Race 7 (284)
VENUS HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1200m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 5 | WONDERFUL JOURNEY (T402) | K K Chiong | XB | Pressed forward from outside draw, racing 3-wide in battle for the lead before settling outside hindquarters of leader passing 700m. Edged ahead under whip 200m and held off late challenge. |
| 2 | 7 | LAMAROSA (V093) | C Williams | B | Jumped with field, steadied and shifted across behind horses, settling one-off towards rear. Began forward movement passing 400m, taken wide in straight, finished strongly to just miss. |
| 3 | 9 | GIANT STARS (T218) | A Badel | H/XB/TT | Outpaced, dropping to rear. Put under pressure from 400m, taken to centre track on straightening, finished strongly to miss narrowly. |
| 4 | 10 | SHARP HUNTER (P097) | S De Sousa | B | Broke well, ridden to hold midfield position, one away from rail. Niggled at passed 500m, swung wide entering straight, finished strongly to just miss a placing. |
| 5 | 4 | EXTREMELY FUN (T024) | H W Lai | -- | Jumped well, shared early pace until 1000m when eased, settling 2L from leader along rail. Got inside run in straight, looked chance 100m, swamped near line. |
| 6 | 11 | THOR THE GREATEST (P396) | N Juglall | -- | Quickly into stride, shared early pace before taking clear lead passing 800m. Joined up front passing 200m, kept battling until hampered final stages. |
| 7 | 12 | I'M A WITNESS (T405) | K C Ng | -- | Pressed forward from outside draw, racing wide without cover until 700m when eased 2L back in 3rd place. Chased leaders in straight until final stages when inconvenienced. |
| 8 | 2 | GREEN CARD (V126) | J Moreira | CP2/TT | Began OK, ridden to hold rail, settling midfield. Checked passing 600m, left fence 400m to make run, kept on fairly in straight. |
| 9 | 6 | CHARITY GLORY (T302) | K C Leung | CP/TT | Got off OK, ridden to hold forward position, settling one-off 3L from leader. Taken wide in straight but hung in badly under pressure and proved difficult to ride out final 200m. |
| 10 | 3 | HAPPY YEAH YEAH (M085) | M L Yeung | V | Began well, pushed forward sharing early pace before easing 3L back when racing in retracted room 700m. Kept on one-paced under pressure in straight. |
| 11 | 8 | APACHE SPIRIT (T095) | N Callan | H/TT | Began fairly, no early pace, dropping to behind midfield along fence. Stayed on fence around turn and into straight, but only one-paced. |
| 12 | 1 | HINYUEN SWIFTNESS (V250) | O Murphy | -- | Beaten for early speed and soon clear last. Trailed field thereafter and never competitive. |
| 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 |