Race 10 (346)
CHINESE NEW YEAR DIVIDED HANDICAP Rating:120-64 1400m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section -1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 13 | THANK HEAVENS (BT224) | D Harrison | -- | Broke well. Gradually settled in better than midfield. Ran on steadily final 300 M to hit front 100 M out. Just held on. |
| 2 | 7 | CHIU SHAN GLORY (BT187) | W Woods | -- | Slightly slowly away. Behind midfield. Ran on well final 250 M to be nearest at finish. |
| 3 | 14 | TRADER JOE (BT121) | B Doyle | -- | Slowly away. Behind midfield. Inconvenienced and lost position approaching 800 M. Made ground final turn to be 7th early straight. Ran on well final 250 M to just miss 2nd at finish. (See Racing Incidents.) (Promoted.) |
| 4 | 10 | TOYMARK (BS200) | R Fradd | -- | Raced keenly in midfield before improving to 2nd passing 800 M. Hit front approaching 200 M. Kept on but was headed 100 M out. |
| 5 | 9 | OPTIC ELITE (BV176) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Better than midfield. Steadied when short of room approaching 200 M. Shifted out and made some late progress closing stages. |
| 6 | 1 | MUGHAL PALACE (BS212) | Y T Cheng | -- | Always prominent. Kept on one pace closing stages. |
| 7 | 2 | EL VIENTO (BT129) | D Whyte | -- | Gradually taken back to rear. Remained there until making ground steadily final 200 M. |
| 8 | 6 | STRIKERS (BP090) | S K Sit | B | Midfield or behind. Towards rear early straight. Made up a little late ground final 200 M. (Demoted.) |
| 9 | 5 | FORTUNE DANCER (BS081) | W M Lai | B | Jumped awkwardly from widest draw, dropping to the last. Remained well back until making some late impression inside 200 M. |
| 10 | 11 | WILLIAM'S SURPASS (BP285) | D Boeuf | TT | Slightly better than midfield. Made no impression early straight. Kept on closing stages. |
| 11 | 3 | HIGH SKY (BS203) | K H Yu | B | Towards rear and wide throughout. |
| 12 | 8 | FRENCH FRY (BS271) | M Kinane | -- | Never in the hunt. |
| 13 | 4 | HORNET (BP238) | J Quinn | -- | Soon led. Headed inside 250 M. Weakened. |
| 14 | 12 | LORD RON (BM094) | C H Tse | B | Prominent to 300 M. Faded out of 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 |