Race 5 (440)
THE ST GEORGE'S CHALLENGE CUP (HANDICAP) Rating:88-64 1900m Sha Tin Soft To Yielding
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 8 | CELESTIAL FORTUNE (BN010) | D Oliver | -- | Good start, well placed, challenged 400 M, led 200 M out, comfortable. |
| 2 | 4 | LIFO (BL032) | K M So | V | Slow away, improved along inner to midfield, good late progress. |
| 3 | 2 | DRIFTING AWAY (BL174) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Well back and looked awkward early, ran on well closing stages. |
| 4 | 9 | MUSICAL INSIGHT (BM063) | D Lee | -- | Midfield then late headway home straight. |
| 5 | 5 | SMALL WONDER (BM089) | D Holland | -- | Tracked leaders back straight and every chance turning in. |
| 6 | 12 | ICY BET (BK063) | F Coetzee | -- | Led early, challenged 700 M, gave way closing stages. |
| 7 | 6 | WINNER'S SPECIAL (BK049) | K C Chan | -- | Soon prominent, disputed lead 700 M every chance home straight, tired final 200 M. |
| 8 | 10 | PLANET (BJ026) | C W Choi | -- | Midfield far side and final turn, found little home straight. |
| 9 | 1 | SEVEN GLORY (BM168) | K M Chin | B1 | Mostly midfield, some improvement home turn, never troubled leaders. |
| 10 | 11 | WILLIAM'S TACT (BK113) | W H Tse | -- | Rear and wide early, never likely to feature. |
| 11 | 7 | EASY CHAMP (BM017) | B Marcus | -- | Soon under pressure and never a factor. (Enquiry held.) |
| 12 | 13 | INTERMAC JOKER (BL152) | G Childs | -- | Prominent and free early, inclined to hang out and wide, faded closing stages. (Demoted.) |
| 13 | 3 | ASTONISH (BL131) | F Johansson | -- | Never in contention. |
| 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 |