Race 2 (449)
OBSERVATORY HANDICAP Rating:56-32 1800m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 8 | DR WIN (BT203) | F Coetzee | B- | Soon took up running. Joined by runner-up into straight but fought on gamely to retain advantage. |
| 2 | 14 | WINNING TOUCH (BN256) | D Whyte | -- | Always well there. Disputed lead turning into straight. Ran on but unable to peg back winner closing stages. |
| 3 | 6 | GUSCOTT (BS207) | C T Cheng | V | Always prominent. Kept on steadily without troubling first two closing stages. |
| 4 | 4 | EQUINE SUPREMO (BM106) | W M Lai | -- | Held up in prominent position. One-paced under pressure in straight. |
| 5 | 11 | SHADOW SPEED (BS062) | Y T Cheng | -- | Began fairly and soon settled at the back. No clear passage on rails early in straight before producing some late impression closing stages. |
| 6 | 13 | MY WAY (BP149) | K C Tsang | -- | Settled in better than midfield. Kept on early in straight before finding no extra closing stages. |
| 7 | 7 | SURE WIN (BS192) | D Harrison | -- | Began well. Settled in last few. Made steady progress in straight. |
| 8 | 5 | GOD OF WEALTH (BP247) | S K Sit | -- | Began slowly. Travelled in last few before making moderate progress in straight. (Demoted.) |
| 9 | 2 | SUPER GOAL (BL150) | A Munro | -- | Mainly in prominent position before weakening inside final 200 M. |
| 10 | 1 | MIGHTY COMBINATION (BP308) | E Legrix | B | Mostly in midfield to straight then one-paced. |
| 11 | 12 | LEOPARD (BV084) | W C Marwing | B1 | Mainly in midfield. Soon weakened upon straightening. |
| 12 | 10 | MAJESTIC STALLION (BT001) | S Baster | -- | Mostly in midfield to straight then weakened. |
| 13 | 3 | TYPHOON (BT145) | J Quinn | B/TT | Began awkwardly and rear early. Raced wide in midfield to straight then gradually faded. (See Racing Incidents.) |
| PU | 9 | ANTONHILL BOOM (BS228) | C Brown | B | Mainly in rear. Broke down upon straightening. |
| 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 |