Race 5 (268)
HENNESSY HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1650m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 2
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 10 | GLORIOUS RHYTHM (CC163) | E Saint-Martin | B | Began fairly and raced in midfield or worse 3-wide no cover. Made steady headway down back straight to be around 1-1/2Ls off leader on straightening. Ran on well when asked 250 M out to take charge near 150 M. |
| 2 | 3 | TELECOM SUPERBOSS (CD180) | G Schofield | B | Broke well from wide draw and ridden along to take lead on rail with around 1L advantage to straight. Kept on well when asked 300 M out, headed near 150 M but fought on gamely to hold onto 2nd. |
| 3 | 7 | OLIVE OR TWIST (CB271) | A Delpech | B | Tardy start and hard ridden along to race around 1-1/2Ls off pace on rail through to straight. All out 200 M and responded quite well but was unable to find an extra gear to overhaul the 2nd placegetter to settle for 3rd. |
| 4 | 2 | NOBLE HEART (CC355) | D Whyte | B | Jumped with field and niggled along to race in midfield but near the 1400 M was checked to avoid heels. Soon recovered to be in midfield 2-wide and switched out on straightening to obtain running. Ran on fairly but without threatening. |
| 5 | 5 | COULDN'T CARE LESS (CD009) | D Holland | -- | Broke fairly and soon raced in midfield on rail through to straight. Kept on fairly when asked 250 M out but was never in position to trouble the placegetters. |
| 6 | 8 | SHINING GEM (CA180) | S Sanders | -- | Began fairly from widest and soon eased to a rearward position closer to the rail through to straight. Under pressure 300 M out and made little ground inside final 200 M to be closest at finish. |
| 7 | 12 | JUST VICTORY (CB216) | S K Sit | SR | Niggled along to race in a forward position 3-wide and near the 1400 M was checked to avoid heels. Near the 1200 M went forward to race around 1L off leader 2-wide to straight. Only kept on same pace and weakened 200 M. |
| 8 | 11 | ON SHAN EXPRESS (CB362) | H W Lai | -- | Broke well and hard ridden along to race in a forward position. Near the 1400 M clipped heels and blundered. Soon recovered to be in midfield or better 2-wide to straight. Kept on same pace to the finish. |
| 9 | 4 | RISING WIN (CC089) | A Starke | H | Soon eased to the tail on rail and remain there to home straight. Under pressure 300 M out but only able to run on evenly and ran past couple of beaten runners inside final 200 M. |
| 10 | 9 | JOYWIN COMBINATION (CD332) | R Fradd | -- | Slowly away and raced in a rearward position 2 to 3-wide with cover through to straight. Unable to make much impression when asked 300 M out. |
| 11 | 1 | EXULTATION (BV223) | O Doleuze | SR1 | Slow to begin from wide draw and swiftly shifted cross to the rail in midfield or worse position. At the 900 M became badly unbalanced when avoiding heels. Failed to quicken in straight and faded inside final 200 M. |
| 12 | 6 | MADE IN HONGKONG (CD139) | S Dye | B | Shortly after the start was steadied when crowded for room to be in worse than midfield. At the 900 M became badly unbalanced when avoiding heels. Hard to settle going down back straight. Made no impression in straight. |
| 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 |