Race 1 (271)
RED PACKET HANDICAP Rating:56-32 1600m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 2
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 8 | SKY HORSE (BG214) | G Mosse | -- | Settled in mid-division. Improved to close-up 6th rounding Home Bend. Ran on quite well in straight to hit front towards finish. |
| 2 | 9 | APPLAUSE (BK192) | B Marcus | -- | Well there early, settling in mid-division. Made headway approaching home turn and ran on steadily down straight to fail narrowly. |
| 3 | 1 | THINK TANK (BJ092) | C K Tsang | -- | Held 5th to straight. Quickened alongside runner-up to just miss first two. |
| 4 | 12 | LUNG HUANG SHAN (BH143) | K H Ting | -- | Always prominent. Gained slender lead upon straightening. Kept on one pace under pressure and swamped nearing home. |
| 5 | 3 | OWNER'S BLISS (BL119) | W R Swinburn | -- | Travelled in 9th to straight. Made up good ground down centre of track to be nearest at finish. |
| 6 | 13 | MAGNUM THIRTYTHREE (BL136) | A S Cruz | -- | Led field to 400 M. Remained a close 2nd until finding no extra close home. |
| 7 | 4 | GOLDEN POWER (BL103) | P Eddery | -- | Well back until making steady progress from 600 M. Nearest at finish. |
| 8 | 7 | SENSIBLE CHOICE (BL078) | E Legrix | -- | Mostly in 7th to straight. Recovered some late ground from 11th inside final 200 M. |
| 9 | 14 | RUN ARCHIE RUN (BH260) | D Holland | -- | In rear until making some impression closing stages. |
| 10 | 2 | SPIRITS BAY (BH225) | C W Choi | -- | Well back. Made some late progress inside final 300 M. |
| 11 | 11 | GREAT CHIVALRY (BL016) | D Gauci | -- | In first few to straight and weakened. |
| 12 | 5 | WALK BIG (BL086) | A Munro | -- | Well there to 400 M, then steadily faded. |
| 13 | 10 | FAIRVIEW STAR (BL188) | F C Lor | -- | Always in rear. |
| 14 | 6 | OCEAN DRAGON (BL045) | D Lee | -- | Soon dropped out of contention. Tailed off from 600 M. (See Racing Incidents.) |
| 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 |