Race 2 (328)
DOW JONES HANDICAP Rating:72-48 1200m Happy Valley Good
Section 2
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 4 | GUTS (BM052) | B Marcus | -- | Jumped smartly winning battle to lead around first corner, moved clear past 800 M, 2Ls break straightening keeping going under vigorous ride. |
| 2 | 5 | NORTHERN CELADON (BK046) | T Quinn | -- | Began fairly lacking early speed to be 7th one-wide around first turn, 4Ls off lead at 800 M when steadied, 6Ls away home turn, to extreme outside after straightening, ran on well under hard riding. |
| 3 | 1 | ACTION TIME (BK016) | G Mosse | -- | Began on terms but trapped wide in early part dropping back off midfield, went forward past 800 M to 3rd 3-wide 2Ls off lead at 600 M, whip straightening reaching 2nd at 300 M, cut out of it on the line. |
| 4 | 8 | HERCULES (BK129) | K M Chin | -- | One of the best away but trapped wide to first turn before going forward to 4th one-wide 2Ls from lead, dropped back to 5th 4Ls away at 600 M there turning in battling on solidly in straight. |
| 5 | 2 | OPTIC FASHION (BN094) | C K Tse | -- | Away quickly contesting early lead to first turn, 2nd 1L off speed at 700 M, pushed along home turn whip at 300 M then one-paced. |
| 6 | 10 | ROYAL PRIDE (BJ233) | D Holland | -- | Jumped fairly being midfield when steadied around 1000 M bend, 5th 3-wide 3Ls off lead at 700 M, dropped back to 5Ls away at 500 M, hard ridden straightening, compounded from 150 M. |
| 7 | 3 | QUITE EASY (BM184) | L O'Sullivan | -- | Jumped on terms then hard ridden attempting to hold forward spot, lacked pace and was 6th inside at 1000 M, 4Ls from speed at Rock, ridden along from 500 M, whip at 300 M, only battled. |
| 8 | 12 | JUMBLE PET (BH189) | K H Ting | -- | Began awkwardly losing ground and with tailenders around first turn, 10th wide 5Ls from pace at 650 M, 4-deep at 600 M, hard ridden before home turn only plodding in straight. |
| 9 | 9 | COROLLARY (BN002) | Y S Wong | -- | Jumped on terms then not able to match early pace and drifting back when checked on first turn, dropped out last at 800 M, ridden along from 500 M, could not improve in straight. |
| 10 | 7 | COP THE CASH (BK217) | L F Chung | -- | Began fairly ridden along to stay in touch early part settling 4th fence 2Ls off lead, 3Ls away hard ridden at 400 M, whip at 200 M but lost ground rapidly. (Demoted.) |
| 11 | 11 | NEW PET (BM190) | G Childs | -- | Began on terms but lacked speed to hold inside and was drifting back when checked around 1000 M bend, 11th inside 8Ls from speed at Rock, there turning in failing to flatter in straight. |
| 12 | 6 | EASTERN SAGA (BH062) | C W Choi | -- | Missed start hopelessly then ridden along to tack on at 800 M, 10th 3-wide 8Ls back at Rock, very wide turning in, only plugged. |
| 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 |