Race 7 (269)
AUDEMARS PIGUET CHARLESTON HANDICAP Rating:72-32 2200m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 8 | SUPER GOAL (BL150) | K H Ting | -- | Better than midfield. Ran on well final 200 M to get up in the closing stages. |
| 2 | 4 | EMPHASIS (BM155) | F Sanchez | -- | Better than midfield early. Improved to be behind leader passing winning post the first time. Hit the front 250 M out, just overhauled by the winner close home. |
| 3 | 10 | CHEERS UP (BP244) | G Boss | -- | Always prominent. Inconvenienced in the run to the winning post after keeping on one-paced in home straight. |
| 4 | 1 | BRILLIANT LEADER (BS211) | B Marcus | B | Well there early. Steadily dropped to midfield rounding 1st turn. Ran on a little close home. |
| 5 | 2 | NATURAL WINNER (BS195) | C H Tse | -- | Prominent. Dropped to midfield at 1200 M. One-paced. |
| 6 | 6 | PRODIGY (BS294) | W Woods | -- | Mainly behind midfield or worse. Failed to quicken in straight. |
| 7 | 12 | SKY HAWK (BS070) | J Quinn | B | Ridden early to be prominent. Weakened gradually final 100 M. |
| 8 | 3 | ALY BABA (BP045) | E Saint-Martin | B | Steadily dropped towards rear from wide draw. Made up a little ground closing stages. |
| 9 | 7 | PROJECTVISION (BS021) | C T Cheng | -- | Soon led. Headed 250 M out, kept on until gradually weakened inside final 100 M. |
| 10 | 11 | MR BRINKER (BN158) | F Coetzee | B | Began awkwardly, soon last, never in contention. |
| 11 | 9 | TREMENDOUS WAY (BN106) | P Smullen | B | Well back and was obliged to travel wide without cover. Never a factor. (See Racing Incidents.) |
| 12 | 5 | CROWNING VIGORS (BP232) | D Whyte | B | Behind midfield or worse. Never seen with a chance. (See Racing Incidents.) (Heart irregularity.) |
| 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 |