Race 5 (133)
HERMES DIVIDED HANDICAP Rating:80+ 1400m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section -1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 5 | NOBLE DANCER (BJ273) | E Legrix | -- | Mostly 6th before running on strongly to take lead 100 M out. Held on well. |
| 2 | 1 | DEERFIELD (BJ162) | D Beadman | -- | Settled behind leaders. Improving when accidentally hit on the nose and had to switch inward for a clear run. Worked home well but effort too late. |
| 3 | 6 | ENTHUSIASM (BK045) | K S Lam | -- | Towards rear early. Making steady headway to midfield when steadied 800 M out. Regained position upon straightening and ran on well to grab 3rd final strides. |
| 4 | 11 | CLEVER WITNESS (BK125) | J Marshall | -- | Midfield, gaining 5th passing 600 M. Ran on quite well in straight before one-paced close home. (Whip dropped 300 M.) |
| 5 | 10 | PEARL OF INDIA (BG240) | D Penna | -- | Towards rear. Took closer order home bend. Made good progress from midfield into straight. |
| 6 | 3 | CHAMPMAN RIVER (BJ074) | J Lloyd | -- | Prominent, disputing lead before taking over entering straight. Held on well before overhauled nearing home. |
| 7 | 7 | ASAWA DEE (BH114) | J K S Ho | -- | Improved steadily to be 3rd behind leaders home bend. Reached 2nd outside leader early in straight but unable to quicken and swamped closing stages. |
| 8 | 8 | DJANGO (BH017) | B Marcus | -- | Rear until making up good ground inside final 300 M. |
| 9 | 9 | MAGNIFIED (BK152) | M Kinane | -- | Midfield early, but gradually dropping to rear. Effort when wide rounding home bend and made up good ground in straight. |
| 10 | 12 | E TREASURE (BG338) | D Lee | -- | Last until making significant progress in straight. Doing best work at finish. |
| 11 | 4 | LUCKY OPTIMISTS (BJ147) | G Carter | -- | Prominent early, settling in midfield to straight. Kept on steadily. |
| 12 | 2 | CROWN COUNSEL (BG404) | D Gauci | -- | Never nearer. |
| 13 | 14 | JUMBLE PET (BH189) | K H Ting | -- | Soon took up running, holding narrow advantage until headed entering straight. Soon weakened. |
| 14 | 13 | HOUSE HONOUR (BH183) | W M Lai | -- | Well there. Midfield rounding home bend. Weakened inside final 300 M. |
| 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 |