Race 7 (099)
GIRARD-PERREGAUX EXCELLENT HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1400m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 2
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 1 | SWEET ENCOUNTER (G426) | A Badel | -- | Pressed forward from the widest gate to travel up with the pace without cover, gained position outside race leader in 2nd coming onto home bend, hit the front 400 metres out and just held on to the line. |
| 2 | 7 | BLISSFUL STAR (E168) | Z Purton | V/TT | Broke well travelling up with the pace early, gradually shifted back to within 2L of the pace on the rail in 4th or 3rd, snuck up home turn to hold good chance the length of straight but unable to draw level throughout. |
| 3 | 12 | SPEED FAY FAY (D121) | S De Sousa | B | Broke well from a middle gate to share early pace, gradually shifted one back to 3rd approaching home bend becoming 2L 4th shortly after, renewed effort upon straightening and fought on well without threatening. |
| 4 | 6 | CIRCUIT MIGHTY (G078) | M F Poon | TT | Improved steadily from moderate start to take up running narrowly, led the field until headed 400 metres out, kept on well under pressure and tightened close to home. |
| 5 | 10 | ADEFILL (G317) | K C Leung | CP | Taken back to last from a wide gate, trailed the field until gaining closer on the rail rounding home bend, saved ground turning in, fought on dourly to be nearest at finish |
| 6 | 11 | PEAK TO PEAK (D472) | M Chadwick | PC/TT | With leaders early before shifting back to 2L 5th passing the 1100 metres, slightly further back rounding home bend, kept on steadily to be nearest at finish. |
| 7 | 14 | LUCK STAR (E474) | A Hamelin | -- | Taken back from a wide gate for rails run towards the rear, snuck up on the rail to within 2L of pace early in straight, unable to sustain effort inside final 200 metres |
| 8 | 9 | KUNG FU TEA (C136) | L Ferraris | B | Taken back from a wide gate, saved ground turning for home, obtained clear passage 300 metres out, fought on steadily to be nearest at finish. |
| 9 | 2 | UNIVERSAL HORIZON (G360) | C Y Ho | -- | Settled 3-wide without cover in midfield, dropped towards the rear 4-wide coming onto home bend and widest in last few into straight, fought on under pressure without threatening. |
| 10 | 13 | MIGHTY STAR (G117) | Y L Chung | B/H/TT | Settled in forward of midfield in 6th, became midfield in 7th 3-wide coming onto home bend, went wider into straight, one-paced under pressure. |
| 11 | 3 | COPARTNER ERA (C534) | V Borges | B | Settled just worse than midfield, dropped further back 3-wide passing the 1000 metres, did not find much room the length of home straight. |
| 12 | 8 | IRON WILL (G386) | C L Chau | B/TT | Never better than midfield, ran home one-paced. |
| 13 | 5 | BORN THE SAME DAY (E458) | L Hewitson | H/P/TT2 | Slightly slow out, soon recovered to midfield along the rails, closer up in about 3L 6th into straight, weakened under pressure inside final 300 metres. |
| 14 | 4 | SMILING CITY (D113) | R Maia | V-/B1 | Amongst the leaders early, restrained backward to midfield but remained 4-wide without cover while travelling keenly, dropped further back to last rounding home bend, never recovered. |
| 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 |