	23.5
place	3	11.5
	9	21
	2	26
quinella	3-9	97
quinella place	3-9	37
	2-3	46
	2-9	79.5
tierce	3-9-2	807
trio	2-3-9	203
first 4	2-3-5-9	524
quartet	3-9-2-5	6824
2nd double	(8-3)	$487.5
2nd double consulation	(8-9)	$199.0

Recap by phillip woo

Favourite Sparkling Sword stalked the leader Spirit Soaring one off the fence, wore that one down to lead 100m out and just held off the late surge of Kitaya for the win. Kitaya was posted without cover in third for a majority of the race from a wide gate and kept on nicely five deep to make it a thriller on the line. He'll be winning shortly. Rock The Tree settled one off the fence in fifth, swung the final bend with two wider out and ran down Spirit Soaring in deep stretch for a placing. Spirit Soaring set a steady clip on the lead, cornered nearly a length on top and grudgingly gave way in the run to the wire. Oxford Charley travelled with cover three deep in midfield, peeled widest upon straightening and ran on steadily without menacing. Go-Getter was only one-paced four deep in the drive to the wire following a box-seat run. Backbench Blues was only plodding after travelling behind midfield and one off the fence. Telephatia switched into the clear with one wider out after travelling fourth from the rear and only held his ground when asked for an effort.

Racing Incident Report

Race Three: (049)-MAGNOLIA HANDICAP - Class 4 - 1800Metres

TRIPLE KING began only fairly.

From wide barriers, MEDIC MASTER and NEW SPEED AHEAD were shifted across behind runners in the early stages.

GO-GETTER shifted out at the start and bumped TELEPHATIA.

Near the 1150 Metres, TRIPLE KING shifted out and was awkwardly placed inside the heels of ROCK THE TREE.

KITAYA travelled wide and without cover until the 600 Metres.

KITAYA lost its left front plate at the entrance to the Straight.

K C Leung was fined $5,000 for breaching Stewards' Instruction 22(3) in that he used his whip to excess on MEDIC MASTER when that horse was clearly out of contention A veterinary inspection of TELEPHATIA immediately following the race did not show any significant findings.

SPARKLING SWORD and KITAYA were sent for sampling.