Place	Horse No	Horse Name	Jockey	Trainer	Rate	Weight	ON	RD	Draw	Margin	Time	In Running	Section Time
1	3	EIGHT TRIGRAMS (C102)	C. L. Chau	D. Hall	58	128	12	12	2		1:08:65	5-4-1	23.61 22.19 22.85
2	8	THUNDERSTRIKE (E261)	L. Hewitson	D. Whyte	52	125	12	19	9	H	1:08:68	6-6-2	23.77 22.19 22.72
3	2	FLYING DRAGON (E360)	V. Borges	C. H. Yip	59	132	9.5	5.3	4	1.75	1:08:91	7-7-3	23.81 22.23 22.87
4	1	STAR OF YUEN LONG (C303)	K. Teetan	K. L. Man	60	133	10	11	6	2.25	1:09:02	9-9-4	24.09 22.19 22.74
5	5	FIERY DIAMOND (G022)	J. Moreira	T. P. Yung	55	128	2.3	1.9	1	3	1:09:12	4-5-5	23.53 22.27 23.32
6	11	VAMOS (G004)	B. Shinn	D. A. Hayes	50	123	26	73	10	3.5	1:09:20	3-2-6	23.45 22.15 23.60
7	12	ARES (D125)	H. Bentley	F. C. Lor	48	121	34	51	11	4.25	1:09:34	8-8-7	23.97 22.23 23.14
8	6	ISLAND SHINE (D040)	K. C. Leung	P. F. Yiu	55	128	35	38	12	4.5	1:09:38	11-10-8	24.25 22.19 22.94
9	10	HAPPY FAT CAT (G166)	R. Maia	A. T. Millard	50	123	8.3	10	5	4.5	1:09:39	1-1-9	23.33 22.19 23.87
10	4	SERGEANT PEPPER (E432)	Z. Purton	Y. S. Tsui	58	131	7.6	10	8	7.5	1:09:86	2-3-10	23.41 22.31 24.14
11	7	AURORA HERO (G024)	M. Chadwick	P. O'Sullivan	52	125	39	95	3	9.25	1:10:14	10-11-11	24.21 22.23 23.70
12	9	FLYING ON THE TURF (C477)	A. Hamelin	K. H. Ting	50	123	19	34	7	11.25	1:10:45	12-12-12	24.65 22.27 23.53

Sire:Magnus

Breed of the Winning Horse:EIGHT TRIGRAMS

Dam:Demandehere

Pool	Winning Combination	Dividend (HK$)
win	3	124.5
place	3	30.5
	8	42
	2	16
forecast	3-8	1322
quinella	3-8	667
quinella place	3-8	166
	2-3	83
	2-8	97
3 pick 1 (Composite Win)	A3	43.5
tierce	3-8-2	5180
trio	2-3-8	904
first 4	1-2-3-8	1563
quartet	3-8-2-1	45033
2nd double	(12-3)	$850.0
2nd double consulation	(12-8)	$293.5

Recap by phillip woo

Eight Trigrams just held off Thunderstrike after hitting the front 100m out following a perfect ride one off fore of midfield. He deserved another win after knocking on the door on both surfaces in four of his past five starts. Thunderstrike was closing with every stride after slotting one-off in midfield from an awkward gate. He relished a return to the surface of a win in October. Punted late Flying Dragon closed well to fill a placing without menacing the quinella pair after a rails run in midfield. He relished a return to the dirt after flopping last start at the Valley. Star Of Yuen Long got going late to fill the frame after turning the final bend four from the rear. He's found the line well in back-to-back runs following a downgrade. Firming to jump an odds-on favourite Fiery Diamond peaked on his run 100m out after hitting the front at the 250m following a dream run with a return to the surface of two earlier seconds. Jury will be out on him. Vamos gradually faded after chasing the speed wide without cover from an outside draw. It was a better run with a switch to the dirt at only his third run. Sergeant Pepper was stopping 150m out after a pace-stalking run. It was a disappointing effort despite a downgrade.

Racing Incident Report

Race Three: (455) - SHUI CHUEN O HANDICAP - Class 4 - 1200Meters

ISLAND SHINE began only fairly and then from the outside barrier was shifted across behind runners in the early stages.

AURORA HERO, which also began only fairly, shifted out at the start and bumped the hindquarters of FLYING DRAGON.

HAPPY FAT CAT shifted out on jumping and inconvenienced STAR OF YUEN LONG.

VAMOS shifted out on jumping and bumped ARES which became unbalanced.

Despite being vigorously ridden for some distance in the early stages, FLYING ON THE TURF became detached from the field in the early and middle stages.

Rounding the Home Turn, SERGEANT PEPPER raced in restricted room between VAMOS and HAPPY FAT CAT which shifted out.

Passing the 250 Metres, FLYING DRAGON was directed to the outside of THUNDERSTRIKE to obtain clear running.

Throughout the race, VAMOS travelled wide and without cover.

When questioned, R Maia stated that when being ridden along out of the barriers to obtain a forward position, HAPPY FAT CAT raced with its head on the side and was reluctant to shift over towards the running rail.

He said for this reason he changed his whip into his left hand approaching the 1000 Metres.

He said he was able to shift HAPPY FAT CAT over towards the rail, after the 1000 Metres, however, the horse was inclined to lay out in the middle stages.

He said rounding the Home Turn HAPPY FAT CAT lay out despite his efforts which resulted in a run becoming available to the inside of HAPPY FAT CAT.

He said HAPPY FAT CAT was having its first race start around a turn today and, in his opinion, the horse is still green which resulted in HAPPY FAT CAT not being able to rail as well as hoped.

A veterinary inspection of HAPPY FAT CAT immediately following the race did not show any significant findings.

A veterinary inspection of SERGEANT PEPPER, FIERY DIAMOND and FLYING ON THE TURF immediately following the race did not show any significant findings.

FIERY DIAMOND, EIGHT TRIGRAMS and THUNDERSTRIKE were sent for sampling.