Race 7 (048)
ASH HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1650m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 7 | SILENT PARTNER (BT122) | B Marcus | B | Settled rear of midfield, steadied and dropped towards rear near winning post the first time when disappointed for running. Ran on well outer from 200 M to get up closing stages. |
| 2 | 6 | INDUBITABLY BLISS (CA058) | F Coetzee | -- | Soon took up running. Was joined from 700 M until kicking clear 200 M out. Collared by the winner concluding stages. |
| 3 | 11 | HONG KONG VITALITY (BS010) | K H Ting | B | Hard driven early but only managed position near mid-division. Ran on steadily final 150 M. |
| 4 | 8 | MANY HAPPY RETURNS (BP126) | D Whyte | -- | Held up at rear. Switched 4-wide to go forward rounding home bend. Made up good ground down centre of track from 250 M. No extra close home. |
| 5 | 5 | DELIGHTFUL SPECIAL (BP147) | K S Yu | B | Ridden along to track leader. Shared lead from rock until not able to keep up with the leader upon straightening. Kept on one-paced in 5th final 100 M. |
| 6 | 10 | MENTOR (CA253) | E Legrix | -- | 3-wide in midfield with cover. Made a little progress late. |
| 7 | 3 | GOOD NEWS (BS280) | R Fradd | B | 4-wide without cover around mid-division. Steadily forward to be 3-wide behind leaders near 900 M. Swamped inside 200 M when finding no more. |
| 8 | 9 | FORTUNE DANCER (BS081) | S Dye | B | Behind leaders on rail. Kept on fairly until beginning to give ground inside final 200 M. |
| 9 | 4 | SCENIC WONDER (BT266) | S King | -- | Travelled just rear of midfield. Dropped towards rear near 400 M. Did not obtain running final 200 M when held up behind runners. |
| 10 | 1 | STOIC (BT155) | W Woods | -- | Jumped awkwardly from difficult barrier and waited with at rear on rail. Steadied when disappointed for running near 500 M and at no stage obtained running on rail throughout the straight. |
| 11 | 2 | ALL WIN (BT106) | J Egan | B/TT | In touch to 200 M, dropped out from 200 M. |
| 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 |