Race 2 (421)
MANAWATU RIVER HANDICAP Rating:56-32 1200m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 2
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 11 | UNIVERSAL WINNER (BP166) | W Woods | -- | Behind midfield. Progressed rounding home bend to take lead 300 M. Won unchallenged. (Promoted.) |
| 2 | 6 | OVATION (BS190) | B Marcus | -- | Soon prominent. Tracked leader until gaining brief advantage early straight. Soon outsprinted by the winner but went clear of the 3rd. |
| 3 | 10 | SUPER CONNECTIONS (BP127) | F Coetzee | B | Pushed early to be better than midfield. Advanced to 4th turning for home, dropping to midfield early straight. Renewed effort to claim a distant 3rd closing stages. |
| 4 | 7 | CROWN SHIFT (BP007) | B Doyle | B | Towards rear. Progressed rounding home bend to be just behind midfield turning in. Ran on a bit closing stages. |
| 5 | 4 | NANNING TREASURE (BP332) | S M Tam | -- | Towards rear. Made up a little late ground close home. |
| 6 | 1 | SOUND LOVER (BN110) | K H Ting | B | Rear. Made some improvement final 200 M. |
| 7 | 5 | EASY WAY (BS100) | E Legrix | -- | Around midfield throughout. |
| 8 | 3 | MIDAS (BS066) | K M Chin | -- | Prominent early, dropping to midfield 800 M. Effort in early straight to be 3rd 250 M. Weakened closing stages. |
| 9 | 13 | SCIOTO (BP030) | K M So | -- | Towards rear. Kept on in straight. |
| 10 | 2 | CHATER SOVEREIGN (BL041) | D Whyte | -- | Prominent. Was beaten when steadied inside 300 M. |
| 11 | 12 | BILL (BP129) | D Nikolic | B | Very slow into stride. Trailed field until passing some beaten horses closing stages. |
| 12 | 9 | ALL HAPPY (BK080) | Y S Wong | -- | Never far off before weakening final 200 M. |
| 13 | 8 | LOVEY DOVEY (BP298) | C K Tsang | -- | Pushed along to take lead from 1000 M. Faded out of contention when headed early straight. |
| 14 | 14 | GREENLAND (BP245) | W M Lai | -- | Soon travelled in rear. (Demoted.) |
| 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 |