Race 1 (551)
POPLAR HANDICAP Rating:56-16 2400m Sha Tin Rain Affected
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 1 | GOLDEN PHOENIX (BP050) | B Marcus | -- | In touch before taking lead from 1000 M. Held on well. (Promoted.) |
| 2 | 13 | ROOM FOR MORE (BP211) | A Munro | -- | Towards rear. Made good progress rounding home bend to be 5th final turn. Ran on well in straight, doing best work final 200 M. |
| 3 | 7 | REGENT'S STAR (BM069) | F Coetzee | -- | Towards rear. Moved up to be better than midfield stable bend. Steady headway from 600 M and was 3rd upon straightening. Kept on steadily. |
| 4 | 3 | WINNING YEARS (BP249) | B Doyle | B | Midfield or better. Improved from 800 M to be 2nd into straight. Kept on until finding no extra closing stages. |
| 5 | 11 | ACTION WIN (BK081) | W M Lai | -- | Rear. Progressed well from 1000 M, being 4th or 5th 400 M. Kept on same pace thereafter. |
| 6 | 5 | TREASURE SPRING (BM050) | K W Lee | -- | Midfield before dropping to be among the rear group 1600 M. Made ground along rail final turn but unable to quicken in straight. |
| 7 | 12 | NEW PASSPORT (BP175) | K S Yu | -- | Slowly away. Rear. Made up some ground in straight. |
| 8 | 10 | VALDERRAMA (BS053) | W S Yu | -- | Never better than midfield. |
| 9 | 2 | SUCCESSFUL YEARS (BL044) | S K Sit | -- | Sat outside leader to around 800 M. Dropped back steadily. |
| 10 | 9 | GOLDEN JERRANG (BM105) | K C Tsang | -- | Led field to 1000 M. Faded. (Hung out.) |
| 11 | 6 | ALLEGED RUNNER (BP028) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Prominent early, settling 4th. Remained there until weakening steadily from 800 M. (Demoted.) |
| 12 | 4 | CORVETEER (BP148) | D Nikolic | -- | Midfield at best. Dropped out from 800 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 |