Race 3 (384)
SOUTH CHINA SEA HANDICAP (All Weather Track) Rating:24-0 1650m Sha Tin Normal Watering
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 5 | FLYING COLOURS (BP171) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Settled behind leaders. Moved up to lead inside 300 M and careered away for a commanding victory. |
| 2 | 8 | UNLIMITEDDIMENSION (BM120) | M Kinane | B | Settled in midfield. Hard driven from home bend and fought on determinedly to reach remote 2nd final strides. |
| 3 | 13 | EASTERN HERO (BP146) | C Munce | -- | Well there. Hit front approaching home turn. Headed by winner inside 300 M. Gradually faded closing stages. |
| 4 | 14 | NAZAKAT'S JOY (BP052) | K S Yu | -- | Well back. Took closer order home bend. Ran on steadily in straight. |
| 5 | 12 | ROOM FOR MORE (BP211) | G Mosse | -- | Well back. Made up good late ground final 200 M. |
| 6 | 4 | SCIOTO (BP030) | B Marcus | -- | Midfield before taking closer order home bend. One-paced in straight. |
| 7 | 9 | ACQUISITION (BL113) | W M Lai | -- | Midfield to straight. Kept on steadily. |
| 8 | 11 | HUNG HING TAI (BL222) | K H Yu | -- | Mostly in 5th to straight. One-paced before tiring closing stages. |
| 9 | 1 | CALL MY TUNE (BS022) | W Woods | B | Travelled just worse than midfield. Kept on steadily in straight until denied a clear run closing stages. |
| 10 | 10 | DESERT CONNECTION (BS268) | G Cooksley | B | Soon dropped towards rear. |
| 11 | 2 | NEVER SAY NO (BN059) | C W Mok | B/H/TT | Always well behind. |
| 12 | 6 | ON THE BEAT (BL218) | K H Ting | -- | Took up running turning into back straight. Led until headed over 500 M out. Dropped out upon straightening. |
| 13 | 7 | PLANET II (BM055) | K C Tsang | -- | Always in last few. |
| 14 | 3 | FIT FOR ROYALTY (BK061) | F Coetzee | -- | Prominent to home bend then dropped out. (Lame.) |
| 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 |