Race 3 (433)
KOLKATA HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1650m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 3 | UNIQUE SPEED (CG134) | A Starke | V | On the rails and never worse than midfield. Quickened after straightening and charged through a tight gap near 200 M to take the lead. Kept on well near the line to deny challengers. |
| 2 | 2 | KING HOGAN (CE257) | O Doleuze | B | Settled 2-wide in rear section. Made up ground in a 3-wide spot making home turn. Continued to rally in the home straight and narrowly came up short in catching winner. |
| 3 | 1 | SPACED (CG034) | C W Wong | TT | Pushed along to be in a forward position. Settled 2-wide behind the leaders back straight. Stayed on well in the home straight but unable to match strides with top pair final stages. |
| 4 | 12 | GLORIOUS RHYTHM (CC163) | F Coetzee | V | Raced in a prominent spot behind the pace until home straight. Kept on fairly and had the lead briefly inside final 200 M. Unable to find more to keep up with principals final stages. |
| 5 | 8 | RAIN IN SPRING (CC320) | G Mosse | -- | Taken back from a wide draw and tailed field in early stages. Remained in rear section and was 4-wide turning for home. Rallied and was closest at finish. |
| 6 | 10 | SUDDEN SPLENDOR (CE251) | K L Chui | B/XB/TT- | 4-wide in a forward position early stages. 2-wide disputed lead from 1200 M until straightening. Remained in contention for the lead inside final 200 M but found no extra and faded final stages. |
| 7 | 5 | DRAGON STRIDE (CC370) | A Delpech | -- | 3-wide with cover at midfield early stages. Lost its cover after 1000 M and remained at midfield in back straight. Ran on only at same pace in the straight. |
| 8 | 11 | EUPHORIC KID (CB165) | M W Leung | V/TT | Dropped to the rear from widest draw. Trailed field into home straight. Made up some late ground by running past beaten runners. |
| 9 | 6 | RIGHT CHOICE (CE102) | B Prebble | -- | Jumped well and raced in a forward position early. Crowded after 1400 M and then settled 2-wide at midfield. Lacked a kick on straightening and remained on same pace to the line. |
| 10 | 9 | SNIPER (CD110) | D Nikolic | B/XB | Settled 2-wide behind midfield. Ran on same pace in the straight. |
| 11 | 4 | ALWAYS ZIETEN (CB090) | H W Lai | -- | Led or disputed lead until home straight. Weakened and dropped out final 200 M. |
| 12 | 7 | HIGHLAND DAWN (CC138) | K W Tsui | B | Settled on fence behind midfield. Commenced to lose ground making home turn. Towards the rear on straightening and found nothing in the 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 |