Race 9 (591)
THE CRUSADERS HANDICAP Rating:95-75 1400m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 8 | HAIL THE STORM (CE125) | D Whyte | B1 | Held up worse than midfield when 7Ls off pace at 1000 M, 5Ls down in mid-division off final bend, very nice acceleration (defying track bias) to lead 100 M out, impressive. |
| 2 | 9 | SHARKI (CD267) | C Brown | -- | Box-seat run on fence 3Ls off pace in 4th until the 800 M, 2Ls down in 3rd on home corner, 1L down in 3rd at 200 M, stayed on well but had little chance with winner's kick. |
| 3 | 4 | AMAZING VICTORY (CC085) | R Fradd | CO/TT | Best away, 2-wide and 2Ls off speed in 3rd, kept on to dispute lead at top of stretch and a neck clear at 200 M, headed at 100 M and tired only just hanging on for 3rd. |
| 4 | 5 | TCHAIKOVSKY (CE030) | G Mosse | BO | Soon led out 2-wide but couldn't cross to fence, clear by a neck down backstretch, 1L clear at 500 M but headed at top of stretch, a neck 2nd at 200 M, lost out on a place close home. |
| 5 | 3 | SANBENITO (CC256) | F Coetzee | TT | 2-wide in midfield about 4Ls or 5Ls off pace through to home straight, stayed on fairly well late, never nearer. |
| 6 | 6 | SANZIRO (CE208) | S Dye | TT | Switched from widest gate to fence, 9Ls last at 800 M, 8Ls down in 13th at final bend, steadied and switched out at 300 M, ran on well late (defying track bias) to be nearest at finish. |
| 7 | 2 | NOBLE SILENCE (CD238) | A Delpech | TT1 | Towards rear about 7Ls or 8Ls off pace until homestretch, kept on well without troubling principals late on. |
| 8 | 1 | BEST LUCK (CC062) | M Rodd | CP/TT | Slowly away, 2-wide and within 3Ls or so in 5th until the homestretch, outpaced thereafter. |
| 9 | 10 | DELIGHTFUL WIN (CC154) | L Innes | TT | Slowly away, niggled along at 1000 M when 3-wide with cover in midfield, 6Ls off pace when 5-wide on straightening in 11th or so, never on terms thereafter. |
| 10 | 14 | SABRE AND GOLD (CE179) | K W Tsui | -- | Within 1L of the speed on fence in 2nd from 1000 M to 600 M when under pressure to keep up, faded out from top of home- stretch. |
| 11 | 13 | ENTERTAINING (CC057) | W M Lai | SR | Prominent but mostly 3-wide no cover about 4Ls off pace in 6th down the back, 4-wide and losing position on straigh- tening, faded. |
| 12 | 7 | MATIRI KING (CE266) | B Prebble | -- | 3-back the fence about 5Ls off speed in midfield until the home turn, drifted further back. |
| 13 | 11 | WINNING REWARD (CE254) | O Doleuze | -- | 3-wide with cover in rear when about 8Ls off pace until straightening for home, soon left further behind. |
| 14 | 12 | DON RICARDO (CE262) | P H Lo | -- | Most intractable throughout, 4-wide no cover and hanging at 800 M when 6Ls off speed in 9th at 800 M, hung out wider on circle and 6-wide (widest of all) entering straight, soon beaten. |
| 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 |