Race 5 (385)
JOHN PEEL HANDICAP Rating:75-55 1400m Sha Tin Good To Yielding
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 2 | FIRST AMONG EQUALS (CC327) | T Mundry | -- | Slightly slow to begin and soon recovered to race in midfield or better 2 wide. Short for room in early part of straight, obtained clear running around the 300 M and ran home strongly to grab victory near the line. |
| 2 | 13 | BOWIN (CB398) | D Whyte | -- | Broke fairly and settled in midfield on rail. Checked near 1200 M and dropped to worse than midfield. Made steady progress from the outside at home turn. Ran on well and hit the lead at 200 M. Just failed. |
| 3 | 5 | SEASONS TREASURE (CB310) | P H Lo | -- | Slowly away and soon raced at the tail 2 wide. Switched wide and made little headway turning for home. No clear running early straight. Made up good ground when obtaining clear running 200 M out. |
| 4 | 3 | NOBLE MAN (CC099) | A Delpech | -- | Jumped fairly from wide draw and soon settled in midfield 3 wide. Made up steady ground at home turn to be 1-1/2Ls off leader on straightening. Ran on fairly when asked 400 M but was overhauled by the 3rd near the line. |
| 5 | 1 | KOWLOON STAR (CC233) | A Marcus | B | Began awkwardly and niggled along to race in a forward position out wide. Shortly after the 1000 M took outright lead and crossed to the rail. Kept on fairly when asked 300 M out but slightly weakened over the concluding stages. |
| 6 | 4 | INSIDE MAIL (CD138) | G Mosse | -- | Began fairly and niggled to race in midfield on rail. Around the 600 M whilst proving difficult to settle was awkwardly placed on heels. Made up some ground early straight but steadily became one paced 200 M. |
| 7 | 6 | SUPER PRINCE (CD126) | F Coetzee | CP/TT1 | Niggled along to take lead and steadily crossed to the rail. Around the 1000 M eased back to race 1-1/2Ls off leader through to straight. Unable to go up a gear when asked 350 M out and kept on same pace to the line. |
| 8 | 14 | TRIUMPHANT GLORY (CB368) | W Smith | B1 | Began fairly and ridden along to race in better than midfield on rail. After the 800 M was checked away from heels and dropped back to worse than midfield. Kept on same pace to the line when asked 350 M out. |
| 9 | 10 | EXULTATION (BV223) | Y T Cheng | -- | On jumping got its head up and lost ground. Settled in the rear section on rail. Switched out and crept clear to the pack turning for home. From the 400 M was short for room, only ran on evenly to the line clear 250 M out. |
| 10 | 12 | AURELIAN (CC025) | D Dunn | H- | Jumped well from wide draw and pushed along to race in a forward position 2 to 3 wide through to straight. Shortly after straightening was crowded for room, found nothing after that and steadily faded out. |
| 11 | 8 | NATIVE LANGUAGE (CB116) | R Fradd | B/SR1 | Jumped well and steadily eased to worse than midfield around 3 wide. Made little headway from the outside turning for home. Stayed on same pace when asked 400 M out and further weakened inside final 200 M. |
| 12 | 11 | FLASH HARRY (CB180) | D Boeuf | SR | Shortly after the start was checked when crowded for room and raced towards the rear. After the 1000 M went forward from the outside to be sharing the lead turning for home. Found nothing when asked 400 M out. |
| 13 | 7 | ROUND THE WORLD (CA227) | S Dye | B | Broke well and was quickly eased back to the rear section 3 wide. Switched to the widest on straightening to find clear running but failed to make up any ground. |
| 14 | 9 | DOUBLE DIP (CD217) | W M Lai | -- | Niggled along to race in better than midfield 2 wide through to straight. Unable to quicken when asked 400 M out and dropped out steadily inside final 200 M. |
| 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 |