Race 8 (498)
THE MARTELL XO SUPREME HANDICAP Rating:84-64 1200m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 6 | STYLISH (BV025) | F Coetzee | B/TT | Raced 4-wide 2Ls off pace early on, 3Ls down turning for home, quickened up well to lead 200 M out, kept on strongly. |
| 2 | 10 | SENSIBLE WAY (CA175) | H K Yim | SR | Always caught 3-wide 1L to 2Ls off pace to home straight, effort 300 M out but no match for winner's pace, all out to hang on for 2nd. |
| 3 | 12 | BOBO DUCK (CA063) | Y T Cheng | V | Not best away, raced 2-wide 5Ls off pace early on and similarly placed turning for home, picked up well in straight and 2.5Ls off pace 200 M out, ran on strongly to be nearest at finish. |
| 4 | 2 | RED ZONE (BP304) | M Cahill | -- | Raced 2-wide 6Ls off pace from back straight to home straight when turned in racing 5-wide, kept on very well to be nearest at finish. |
| 5 | 5 | SPLENDID STAR (CA222) | S Dye | -- | Sat just off leading bunch about 4Ls off pace 800 M out, always scrubbed along to lie up and still 4Ls down turning in, finished off well to be nearest at finish. (See Racing Incidents.) |
| 6 | 9 | TRUST ME (CA144) | W C Marwing | -- | Settled just 2Ls to 3Ls off speed on fence through to home straight, shifted out to challenge and battled on well but never looked like getting to leading pair. |
| 7 | 4 | GRANDIOSO (CA327) | D Dunn | B | Not break well, on fence 6Ls off pace through to home straight, 3Ls down and short of room 200 M out when lost a stride momentarily, ran on again. |
| 8 | 11 | MERRY MERRY (BV298) | G Mosse | -- | Prominent 1L off speed early on racing 4-wide, under pressure to keep up turning for home but still in contention 200 M out, quickly weakened away. |
| 9 | 3 | CONJURING (CA146) | W Woods | H | Led from 800 M out on fence but never clear by more than 1L, under pressure entering straight and overhauled 250 M out, dropped away. |
| 10 | 1 | FANTASY (CB187) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Led very early on before sitting 2Ls off pace on fence, travelled well turning in and disappointed for running on fence about 280 M out, chance soon gone, came home in own time. |
| 11 | 7 | EXPEDIENT (BT046) | E Legrix | -- | Joined CONJURING in lead racing 2-wide, lost ground to go 1L down and under pressure on home turn, beaten 250 M out. |
| 12 | 8 | RED DIAMOND (BS055) | K S Yu | B | Never on terms and always under pressure and at least 7Ls off pace. |
| 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 |