Race 7 (540)
KESTREL HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1200m Sha Tin Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 3 | RISING FORCE (K236) | R Kingscote | -- | Always thereabouts, drifted over 3L off the pace briefly on top of home bend, quickened under pressure to hit the front 300M out, won confidently. |
| 2 | 5 | PATCH OF STARS (J343) | M Chadwick | TT | Settled in last few early stages, made steady headway on rail from the 950M reaching 8th onto first bend, commenced move between runners early in straight and forced to switch 300M out, sustained good progress to the line. |
| 3 | 12 | GIMME FIVE (J099) | K Teetan | B | Ridden along atter awkward start, settled some 2L back in 5th before crowded drifting further off the pace around home bend, kept on steadily without quickening from 3L 4th into straight. |
| 4 | 1 | MONTA FRUTTA (H455) | Y L Chung | H/TT | Jumped best from a poor draw but soon dropped to midfield while 4-wide, dropped further back to 9th onto home bend, kept on steadily under pressure in straight without threatening. |
| 5 | 8 | COLOURFUL WINNER (J312) | M L Yeung | CP | Recovered quickly under pressure after moderate start, amongst leaders off the rail before gaining slender advantage 850M out, kept on until unable finding no extra over 250Mo out. |
| 6 | 6 | VULCANUS (J150) | A Atzeni | -- | Settled in last few after beginning from a poor draw remaining in 10th onto final turn, baulked for a run early in straight but finished off the race well inside final 250M. |
| 7 | 7 | DAILY TROPHY (H283) | H Bentley | B/TT | Gradually taken back from a wide draw, dropped to last over 600M out despite niggled along, tailed-off into straight but ran on past well-beaten horses inside final 200M. |
| 8 | 2 | FORTUNE WARRIOR (H229) | L Ferraris | P/XB/TT | Made narrow running early stages and ceded advantage 850M out, folded up quickly under pressure inside final 250M. (Tactic questioned) |
| 9 | 11 | FUN N GLORY (G003) | P N Wong | B/XB | Not far off in 4th on rail, drifted some 4L off the pace to 5th on top of home bend, dropped out tamely after straightening. (Jockey said horse may be better suited to turf surface) |
| 10 | 10 | JOLLY JUMPER (K110) | K C Leung | CP/TT | Gradually picked up to 7th in midfield, wide without cover and lost position rounding home bend and worse in 10th into straight, made no further impression. |
| 11 | 9 | TAIHANG SCENERY (J314) | C L Chau | H/TT | Settled in forward of midfield in 6th on rail, steadied off heels about 700M out, weakened under pressure inside final 250M. (Abnormal breathing noise) |
| 12 | 4 | ARDEN (J505) | H Bowman | PC1/TT | Soon taken back from the widest draw, never seen with a chance. |
| 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 |