Race 2 (381)
SOUTH CHINA SEA HANDICAP (Turf) Rating:40-16 1000m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 1 | KINLING SUPERSTAR (BP037) | E Saint-Martin | B | Led or disputed lead. Headed over 200 M out. Fought on well to re-gain advantage final strides. (Promoted.) |
| 2 | 6 | RISING GLORY (BN219) | S K Sit | -- | Always prominent. Took lead over 200 M out but unable to sustain effort and caught final strides. |
| 3 | 10 | MIGHTY SPIRIT (BP315) | S King | -- | Niggled along in better than midfield. Ran on determinedly under pressure to just fail to get up on line. |
| 4 | 9 | BARISH (BN231) | K Fallon | B/TT | Jumped slowly. Settled at the back. Ran on well inside final 300 M to narrowly miss the placegetters. |
| 5 | 14 | MAJESTY (BT061) | K C Tsang | B-/BO1 | Always well there. One-paced closing stages. |
| 6 | 7 | WORD OF HONOUR (BS183) | W Woods | V-/B2 | Always well there. One-paced closing stages. Inconvenienced final few strides. (See Racing Incidents.) |
| 7 | 8 | BOY DRAGON (BT064) | C T Cheng | -- | Never far off. One-paced. |
| 8 | 12 | COSSACK (BN223) | Y T Cheng | B | Travelled in rear. Made up good late ground inside final 200 M to be nearest at finish. |
| 9 | 5 | FLYING TIGER (BL127) | D Whyte | B | Travelled towards rear. Produced some late impression closing stages. |
| 10 | 4 | CHARMING DRAGON (BM237) | K H Yu | -- | Never better than midfield. One-paced closing stages. (Demoted.) |
| 11 | 11 | CHEERFUL BIRD (BT043) | K K Lai | -- | Never nearer. |
| 12 | 2 | MULTI-WINNER (BS149) | K H Ting | B | Soon dropped to last few. |
| 13 | 13 | TRULY DELIGHTED (BP057) | J Quinn | B/TT | Travelled in better than midfield to 300 M then faded. |
| 14 | 3 | TIME WELL (BP139) | R Fradd | B | Midfield to 350 M then tired badly. (See Racing Incidents.) |
| 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 |