Race 5 (357)
RUSSIAN PEARL HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1600m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 5 | MEDALLIST (N024) | B Prebble | TT | Broke well, third one off, came off cover top of straight shaken up from 300m out, led from 250m, easily. |
| 2 | 2 | SILVER BLAZE (CJ149) | B Doyle | H | Fair break, four wide no cover early, then back to last rail until straight, widest of all, strong run to reach second 150m out, winner too good. |
| 3 | 9 | ISTIDE (CJ089) | M L Yeung | TT | Broke fast, sixth one off, headway three wide approaching turn, mid-track bid, ran on well. |
| 4 | 6 | THEHEROINMYHEART (N083) | T Clark | -- | Broke well, sixth rail, mid-track bid, kept on one pace. |
| 5 | 1 | PERFECT TEN (L030) | C Y Ho | TT | Hesitant start, hung, three wide no cover early, settled second last one off, out for wide bid, ran on steadily. |
| 6 | 4 | SPICY SIAM (N090) | T H So | TT | Slowly away, checked, mid-rear rail, shaken up from 500m out, kept on one pace between horses. |
| 7 | 13 | SEASONS CREST (L355) | H W Lai | -- | Fair break, disputed early lead, then second one off , shaken up early straight, one pace. |
| 8 | 8 | EKRAAR EMPEROR (M081) | M Chadwick | TT | Fair break, ridden hard to lead and eventually cross, steadied until asked to kick early straight, no extra last 200m. |
| 9 | 10 | KOENIGSBERG (L268) | M Guyon | -- | Broke fast, ridden to join leaders but caught three wide no cover, wide bid, limited progress, weakened. |
| 10 | 3 | ELEPHANT CHEERS (M247) | W M Lai | CP | Moderate break, not much early pace, mid-rear one off, slightly short of room but found little straight. |
| 11 | 12 | SPEEDY WARRIOR (CJ077) | K C Leung | -- | Fair break, taken back, fourth last rail, shaken up from 600m out, kept on until weakened quickly 200m out. |
| 12 | 7 | PATRIOCH (M312) | C W Wong | B | Fair jump, ridden for speed, fourth rail, inside bid, beaten 300m out. |
| 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 |