Race 2 (027)
WOODPECKER HANDICAP Rating:36-0 1650m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 1 | COUNTRY DRAGON (BV294) | F Coetzee | -- | Made all. Hung on well. |
| 2 | 5 | DRAGON WIN (BV242) | W C Marwing | B | Settled behind leader. Unable to quicken under pressure in straight. |
| 3 | 7 | JADE RUYI (BV118) | J Egan | -- | Settled at the back. Commenced move at Rock. Circled field home bend. Ran on steadily in straight to be nearest at finish. (See Racing Incidents.) |
| 4 | 2 | BELOVED PARTNER (BV022) | K S Yu | B- | Travelled just better than midfield. Quickened to be close-up 3rd into straight. Found no extra inside 200 M. |
| 5 | 10 | NAZAKAT II (BV204) | S K Sit | P-/B2 | Midfield throughout. Kept on steadily under pressure in straight. |
| 6 | 6 | ALLEZ ALLEZ (BV205) | T Culhane | B | Jumped badly. Rear. Improving when inconvenienced home bend. Made up good ground in straight doing best work at finish. |
| 7 | 3 | FAITHFUL ASSURANCE (BS179) | H K Yim | -- | Rider lost iron early. Quickly improved to position in better than midfield. Just kept on at the one pace in straight. |
| 8 | 11 | HOT POT (BV161) | R Fradd | B | Mainly in better than midfield to straight. Gradually faded. |
| 9 | 4 | MONEY STAR (BT302) | K H Ting | -- | Jumped awkwardly. Never better than midfield. Hampered and lost ground into straight. |
| 10 | 12 | TEAM TONIC (BV174) | D Dunn | P-/B2 | Never seen with a chance. |
| 11 | 9 | FLYING MAGIC (BV057) | W M Lai | -- | Prominent 3-wide to straight. Weakened. |
| 12 | 8 | WEALTHY TOGETHER (BV281) | S Baster | B | Behind midfield. Weakened into straight. |
| 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 |