Race 4 (577)
INSULAR HANDICAP Rating:72-48 1200m Sha Tin Good To Yielding
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 14 | ESPRESSO (BP205) | A Munro | -- | Midfield early. Made steady headway rounding home bend. Just behind leaders in 4th into straight. Quickened well passing 200 M to grab victory closing stages. (Promoted.) |
| 2 | 5 | KEVMATE (BP319) | E Legrix | -- | Began well. Tracked leader. Gained slender lead upon straightening. Hung on well until grabbed by fast-finishing winner closing stages. |
| 3 | 8 | LORD RON (BM094) | B Doyle | B2 | Travelled just worse than midfield before making good late progress inside final 200 M to be nearest at finish. |
| 4 | 10 | OVATION (BS190) | B Marcus | -- | Began well. Settled behind pace. Moved up to join leader entering straight but unable to sustain effort passing 200 M. |
| 5 | 4 | HOLY WINE (BS202) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Mostly in rear before making some late impression closing stages. |
| 6 | 9 | CALCULATION (BN249) | R Fradd | -- | Prominent early. Steadied and lost some ground 800 M out. 6th just better than midfield upon straightening then kept on same pace. |
| 7 | 2 | AUTO-MATCHING (BL114) | K H Ting | -- | Niggled along early stages. Hampered and dropped to midfield 800 M out. One-paced in straight. |
| 8 | 13 | TIME WELL (BP139) | Y S Wong | B | Ridden from wide draw to take lead approaching home bend. Joined into straight before weakening badly passing 300 M. |
| 9 | 6 | MEDIC STAR (BL180) | D Whyte | -- | Prominent early. Steadied and dropped towards rear approaching home bend. Midfield into straight, then kept on. |
| 10 | 1 | DON SEBASTIAN (BS297) | P Payne | -- | Well back. Carried wide into home straight. No progress. |
| 11 | 7 | TAMBORA STAR (BS097) | D Nikolic | -- | Always well back. Went wide entering home straight. Finished wide out. |
| 12 | 3 | FRED (BP051) | G Boss | -- | Midfield. Gained 5th place entering straight along rails. Soon weakened under pressure. |
| 13 | 11 | MEHBOOB (BS033) | W Woods | -- | Towards rear. Gained midfield entering straight along rails. Weakened passing 200 M. |
| 14 | 12 | PINK DIAMOND (BP170) | K H Yu | -- | Slow into stride. Ridden and soon recovered to last few. Dropped out upon 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 |