Race 1 (565)
THE BEST FOOT FORWARD HANDICAP Rating:40-15 1650m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 9 | NOVEL START (M255) | N Callan | B | Broke well, settled just over 2L back in 4th on rails before gaining 3rd approaching home bend, commenced move soon after straightening and gained upper hand about 100 metres out. |
| 2 | 11 | HAPPY FRIENDSHIP (S074) | M Chadwick | CP1 | Settled in forward of midfield on rails, took closer order coming onto home bend, shared 4th entering straight, ran on under pressure to be nearest at finish. (Jockey lost whip passing the 100 metres) |
| 3 | 10 | HURRY HURRY UP (N218) | O Doleuze | B-/TT | Soon took up running on rails attempting to make all but only to be overhauled inside the final 100 metres. |
| 4 | 2 | SAFARI MAGIC (N166) | J Moreira | CP/XB/TT | Ridden early before settling in forward of midfield, commenced move on top of home bend and making steady headway down the straight until finding no extra inside final 100 metres. |
| 5 | 3 | CRIMSON HEART (P237) | K K Chiong | PC/XB | Worked his way across from a wide gate before settling in 1.5L 3rd, drifted back to 4th over 2L back around home bend, one-paced before fading gradually inside final 200 metres. |
| 6 | 14 | ZERO ENERGY ACT (S197) | T H So | B/H | Settled well back, snuck up on rails turning in, kept on same pace without quickening from midfield into straight. |
| 7 | 13 | ZACHARY (N146) | Y T Cheng | B-/PC2/TT | Never better than midfield, came under pressure early in home bend but could only run home at the one pace. |
| 8 | 8 | ENCHANTING DIAMOND (S136) | D Whyte | B | Began from the widest gate, settled for rear of field position out wide before dropping to tail-end halfway out, produced late impression running past beaten horses in the straight. (Lame) |
| 9 | 12 | DRAGON ENERGY (S186) | K C Leung | P | Began from a wide-ish draw, settled wide behind midfield, made no impression in straight. |
| 10 | 5 | LEAN JOURNEY (S389) | K C Ng | H-/XB1 | Jumped fairly but soon dropped to worse than midfield, gave further ground from a similar position into straight. |
| 11 | 1 | GLORY STAR (T336) | N Rawiller | B/TT | Pressed on from a wide gate, circled the field around stables bend to gain to 1L 2nd turning into back straight, held similar position to top of home straight, dropped out tamely. |
| 12 | 7 | SUPER KING STAR (S302) | B Prebble | -- | Settled well back from a wide gate, never a factor. |
| 13 | 6 | REUNITED (S421) | G Lerena | B-/H-/XB-/CP1 | Began awkwardly losing ground, remained in last few throughout. |
| 14 | 4 | SUPERKING DRAGON (N318) | M L Yeung | B/TT | Began fairly settling 3-wide in midfield, gave ground rapidly from approaching home turn. |
| 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 |