Race 7 (738)
MERCURY HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 2
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 5 | SILLY BUDDIES (S054) | J Moreira | P1 | Jumped well from widest gate, restrained and taken back to find cover, sitting at rear in one-off position. Revved up 500m, entered straight behind horses, got split 250m and motored home strongly. |
| 2 | 1 | TURIN PEARL (P267) | O Doleuze | B | Began fairly, vigorously ridden to make up ground, grabbing box seat before turn. Came off fence 500m, hit front 250m, run down final 50m. |
| 3 | 12 | HEARTS KEEPER (N360) | M Du Plessis | B | Broke well, ridden along but unable find cover and held 4-wide towards rear. Widest into straight but kept on well under hard riding, drifting in final stages. |
| 4 | 7 | LONGWAH SUPREME (M293) | B Prebble | B2/TT | Jumped OK, hard ridden to lead on settling. Set steady pace, kicked ahead entering straight, caught 250m but kept on steadily. |
| 5 | 6 | LONDON WALK (P410) | N Callan | TT1 | Taken in gradually from wide draw to sit at midfield in one-off position before the turn. Had clear running entering straight and kept on fairly. |
| 6 | 2 | RUMBA KING (M172) | Z Purton | P | Pressed forward from awkward draw but trapped 3-wide without cover behind leaders. Travelled three or four wide around turn and one-paced in straight. |
| 7 | 11 | ALL FRIENDS (M374) | H W Lai | -- | Taken in soon after the start, settling along fence at rear. Stayed on fence around turn, no clear run entering straight, kept on fairly but checked close to line when held for running. |
| 8 | 4 | I'M IN CHARGE (S164) | C Y Lui | B | Began awkwardly, bumped and badly unbalanced. Ridden to make ground but started over-racing. Hampered 500m when trying to improve, raced tight in straight. (Horse struck on nose 50m by whip of another rider). |
| 9 | 9 | GREEN EASY (S009) | K Teetan | H1 | Crowded out start, taken in but away from fence at rear. Made ground quickly before steadied 900m. One-paced in straight, taken very wide 200m, ran past beaten horses. |
| 10 | 10 | MERIDIAN TREASURE (N084) | C K Tong | B | Broke well, pressed forward sitting outside hind quarters of leader to straight. One-paced soon after entering straight, before running out of gas 100m. |
| 11 | 3 | SELKIRK STAR (S194) | T Berry | H | Ridden along to maintain midfield position away from fence. Turned in behind horses and found little under hard riding. |
| 12 | 8 | RUGBY AMBASSADOR (S314) | T H So | -- | Began OK, taken quickly to fence settling 3-back from leader. Got shuffled back around turn. Spent force entering straight, becoming tailed off. |
| 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 |