Race 9 (104)
THE SHA TIN TROPHY (HANDICAP) Rating:100+ 1600m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 10 | DOWN TOWN (CG054) | D Whyte | TT | Never far off within 3Ls of pace in 5th. Gained 4th position approaching home bend and then 3rd rounding it. Ran on from 2L 3rd into straight to grab lead inside 200 M. Readily. |
| 2 | 4 | GOOD BA BA (CE201) | O Doleuze | TT | Began awkwardly losing ground. Soon picked up to rear of midfield. Similar turning in when briefly baulked. Made steadily headway under pressure down inner of straight to pinch 2nd on line. |
| 3 | 9 | EGYPTIAN RA (CE002) | G Boss | -- | Began fairly. Gradually improved to take up running over 1200 M out and led until headed under pressure 200 M out. |
| 4 | 5 | JOYFUL WINNER (CE045) | C K Tong | TT | Settled on rails in midfield. Saved ground on inside turning in. Made moderate headway closing stages without threatening. |
| 5 | 8 | BULLISH LUCK (CC155) | K L Chui | B/XB | Very slowly away and sluggish at start. Recovered to rear of field 200 M after start. Finished off race strongly despite held up briefly 150 M out. |
| 6 | 14 | TIBER (CD155) | Y T Cheng | XB/TT | Broke well, then settled 3-wide in better than midfield position. Still wide turning in. Ran on steadily without threatening. |
| 7 | 1 | VIVA PATACA (CG096) | D Beadman | H | Settled behind midfield. Shifted wide into straight and worked home steadily to be nearest at finish. |
| 8 | 13 | ROYAL PRINCE (CH072) | B Prebble | TT | Jumped in air at start losing ground. Gradually picked up to just worse than mifield position. Improved slightly to midfield into straight when jostled between runners. Ran home one-paced. |
| 9 | 11 | VITAL KING (CG222) | M Nunes | B | Began fairly then settled at the back. Still last 200 M out. Made up good ground down centre of track to do best work at finish. |
| 10 | 2 | THE DUKE (CB282) | W M Lai | -- | Close up early and never far off in 3-wide position to straight. Gradually faded. |
| 11 | 6 | FLORAL PEGASUS (CG011) | G Mosse | TT | Settled 3-wide in forward of midfield early. Lost position coming out of back straight. In rear of midfield turning in. Fought on steadily without quickening. |
| 12 | 3 | ABLE ONE (CG108) | Z Purton | -- | Settled in last few. Ran home steadily without quickening. |
| 13 | 12 | ART TRADER (CE131) | K Shea | TT | Settled in midfield. Kept on same pace early in straight before swamped inside final 200 M. |
| 14 | 7 | SIR ERNESTO (CG051) | F Coetzee | SR | Settled in 2nd one-out-one-back. Soon faded shortly after straightening. |
| 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 |