The first race of this 17th meeting was won by the favourite Imperial Place (Sola), who proved too good in 20-0.

The horse of Merven stable raced at the back of the pack before moving up 300m from the winning post to record an easy win in front of Good Time Charlie (S. Bhundoo), who finished second once again.

Eternal Light (Bhaugeerothee) finished 3rd in front of Catch A Star (Leung).