Race 7 (131)
DARWIN HANDICAP Rating:88-64 1000m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 7 | TRADEMARK (BN184) | W Woods | -- | Began fairly. Close up on rails. Gained upper hand inside final 200 M then never threatened. (Promoted.) |
| 2 | 1 | AMERICAN WAY (BL110) | R Hughes | B | Towards rear until making good progress down home straight to be nearest at finish. |
| 3 | 3 | DRAGON'S PAL (BL083) | B Doyle | B | Held narrow lead before joined by winner early in straight. Battled on until tiring close home. |
| 4 | 12 | HAPPY BOY (BP292) | B Marcus | -- | Mainly in midfield before making moderate headway around home bend to be just behind leaders entering straight, then kept on one pace under pressure. |
| 5 | 6 | ROARING SUCCESS (BP072) | P Payne | -- | Brief lead early, then gave ground gradually reaching midfield home bend but kept on same pace in straight. |
| 6 | 11 | INCREASE SPEED (BN049) | D Whyte | -- | Never far off. One-paced in straight. (Rider dropped whip 100 M.) |
| 7 | 2 | GRASSLAND STAR (BL108) | F Coetzee | -- | Close up to straight then kept on until finding no extra close home. |
| 8 | 10 | BALL BALL-SAN (BP178) | E Legrix | -- | Never in contention. |
| 9 | 5 | SPEED WIN (BS001) | R Fradd | -- | Never a factor. |
| 10 | 8 | TRULY DELIGHTED (BP057) | W M Lai | -- | Midfield briefly and soon dropped to last few. |
| 11 | 9 | SOLID GOLD (BN211) | A Munro | -- | Squeezed out at start then trailed field throughout. |
| 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 |