Race 5 (170)
LAI KING HANDICAP Rating:60-40 2000m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 4 | BROWN BEAUTY (CC029) | Y Lerner | V | Niggled along to race in midfield 3 wide with cover. Crept closer to the leader rounding the home turn. All out 300 M out and found the line well and fended off late challenge from 2nd placegetter. |
| 2 | 7 | MYSTIC FORCE (CD219) | F Coetzee | TT | Broke well from wide draw and steadily settled in midfield or worse 3 wide with cover. Shifted out on straightening to obtain clear running, made up good ground inside final 250 M and just missed out in a ding-dong finish with winner. |
| 3 | 9 | ELITE WIN (CA300) | D Whyte | B | Jumped well and pushed along to take lead on rail. Shortly after the 1400 M was headed and raced around 2Ls off pace to straight. Under pressure 400 M and kept on well to hold onto 3rd by a narrow margin. |
| 4 | 10 | WINWIN COMBO (CB277) | W M Lai | -- | Began well from wide draw and niggled along to race in midfield 2 wide. Switched out on straightening, ran on quite well inside final 200 M but was short of room near the line and just missed 3rd place. |
| 5 | 8 | SHENANEGAN (CC215) | B Prebble | -- | From the wide draw soon found the rail running in midfield to straight. Responded quite well when asked 400 M out and didn't see clear daylight in early part of straight to be closest at finish. |
| 6 | 12 | SPECTACULAR HIT (CC194) | K S Yu | -- | Bounded in the air at the start and lost ground. Soon recovered to race in worse than midfield on rail. Took a while to find clear running in straight. Closed the race off fairly inside final 200 M. |
| 7 | 14 | SUNDAY DELIGHT (CC225) | S Dye | -- | Raced keenly in midfield out wide no cover. Around the 1500 M was allowed to stride forward to take lead on rail from 1200 M. Kept on fairly in straight but was headed near the 200 M and became one-pace thereafter. |
| 8 | 11 | ALAKAZAM (CC061) | Y T Cheng | B/TT | Slowly away and niggled along to race in midfield or better 2 wide through to straight. Under pressure 350 M out but unable to quicken and only ran on evenly to the line. |
| 9 | 1 | MEMBERS GLORY (CB325) | T Mundry | B | Pushed along to race in better than midfield on rail through to straight. Unable to find an extra gear when asked 350 M out and only able to keep on same pace to the line. |
| 10 | 13 | SPEED OF LIGHT (CC333) | A Delpech | TT | Began fairly and soon raced in better than midfield 3 wide without cover. Niggled along at home turn and went forward to join leaders. Kept on same pace when asked 350 M out and further weakened inside final 200 M. |
| 11 | 2 | OUT OF MY WAY (CC374) | W Woods | B1 | Tardy start from widest and steadily settled in a rearward position closer to the rail. Shifted out on straightening to obtain clear running but was unable to show any impression in straight. |
| 12 | 5 | DEEP PURPLE (CB251) | A Starke | B | Began fairly from wide draw and steadily eased to the tail on rail to straight. Unable to show any running in the straight. |
| 13 | 6 | GREAT SENSATION (CB143) | B Doyle | -- | Soon raced in a forward position 2 wide through to straight. Found nothing when asked 350 M out and steadily dropped out inside final 250 M. |
| 14 | 3 | MONZA KING (BV280) | H W Lai | B | Raced towards the rear 2 to 3 wide. Ridden along at home turn and made little headway from the outside. No extra in straight and dropped out. |
| 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 |