Race 3 (080)
NASSAU HANDICAP Rating:72-48 1600m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 5 | LIONHEART (BJ167) | K M Chin | -- | Settled towards rear, quickened well inside final 300 M and hit front over 150 M out, hung on well to finish. (Promoted.) |
| 2 | 8 | LYNX (BN148) | W Woods | -- | Wide throughout and travelled mainly in mid-division to straight, loomed up to challenge holding every chance inside final 200 M but found winner too good. |
| 3 | 4 | BEIJING STAR (BN169) | E Legrix | -- | Settled in mid-division, took closer order home bend, some 2Ls 4th turning into straight, quickened to hold every chance 200 M out but not match late burst of first pair. |
| 4 | 12 | NOBLE KNIGHT (BN013) | D Oliver | -- | Began well and travelled in 3rd place, make steady headway around home bend to gain narrow advantage turning into straight, but swamped passing 200 M. |
| 5 | 3 | ABLAZE (BM212) | L F Chung | -- | Well back until making good progress inside final 300 M to be nearest at finish. |
| 6 | 6 | SHAXI TREASURE (BN065) | P Strydom | B | Prominent early stages, forced to ease and dropped back to 4th place approaching home bend, soon came under pressure upon straightening but one-paced. |
| 7 | 2 | THUNDER BOLT (BK204) | W H Tse | -- | Ridden early but soon dropped to mid-division, lost further ground rounding home bend and found nothing under pressure in straight. |
| 8 | 1 | SPARKO (BM028) | P A Eddery | -- | Close up, shared pace into straight but soon weakened. |
| 9 | 9 | NIKIM (BH105) | S M Tam | -- | In mid-division to straight, then faded. |
| 10 | 7 | SUPER SWIFT (BN088) | P Robinson | -- | Always in last few. |
| 11 | 10 | COUNTRY LAD (BL145) | C F Chan | -- | Led field until compounded quickly passing 450 M. |
| 12 | 11 | VILLAGE BARD (BK185) | F Coetzee | -- | Never seen with a chance. (Bled.) |
| 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 |