Race 8 (724)
STAUNTON HANDICAP Rating:100-80 1650m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 10 | SICHUAN DAR (T375) | C Y Ho | H/TT | Settled well towards the rear, 5-6Ls off the pace, 3-wide home turn and brought wide in straight, ran on strongly to hit lead near 50M, well on top closing stages. |
| 2 | 7 | DYNAMISM (T188) | H W Lai | H/SR | Held up at the back of the main field 6Ls off the pace, stayed on well entering straight and only bettered by the winner final stages, went 2nd near line. |
| 3 | 9 | MAGICAL BEAUTY (T342) | M Chadwick | B/TT | Held up 2-wide in midfield, inclined to lay in 900M, kept on steadily from 300M, awkwardly placed 100M, took 3rd just before line. |
| 4 | 5 | PHOTON WILLIE (S199) | Z Purton | H/XB/TT | From draw 1 had inside run throughout, 3-4Ls back in midfield, loomed a chance mid-straight, led 200M to 50M and was edged out of a minor placing near line. |
| 5 | 3 | PRECISION KING (P134) | M L Yeung | P | Soon in front, crossed to the fence 1100M and vied for lead at a strong pace, headed inside 200M but kept battling to the line for modest 5th. |
| 6 | 12 | SUPEROI (T017) | K K Chiong | V | Vigorously ridden to go forward, pressed leader on outside forcing a strong gallop, kept on evenly early straight, flattened late stages. |
| 7 | 1 | JUN HUO (S307) | Y T Cheng | -- | Chased leaders along the rails, moved out to a contending position 450M, had his chance under top weight but ran only fairly inside 200M. |
| 8 | 4 | CHEEKY TOO (T152) | D Whyte | -- | Raced 3-wide in midfield, caught flat-footed nearing top of straight, kept on one pace passing beaten rivals only. |
| 9 | 6 | SILVERFIELD (S106) | T H So | XB | Began awkwardly, waited with towards the rear, 5Ls to make up 400M, not picked up pace to challenge. |
| 10 | 8 | BALAY BALAY (V247) | K C Ng | B | Chased pace early, wide no cover from 1200M, had nothing left turning home. |
| 11 | 2 | TRAVEL RENYI (S394) | C Schofield | B/TT | Made some early use to obtain a forward position, chased leaders in a strongly run race, gave ground 500M out, eased 200M when no chance. |
| PU | 11 | SIMPLY INVINCIBLE (V094) | K C Leung | B | Unbalanced in action early stages, would not improve position despite ridden and detached from the field 900M, eased out of the race. (No Vet findings / Unacceptable Performance) |
| 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 |