Race 7 (045)
THE HAPPY VALLEY PLATE (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1200m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 5 | DASHING CHAMPION (CC015) | O Doleuze | SR | Settled in midfield on rails. Shifted out for a run turning in and fought on well under pressure to assert authority closing stages. |
| 2 | 2 | LUCKY WINNER (CE124) | C K Tong | TT | Never far off. Quickened well upon straightening to hit front briefly inside 200 M but found winner too strong. |
| 3 | 4 | AMO (CB125) | H W Lai | -- | Settled at the back. Ran on well upon straightening. Steadied over 150 M out. Quickly recovered and sustained progress to the line. |
| 4 | 11 | SPEED FIGHTER (CD355) | D Nikolic | SR | Settled mainly 2-wide in midfield. Lost position entering home straight. Produced good late impression closing stages. |
| 5 | 1 | BULLDOZER (CG062) | D Whyte | B | Jumped fairly. Travelled in midfield or further back. Hampered about 600 M out. Remained behind midfield entering straight and ran home one-paced. |
| 6 | 3 | MY BROTHER (CG154) | N Ryan | TT | Settled just behind midfield on rails. Produced good impression early in straight. |
| 7 | 6 | BRILLIANT ONE (CG212) | M Odendaal | TT | Prominent to 200 M. No extra under pressure. |
| 8 | 8 | GAUCHO (CE033) | A Delpech | TT | Attempted to make all. Led field until overhauled over 150 M out. |
| 9 | 12 | GANBARIA (CE052) | M Nunes | B | Well there, one out one back rounding home bend. Unable to sustain effort and gradually weakened after straightening. |
| 10 | 7 | O DANNY BOY (CG284) | E Saint-Martin | B1 | Mainly 3-wide towards rear. Went wider turning in. Kept on well down centre of straight. |
| 11 | 9 | LUCKY DANSKE (CD364) | Y T Cheng | CP/TT | Raced wide in rear. Found nothing under pressure in straight. |
| 12 | 10 | NATURAL FATCHOY (CG282) | B Prebble | -- | Always in last few. Never seen with a chance. |
| 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 |