Race 2 (759)
THE KING HANDICAP Rating:40-0 1200m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 8 | WINNING BOY (N186) | J Moreira | -- | Jumped smartly, settled leaders back, eased out to challenge on straightening, quickened nicely to win easily. |
| 2 | 6 | IDYLLIC WIND (N139) | A Suborics | -- | Settled behind leaders, rifted back to midfield near 500m, pulled out to challenge on straightening, ran home well but no match for winner. |
| 3 | 1 | HELEN'S CHOICE (P185) | M L Yeung | -- | Allowed to settle towards rear, commenced to improve at 400m and ran home nicely. |
| 4 | 12 | AMERICAN FAME (P449) | H W Lai | H/PC/TT | Began fairly, no early pace and settled at rear, ran home steadily in straight. |
| 5 | 11 | DIAMOND ANGEL (M212) | Y T Cheng | B/TT2 | Taken back from wide gate to settle at rear, pushed along home turn and finished off fairly. |
| 6 | 5 | NATURAL EIGHT (S243) | Z Purton | B/H | Settled midfield, commenced to improve 450m but one paced in straight. |
| 7 | 10 | MASSIVE (P331) | T H So | XB | Pushed hard from wide gate to go forward and lead, travelling nicely home turn but quickly under pressure in straight and weakened from 200m. |
| 8 | 7 | KING TAI SING (P175) | G Mosse | -- | Ridden along early before easing back to obtain cover worse than midfield, hard ridden passing 500m when laying out, one paced in straight. |
| 9 | 4 | GREAT SPEED (S251) | M Chadwick | CP/H/TT | Hard ridden from wide gate to go forward and settle outside leader, under pressure from 450m and weakened in run home. |
| 10 | 2 | OPTIMISM (S150) | N Callan | SR/TT | Slow to begin, settled worse than midfield, ridden along near 600m to hold position, hard ridden home turn and could not pick up in the straight. |
| 11 | 9 | ALWAYS WONDERFUL (P347) | K C Leung | -- | Jumped smartly and sent forward, hampered and checked at 1000m, under pressure passing 600m and weakened out of it. |
| 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 |