Race 7 (491)
SA PO HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 1 | SELF IMPROVEMENT (H337) | P N Wong | B/TT | Jumped best sharing the pace, obtained rails run coming onto home bend 700M out, held 1/2L advantage early in straight before joined over 200M out and momentarily headed close to home, fought on gamely to just get back up on line. |
| 2 | 2 | GUMMY GUMMY (H089) | H Bowman | B | Soon recovered from moderate start chasing race leaders after the first 200M, gained closer to pace on straightening and hit the front momentarily close to home, only to be pipped at post. |
| 3 | 3 | MASK RIDER (K169) | K De Melo | TT | Disputed lead on rail early stages, gradually taken one back for cover 700M out, did not find much room early in straight until the 200M, fought on steadily without threatening. (Questioned for tactic adopted.) |
| 4 | 6 | GALAXY WITNESS (G110) | H Bentley | B/TT | Began awkwardly losing ground, gradually recovered to 10th some 4L off the pace, angled out 2-wide for a run rounding home bend, did not find much room early in straight, fought on steadily without threatening. |
| 5 | 5 | MUST GO (J133) | B Avdulla | E/PC/TT | Broke well travelling in close up position 3-wide without cover, shifted one wider into straight, fought on steadily under pressure without threatening. |
| 6 | 7 | MOJAVE DESERT (J330) | L Ferraris | XB | Settled mainly 3-wide in rear of mid-division of bunched field, came to challenge under pressure after straightening, ran on steadily inside final 200M without threatening. |
| 7 | 12 | MONTA FRUTTA (H455) | A Badel | H/TT | Travelled at the back from a poor draw, trailed the field to 450M, kept on steadily under pressure without quickening in straight. |
| 8 | 8 | SHINYU KOKOROE (K263) | K Teetan | -- | Began moderately but soon recovered to just over 2L off the pace in 7th on rail, became 8th in similar position rounding home bend, dropped out tamely in straight. |
| 9 | 4 | VICTORY MOMENTS (H142) | M L Yeung | B/SR/TT | With leaders out wide, gained closer to rail 2-wide rounding home bend, weakened steadily after straightening. (Roarer as previously reported) |
| 10 | 9 | SPEEDY TRIDENT (K230) | B Thompson | B1/TT1 | Broke well from a poor draw, gradually dropped to last few despite niggled along, made no impression in home straight. |
| 11 | 10 | SAL (K267) | Y L Chung | -- | Broke well from the widest draw settling wide without cover in better than midfield, dropped away quickly in home straight. |
| 12 | 11 | CALL TO COMMAND (J243) | D McDonogh | H1/P1/XB1 | Jumped awkwardly from a poor draw, wide in prominent position briefly before drifted to midfield about 900M out and to last over 450M out, made no further impression. (Reported a roarer) |
| B : | Blinkers | BO : | Blinker with one cowl only | CC : | Cornell Collar | CP : | Sheepskin Cheek Pieces |
| CO : | Sheepskin Cheek Piece One Side | E : | Ear Plugs | H : | Hood | P : | Pacifier |
| PC : | Pacifier with cowls | PS : | Pacifier with one cowl | SB : | Sheepskin Browband | SR : | Shadow Roll |
| TT : | Tongue Tie | V : | Visor | VO : | Visor with one cowl | XB : | Crossed Nose Band |
| "1" : | First time | "2" : | Replaced | "-" : | Removed |