Race 5 (033)
LARCH HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1650m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 2 | ABLE DRAGON (CJ308) | D Whyte | B | Travelled nicely on the leader's back throughout, peeled out wider off last turn, led at the 200 M, sped well clear, easily. |
| 2 | 3 | ELITE FORTUNE (CJ212) | O Doleuze | -- | Slowest away, mostly one from rear at least 6Ls from the pace before final turn, no chance with winner but ran home strongly to nick 2nd on the line. |
| 3 | 9 | AMITYSHIP (CK023) | Z Purton | B/TT | Settled 4th about 3Ls off pace out 2-wide at halfway, steadied slightly at point of home turn, finished off fairly well but just missed quinella. |
| 4 | 11 | FLORAL IMAGE (CK027) | Y T Cheng | XB/H1/TT | 3-back the fence in 5th about 4Ls off pace at 1000 M and a little closer spinning for home, had his chance to place, failed narrowly. (Tactic questioned.) |
| 5 | 8 | SUDDEN SPLENDOR (CE251) | S K Sit | B/XB/H/TT | Pressed forward from wide gate, 2-wide in midfield 4Ls or 5Ls off speed at halfway and same off last bend, one-paced to wrap up. |
| 6 | 6 | BULB TREASURE (CH048) | W M Lai | -- | 2-wide and 1L back in 2nd at the 1200 M, disputing the lead on straightening for home, didn't find much off the bridle, soon outpaced. |
| 7 | 10 | VICTORY MASCOT (CJ243) | G Cheyne | TT | Worse than midfield in a 2-wide position initially, 3-wide and 5Ls back in 8th off last bend, crowded at 200 M but well held in any case. |
| 8 | 4 | BREAKING POINT (CJ179) | J Lloyd | -- | Led by 1L on the fence at the 1200 M, led or disputed the advantage before being headed just before 200 M then yielding ground rapidly. |
| 9 | 12 | ROCKET AND GOLD (CH015) | C W Wong | TT | Went back from wide gate, detached and at least 8Ls adrift 600 M, posed no sort of threat from there. |
| 10 | 7 | HIGH NOTE (CK081) | D Beadman | B/TT | Drew widest, posted 3-wide no cover throughout, pressed on from 700 M to join leaders 500 M out, the run was short- lived, weakened in the straight. |
| 11 | 1 | PACIFIC ALLIANCE (CC230) | J Winks | V | 4-back the rails and worse than midfield throughout, always at least 5Ls off pace also, very weak in the stretch. |
| 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 |