Race 8 (250)
SAND MARTIN HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 9 | ENCOUNTERED (G236) | S De Sousa | B1/TT | Up with early pace before taking cover behind leaders, peeled out to challenge 400M, quickened up smartly to lead mid-straight, moved well clear final stages to win comfortably. |
| 2 | 3 | GALLANT WAKING (G165) | C Y Ho | XB | Given a patient ride, settled near last throughout, cut the corner passing 400M, ran on to take 2nd but unable to challenge the runaway winner. |
| 3 | 7 | PRINCE ALEX (G307) | A Hamelin | CP/SR | Settled down 2-wide in midfield, driven wide into straight, stayed on moderately to go 3rd close home. No threat to runaway winner. |
| 4 | 5 | DYNAMIC SPIRIT (G294) | Z Purton | TT | Caught wide no cover after 1300M then strode forward to join leader, took over 700M, hung on to the lead until 200M, faded close home to finish 4th. |
| 5 | 12 | VILLA FIONN (B339) | J McNeil | B | Restrained to race towards the rear, 6Ls to make up 400M, wide into straight, closed off mildly over final 300M, not reach leaders. |
| 6 | 4 | GOOD BUDDY (E097) | H Bowman | -- | Caught wide early before crossing to the lead 1200M, pressed by rival mid-stages, sat in 2nd from 700M, ran home one-paced. (Jockey : didn't finish the race off due to amount of work his horse had to do early.) |
| 7 | 11 | PEGASUS GENERAL (G189) | V Borges | V | Taken across to race in midfield, 5Ls off the pace home turn, kept on fairly passing 400M, never threatened. |
| 8 | 8 | INCANTO PREPARED (D009) | L Hewitson | E/TT | Dropped back from wide draw, raced as the back-marker 5Ls off the pace, made limited progress on straightening, never a threat to leaders. |
| 9 | 1 | CAN'T GO WONG (H087) | K C Leung | V1 | Began awkwardly from draw 2, settled down on inside ahead of midfield, couldn't go on passing 250M, eased final 100M when no chance. |
| 10 | 6 | GALLANT CROWN (D359) | K Teetan | B/TT | Restrained to a 2-wide spot ahead of mid-division, travelled fairly rounding home turn, checked top of straight and failed to finish off. |
| 11 | 10 | PUBLICIST (H052) | C L Chau | B1/H1 | Prominent, chased leaders along the 2-path, came under serious pressure 500M, soon gave ground and weakened to last. |
| 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 |