The handle may have been down but the patrons turned up in force.

The HKSAR Chief Executive's Cup saw the new kid on the block Victor The Winner get the better of the older boy Lucky Sweynesse by 2 ½ lengths on ground that was "yielding".

The Tai Mo Shan went to our "roughish" pick The Golden Scenery for a nice win and Brenton Avdulla the lucky jockey who had been unable to make the weight for another runner.  Find My Love was second and Super Sunny Skies third.