Race 1 (161)
PHILADELPHIA HANDICAP Rating:40-15 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 6 | SPLENDID SAILS (CG077) | B Prebble | SR | Settled behind midfield. Quickened well inside final 300 M to assert close to home. |
| 2 | 12 | MAJIN BUU (CC334) | C W Wong | V | Raced wide in prominent position. 5-wide when joining leaders rounding home bend. Quickened to hit front over 200 M out only to be denied close to home. |
| 3 | 3 | NAMJONG SKY (CH129) | K L Chui | B | Settled one back on rails within 2Ls of pace of the bunched field. Fought on steadily down inside of straight while racing tight inside and behind runners most of way. |
| 4 | 8 | KING'S CHOICE (CG040) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Never far off in 4-wide position to straight. Only kept on at the same pace without quickening. |
| 5 | 4 | MILLION CHASE (CD132) | Z Purton | XB | Travelled in last few. Made up good ground inside final 200 M to be nearest at finish. |
| 6 | 9 | CARELESS WHISPER (CE123) | M Nunes | PC1 | Began from widest draw. Taken to rear at start to cross to rails early. Raced in rear before taking closer order coming out of back straight. Behind midfield turning in but did not find much room throughout straight despite a switch. |
| 7 | 11 | WAVY PEAK (CD083) | G Boss | V/TT1 | Began only fairly. Quickly ridden up rails to hold narrow lead. Maintained a similar advantage turning in. Swamped inside 250 M. |
| 8 | 10 | DENDRANTHEMA LOVE (CD073) | S Dye | CP | Trailed the field most of way to straight. Ran on past well-beaten horses closing stages. |
| 9 | 7 | PLEASURE PLEASURE (CD271) | G Mosse | B/TT | Wide in prominent position early. Lost position approaching home bend. Found nothing entering home straight. (Blood in trachea.) |
| 10 | 1 | BUDDIES SPIRIT (CD042) | D Whyte | V | Niggled along at the beginning. Prominent to home bend and not far off entering straight. Dropped out upon straightening. |
| 11 | 5 | OPTIC KING (CE139) | F Coetzee | SR/CP | Broke well. Disputed lead until gradually yielding ground from home bend. Soon dropped out after straightening. (Blood in trachea.) |
| 12 | 2 | MAKE A MINT (CH005) | D Beadman | TT | With leader early. Slightly lost position approaching home bend. Soon weakened after 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 |