Race 3 (391)
THE MARTELL NOBLIGE HANDICAP Rating:24-0 1400m Sha Tin Good To Yielding
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 8 | GOLDEN GAMBLE (BJ263) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Prominent, tracked leader home bend, took lead just inside 200 M, hung on well to finish. (Promoted.) |
| 2 | 9 | HUNG HING TAI (BL222) | F Johansson | -- | Attempted to make all but outsprinted by winner closing stages. |
| 3 | 11 | TODAY'S SPECIAL (BG270) | H K Yim | -- | Prominent early, travelled mainly in 6th to straight, responded quite well under pressure inside final 250 M, doing best work at finish. |
| 4 | 7 | POCKET FULL (BH163) | C K Chung | -- | Slow into stride, towards rear, took closer order home bend and 8th into straight, finished well closing stages to be nearest at finish. |
| 5 | 13 | PLEASANT SURPRISE (BE008) | H K Cheung | -- | Slow into stride and remained well back, wide rounding home bend and into straight, made good progress down centre of track to be nearest at finish. |
| 6 | 3 | CASABLANCA (BK112) | G Childs | -- | Mainly in mid-division. Kept on steadily in straight. |
| 7 | 4 | CHIEF COMMANDER (BL139) | E Legrix | -- | Mid-division, improved to 5th rounding home bend, one-paced in straight. |
| 8 | 10 | JADE SIGNET (BH029) | L O'Sullivan | -- | Prominent to straight, then soon weakened. (Demoted.) |
| 9 | 6 | NICKELS KING (BG373) | D Holland | -- | Mid-division early, improved to 4th coming out of back straight, weakened passing 400 M. |
| 10 | 5 | GOLDEN LUCK (BE047) | W L Ho | -- | Always towards rear. |
| 11 | 1 | ACE OF HEARTS (BM031) | K M So | -- | Always well back. |
| 12 | 2 | AURORA SPIRIT (BJ144) | C K Tsang | -- | Mid-division to halfway, then gradually faded. |
| 13 | 12 | CELESTIAL KING (BK168) | C H Ko | -- | Mid-division early, dropped to rear home bend. |
| 14 | 14 | ALL SMART WINS (BL219) | W H Tse | -- | Mid-division early but soon dropped out of contention. |
| 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 |