Race 8 (724)
THE SHA TIN VASE (HANDICAP) Rating:- 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 2 | HELIOS EXPRESS (H302) | H Bowman | -- | Taken back from wide draw, waited with at the rear of the field, still last 300M, ran home strongly down the outside to get up last stride. |
| 2 | 7 | INVINCIBLE SAGE (H301) | B Thompson | CP | Began well enough, restrained to race in midfield on settling, into clear 400M and quickened up smartly to lead 200M, continued on well late stages just failed to hold off winner at the post. |
| 3 | 5 | PATCH OF THETA (H485) | K De Melo | XB | Jumped awkwardly and lost ground, ended up towards the rear, had difficulty obtaining clear running 450M to 300M before closing off nicely to claim 3rd without troubling first two. |
| 4 | 1 | LUCKY SWEYNESSE (G180) | K C Leung | -- | Began only fairly, ended up racing 3-wide towards the rear, wide into straight before closing off moderately under top weight for an encouraging 4th. |
| 5 | 9 | COPARTNER PRANCE (H408) | A Badel | XB | Caught wide no cover chasing leaders, kept on well early straight to stay in contention but not going the pace of first few over final 150M. |
| 6 | 4 | VICTOR THE WINNER (G404) | K Teetan | B/TT | Stayed close enough behind leaders, held up behind rivals 300M to 200M and again over final 150M. Could not be ridden out to the finish. |
| 7 | 11 | LADY'S CHOICE (H155) | M Chadwick | B | Jumped well, prominent behind leaders, briefly led 300M and had his chance, no extra final 150M. |
| 8 | 3 | LUCKY WITH YOU (E356) | L Ferraris | -- | From draw 10 obtained a 3-wide position behind midfield, battled hard to stay in contention early straight, couldn't go on passing 200M. |
| 9 | 8 | MUGEN (H338) | A Atzeni | -- | Settled towards the rear along the fence, kept to the inside on straightening, responded fairly and not going the pace to challenge leaders. Not ridden out final stages when racing tight. |
| 10 | 10 | BEAUTY WAVES (H294) | Y L Chung | E-/P-/TT | Bumped at the start, rushed forward to be chasing leader from 1000M, not quickened on straightening, run ended and faded final 200M. |
| 11 | 6 | MAGIC CONTROL (J333) | M F Poon | TT | Positively ridden, emerged as leader from 1000M, lost lead passing 300M, gave ground final 150M, eased near 50M when crowded by rival. |
| 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 |