Race 1 (742)
HYDRANGEA HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1200m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 4 | CHINA POWER (M400) | G Mosse | B/TT | Began well racing prominently outside leader, shaken up approaching final stretch, hit the front over 200 metres out, just prevailed. |
| 2 | 5 | RED COURAGE (N110) | T Angland | B/TT | Ridden to soon take up running, led until narrowly headed 200 metres, hung on for second. |
| 3 | 12 | WINSOME (M261) | C K Tong | TT | Always thereabouts, settling one back on rails, switched out for a run upon straightening, ran home one-paced. |
| 4 | 2 | KING DERBY (P225) | Z Purton | B1 | Settled just worse than midfield, saved ground on inside turning in, ran on steadily in straight to be nearest at finish. |
| 5 | 8 | STAR OF WAI BO (P177) | K C Leung | CP- | Began fairly, settling in 5th just over two lengths off the pace, kept on steadily under pressure in straight to be nearest at finish. |
| 6 | 10 | FRESH AIR (L206) | R Fourie | -- | Soon taken back from the widest gate, tailed-off before joining other backmarkers coming out of back straight, sustained headway down final stretch to be nearest at finish. |
| 7 | 6 | P J HALL (P216) | A Suborics | -- | Tightened and shuffled back to second last shortly after start, remained well behind to straight but saved a lot of ground turning in, fought on steadily to be nearest at finish. |
| 8 | 9 | ALL TIMES LUCKY (P064) | T Berry | TT1 | Began awkwardly losing ground, soon recovered to rear of midfield on rails, snuck up on inside turning in, but yielded ground inside final 200 metres. |
| 9 | 7 | RISING POWER (N294) | D Whyte | B/TT- | Raced keenly and 3-wide with cover in midfield, remained similar into straight, one-paced. |
| 10 | 11 | SERENDIPITY (L394) | H W Lai | H/B1 | Began fairly, raced wide in midfield before tightened and dropped backward to last few, remained similar and the widest runner turning in, no further impression. |
| 11 | 3 | HIGH RETURN (CK164) | C Y Lui | B/TT | Raced very wide without cover in midfield until home turn, dropped away under pressure. |
| 12 | 1 | PALEPALE (M407) | M Chadwick | B/TT | Began fairly from a wide gate, travelled wide without cover in 2L 4th down far side and around the bend, dropped out into 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 |