Race 3 (292)
POPLAR HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 10 | HAPPY FAT CAT (G166) | A Hamelin | PC | Broke alertly and soon assumed the lead, travelled smoothly throughout, quickened well when under pressured at 400M and kept on well, won decisively. |
| 2 | 4 | BRILLIANT LIFE (E396) | S De Sousa | B2 | Broke on terms and showed good early speed to settle behind the leaders, travelled a bit keen, angled out at 350M and quickened, but no threat to the winner. |
| 3 | 2 | BRAVE DREAMS (G156) | K Teetan | H/TT | Settled behind midfield 2 wide, stayed near the rail and stayed on well to grab 3rd. |
| 4 | 9 | VALHALLA (E495) | L Ferraris | B/XB/TT | Raced in midfield on the rail, made some progress in the straight, stayed on okay. |
| 5 | 1 | STAR ASCENSION (G206) | Z Purton | XB | Tracked the leader, under pressured at 600M and only one pace. (See Incident Report) |
| 6 | 11 | SNOWALOT (E397) | L Currie | B | Steadied after the start and raced near the rear 2 wide, stayed on fairly |
| 7 | 12 | EVER FORCE (D453) | K C Leung | B/TT | Settled near the pace 2 wide, did not quickened in the straight. |
| 8 | 8 | GEM OF SOUTH CHINA (E038) | M L Yeung | -- | Sat midfield 2 wide, made no progress in the straight. |
| 9 | 5 | DUBLIN STAR (C436) | C L Chau | B/TT | Broke slowly and settled near the rear on the rail, never a threat. (See Incident Report) |
| 10 | 3 | MAGIC SUPREME (D144) | Y L Chung | B/TT | Jumped slowly ridden along early to settle worse than midfield 2 wide, raced tight near 200M soon weakened. |
| 11 | 6 | FLYING GALLOP (G472) | H Bowman | TT1 | Settled at the rear on the rail, never in contention |
| 12 | 7 | TURTLE AGAIN (H083) | H Bentley | -- | At the rear and made no impression. |
| 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 |