Race 1 (307)
PATERSON HANDICAP Rating:40-0 1200m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 3 | FRIENDS OF YAN OI (M406) | T Angland | TT | Never far off on rails, saved ground turning in, fought on under pressure to hit the front over 100 metres out. |
| 2 | 9 | RAY OF GOLD (N443) | G Mosse | H1 | Jumped moderately, settled in last few, ran on well. |
| 3 | 1 | NOVEL START (M255) | C Y Ho | B | Broke well, attempted to make all but could find no extra and swamped over 100 metres out. |
| 4 | 10 | FLYING KEEPER (M191) | Z Purton | B2/TT | Slightly slow out, driven to midfield, hampered and lost position past 1000 metre bend, dropped towards rear leaving the Rock, saved ground turning in, finished off race well. |
| 5 | 2 | ALL TIMES LUCKY (P064) | K C Ng | TT | Jumped fairly, prominent when hampered and lost position passing 1000 metres, remained in midfield on rails to straight, ran on without threatening. |
| 6 | 4 | SHANGHAI PIONEER (L252) | K C Leung | CP | Jumped fairly, settled wide and just worse than midfield, took closer order around the Rock, kept on same pace in straight. |
| 7 | 6 | POSITIVE ENERGY (P011) | N Pinna | H/TT | Slowly away, remained well behind to straight, finished off race nicely. (Tactic questioned) |
| 8 | 5 | CHINA GOOD (L258) | H W Lai | SR | Jumped well, settled in midfield, lost position passing the Rock, baulked early in straight, kept on to the line. |
| 9 | 12 | INFINITE COURAGE (P057) | M Chadwick | CP1 | Well back, went widest into straight, kept on same pace. |
| 10 | 7 | SERENDIPITY (L394) | D Whyte | B/TT | Jumped fairly, gradually improved to 1L 2nd one off the rails, remained similar into straight, hung in early and soon faded. |
| 11 | 11 | TELECOM CHIEF (P025) | J Moreira | B/TT | Jumped fairly, settled in forward of midfield, checked when beaten 250 metres out. |
| 12 | 8 | GRACYTOM (L408) | B Prebble | B | Raced wide throughout, behind midfield early, improving to midfield into far side and further closer up down the Rock, soon weakened from a prominent position 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 |