Race 8 (222)
THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL BOWL Rating:- 1400m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 1 | CATALAN OPENING (BS409) | D Beadman | -- | Broke well from outside draw but soon settled at the back. Last pair into straight. Ran on strongly final 300 M to take command at 150 M. Won convincingly. |
| 2 | 10 | RUSSIAN REVIVAL (BS412) | M Kinane | -- | Prominent briefly but gradually settled around midfield until straight. Ran on well final 300 M to claim 2nd at 100 M. Held on well. |
| 3 | 11 | SHINKO KING (BS414) | Y Take | -- | Towards rear early. Dropped to last at 900 M until turning in. Ran on well final 250 M to claim 3rd close home. |
| 4 | 13 | WIZARD KING (BS413) | W Woods | -- | Soon moved up to be in touch. Close-up 3rd at 800 M. Every chance turning in. Failed to quicken final 200 M. |
| 5 | 12 | SPECIAL (BP114) | B Marcus | -- | Jumped fairly. Moved up to lead from 1200 M. Headed 150 M. One-paced. |
| 6 | 3 | DECORATED HERO (BS411) | L Dettori | -- | At rear early. Moved up to midfield passing 1200 M until straight. Good progress from 300 M but was one-pace final 100 M. |
| 7 | 5 | ADJARELI (BN181) | J Murtagh | -- | Mainly towards rear or worse than midfield. Made up little late ground. |
| 8 | 4 | JAZZAC (BS415) | G Cooksley | -- | Soon settled towards rear. Held for a run inside final 300 M. Made up little late ground. |
| 9 | 9 | QUICK ACTION (BL064) | D Whyte | -- | Broke well but gradually dropped to rear. Last few into straight. Ran on a little inside final 200 M. |
| 10 | 7 | FASTEST STAR (BP047) | A Munro | -- | Midfield. Moderate progress from 600 M to be close-up 5th turning in. Weakened steadily inside final 200 M. |
| 11 | 2 | SPARTACUS (BS410) | S Dye | -- | Well there to 200 M. No extra. |
| 12 | 6 | AMARETTITORUN (BS416) | D Holland | -- | In touch to straight. Weakened from 300 M. |
| 13 | 8 | KOWLOON PRIDE (BM035) | P Payne | B | Disputed lead briefly and gradually settled behind pace from 1100 M until weakened from 300 M. |
| 14 | 14 | LASER STAR (BM236) | D Nikolic | -- | Led briefly. Sat outside leader from 1000 M to 350 M. Faded out of contention from 300 M. |
| 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 |