Race 9 (224)
PARIS HANDICAP Rating:88-64 1400m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 13 | SPARKY (BT125) | L Dettori | -- | Crowded at start. Settled in rear. Moved closer approaching home bend. Ran on well final 300 M to hit front closing stages. Hung on well. |
| 2 | 4 | BRILLIANT WAY (BS209) | G Hall | B | Settled in midfield. Inconvenienced approaching 1000 M, losing some ground. Baulked early in straight. Responded well once into the clear but unable to peg back winner. |
| 3 | 11 | BASIC INSTINCT (BM020) | W M Lai | -- | Checked after start, dropping to last position. Remained at tail-end into straight. Made up a lot of ground final 300 M to be nearest at finish. |
| 4 | 7 | SUPER TEAM (BN040) | C H Tse | -- | Broke best and led briefly. Settled in midfield. Improved on outside approaching home bend to be outside leader before turning into straight. Hit front 300 M out. Kept on but headed closing stages. |
| 5 | 14 | SOMLUCK (BS143) | E Legrix | -- | Rear until making up good ground final 300 M to be nearest at finish. |
| 6 | 9 | HAPPY FOREVER (BP144) | D Boeuf | B | Settled in rear. Made good progress on outside approaching home bend to be close-up 3rd turning in. Kept on before finding no extra close home. |
| 7 | 12 | FLYING FLYING (BT230) | C T Cheng | -- | In touch. Tightened approaching 800 M, dropping to midfield. Kept on before finding nothing closing stages. |
| 8 | 3 | COURAGE STAR (BT054) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Mainly in prominent position until weakening out of contention final 250 M. (See Racing Incidents.) |
| 9 | 2 | DANSWINNER (BP095) | K S Yu | -- | Sluggish at start. Soon moved up to midfield but raced tightly between runners. Checked approaching 800 M, dropping to rear. Ran past a few beaten runners closing stages. |
| 10 | 10 | JIMMY THE GREEK (BV047) | K Fallon | -- | Soon led. Headed 300 M out. Weakened under pressure. |
| 11 | 5 | CELESTIAL CHIEF (BT107) | B Marcus | B | Behind leader. Inconvenienced approaching 800 M, losing position. Remained in touch before giving ground final 300 M. |
| 12 | 1 | SOUTH CHINA WAY (BS180) | D Whyte | B | Midfield early. Gradually moved up on rail to be prominent approaching 1000 M. Raced tightly and dropped to midfield or behind rounding home bend. Dropped out final 300 M. (Bled.) |
| 13 | 6 | CHUTZPAH (BV114) | M Kinane | -- | Prominent. Steadied 500 M out and weakened thereafter. |
| 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 |