Race 3 (447)
THE MARTELL CORDON BLEU HANDICAP Rating:88-64 1800m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 13 | LIK RAMBO (BN212) | G Boss | B | Towards rear early then travelled in midfield far side. Improved to 5th into straight and ran on steadily to hit front inside 100 M. Just held on to the line. |
| 2 | 4 | MR WONDERFUL (BM139) | A Munro | -- | Settled in rear. Commenced move rounding home bend gaining 8th into straight. Obtained clear run and quickened well under pressure inside final 200 M to fail to get up on line. |
| 3 | 14 | GOOD FORTUNE (BN102) | B Marcus | -- | Settled just worse than midfield. Ran on steadily down straight to be nearest at finish. |
| 4 | 9 | GLAMOROUS PALACE (BM177) | W S Yu | -- | Attempted to make all. Swamped near finish. Rider lost stirrup iron approaching 1200 M and was placed at a disadvantage thereafter. |
| 5 | 1 | FORTISSIMO (BM048) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Rear to straight. Ran on steadily down centre of track to be nearest at finish. |
| 6 | 11 | PO ON POWER (BN258) | W M Lai | B | Midfield to straight. Kept on steadily without threatening. |
| 7 | 6 | CHARMING GUEST (BM098) | K H Yu | -- | Mainly in midfield. Made some modest progress early in straight but could find no extra closing stages. |
| 8 | 5 | SUPER GOAL (BL150) | F Coetzee | -- | Mainly in midfield before losing position going up Rock. Dropped to rear into straight but recovered some late ground closing stages. |
| 9 | 2 | SIR GALWAY (BP018) | W Y Kan | B | Prominent until overhauled inside final 300 M. |
| 10 | 8 | KIWI STAR (BP132) | D Nikolic | -- | Midfield on rails when hampered and dropped to last few on stable bend. Remained well back until making some late impression closing stages. |
| 11 | 3 | FULL SPEED AHEAD (BK082) | L F Chung | -- | Always in last few. Never nearer. |
| 12 | 10 | CITY WARRIOR (BP274) | D Whyte | -- | Settled in prominent position. Held some chance turning into straight but soon weakened under pressure. (Enquiry held.) |
| 13 | 12 | BEST ONE (BH010) | B Doyle | -- | Settled in midfield. Lost position rounding home bend. One-paced in straight. |
| 14 | 7 | RORY'S BID (BP272) | Y S Wong | -- | Prominent until dropping out from 300 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 |