Race 7 (418)
ORCHID HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1200m Happy Valley Good
Section 2
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 10 | SPONTANEOUS (D106) | V Borges | -- | Broke well, taken back to 3rd on the rail just behind the leader, responded well to take charge over 200 metres out, won cozily. |
| 2 | 8 | ROMANTIC TROVE (E007) | C Schofield | TT | Broke well, settled over 2L back in 5th, became 4th in a similar position rounding home bend, finished off the race well inside final 200 metres. |
| 3 | 1 | STOCK LEGEND (D039) | J Moreira | H/TT | Ridden positively from the widest gate, improved steadily on the outside before settling some 1.5L back 2-wide in 2nd, unable to sustain effort inside final 100 metres. |
| 4 | 3 | TELECOM ROCKET (C137) | C Soumillon | B | Began well from a wide gate, settled wide in midfield in 7th, kept on same pace under pressure without quickening in straight. |
| 5 | 12 | UNIVERSAL CROWN (D240) | M L Yeung | XB/CP1/TT- | Crowded jumping out, settled towards the rear on the rail, remained in similar position into straight, made some late impression closing stages. |
| 6 | 5 | CHEEKY PRAWN (D378) | K Teetan | -- | Settled just worse than midfield in 8th, inconvenienced over 500 metres out, saved ground turning for home, produced good late impression closing stages. |
| 7 | 2 | WHISKEY NEAT (D150) | K H Chan | B/H/TT | Ridden positively to take up running out wide passing the 1000 metres, obtained rails run inside the 900 metres and led until tiring inside the 200 metres. |
| 8 | 11 | ATHENA (D103) | C Wong | H-/CP1/TT | Jumped awkwardly, settled just off the pace on the rail, gradually shifted back towards midfield in 6th, saved ground turning for home, faded steadily inside final 200 metres. |
| 9 | 4 | CALIFORNIA LEVEE (C523) | M Chadwick | B/H/TT | Soon dropped well behind trailing the field most of the way, went widest on home turn, ran on under pressure past well-beaten horses. |
| 10 | 7 | SILVERY WARRIOR (D509) | N Callan | TT | Jumped awkwardly losing ground, always in last few and never seen with a chance. |
| 11 | 6 | INNO LEGEND (D361) | A Badel | CP | Ridden early from a wide gate, gradually shifted back towards the rear 3-wide down the back straight, went very wide making final turn, kept on one pace in straight. |
| 12 | 9 | APEX TOP (D136) | C Y Ho | B | Began well, travelled wide with the leaders early, gradually drifted back to 4th or 5th 3-wide without cover in back straight, yielded ground steadily from home bend. |
| 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 |