Race 7 (394)
OBSERVATORY HANDICAP Rating:75-55 1600m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 6 | HALO KING PRAWN (CB124) | W C Marwing | -- | Jumped awkwardly, quickly ridden along to sit 3-wide behind front runners. 3Ls down entering straight, pushed out from 300 M to have race sewn up 200 M out. |
| 2 | 3 | AMBITIOUS TYCOON (CB157) | G Mosse | -- | Trapped wide well there early, steadily dropped to rear closer to rail. Switched out upon straightening and ran on well under pressure from 300 M until one-paced near home. |
| 3 | 7 | BILLION DELIGHT (BP086) | D Dunn | B | Settled 7Ls off pace near rear. Ran on down centre of track from 300 M until no extra final stages and lost 2nd place. |
| 4 | 14 | EXPLOSIVE POWER (BV129) | F Coetzee | -- | One off fence around midfield. Made gradual ground from 300 M, kept on same pace closing stages. |
| 5 | 11 | CLASSA WIN (CA115) | D Whyte | -- | Steadied after start, then travelled 6Ls behind midfield. Short of room 400 M out, made steady headway when into clear near 300 M. One-paced and failed to get a minor placing. |
| 6 | 13 | GREEN CENTURY (CA256) | Y T Cheng | V1 | Began fairly, steadily worked forward to hold slender advantage on rail before 1200 M. Overtaken by winner 200 M out. Kept on quite well before tiring final 100 M. |
| 7 | 4 | VIPER CORP (CA183) | M Kinane | -- | Soon dropped to tail. 3-wide 7Ls down turning in, ran on steadily but was steadied near 200 M, one-paced thereafter. |
| 8 | 8 | EMPIRE COURT (BT189) | Hammer-Hansen | B | Jumped awkwardly and outpaced at rear. Quickly recovered to be 4-1/2Ls on fence rear of midfield. Dropped back a little 900 M out, 3rd last into straight, ran past beaten runners in straight. |
| 9 | 2 | SMILING FOREST (BV286) | B Marcus | BO | Slow to muster speed, steadily improved along rail to obtain handy position 3Ls off lead 1300 M out. Crept a bit closer on straightening and stayed on quite well before dropping out steadily from 100 M. |
| 10 | 10 | BELLAGIO (BT123) | W Woods | BO | 3 or 4-wide in mid-division, unable to quicken, plugged on in straight. |
| 11 | 1 | DOLLARS AND SENSE (BT278) | E Saint-Martin | BO | Inconvenienced at start, pushed forward to stay 4-wide without cover behind leaders. Joined leaders, still 4-wide, going into straight, one-paced before dropping away 250 M out. |
| 12 | 12 | COMMON PLACE (CA102) | W M Lai | -- | Away smartly, steadily eased back to take up handy position. Checked near the 400 M when disappointed for running. Did not recover. |
| 13 | 9 | MY JOY (CA143) | O Doleuze | -- | Began awkwardly, driven to dispute lead, 1-1/2Ls behind leader from 1200 M. Became unbalanced near the 800 M, under pressure from 500 M to hold position, dropped away quickly from 300 M. |
| 14 | 5 | CELLINI (CB242) | S King | -- | Hard driven to make running early, at leader's girth from 1200 M. Emptied upon straightening and dropped out quickly. |
| 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 |