Race 5 (378)
RUBY HANDICAP Rating:60-40 2200m Happy Valley Yielding
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 6 | SUPER COMBED (CB392) | F Coetzee | B | Crossed to the fence to rear from widest draw. Switched out and edged forward turning for home. Hung in down home straight but still able to show good turn of foot to grab lead near finish. |
| 2 | 1 | HAPPY CONTENDER (CC152) | A Marcus | BO | Shared lead on rail in the early to middle stages. Took outright lead from 800 M. 1L up on straightening and kept on well but was unable to match speed with winner in the final stages to settle for 2nd. |
| 3 | 12 | BIEN BIEN HEART (CC095) | A Delpech | B1 | Soon settled in midfield on rail. Niggled along to maintain position rounding the home turn. Under pressure 300 M out and responded fairly to take 3rd place without threatening the 1st pair. |
| 4 | 9 | ON THE TEE (CB052) | G Schofield | SR | Began well and settled in better than midfield on rail. Pushed along at home bend and crept closer to the leader. Kept on fairly down home straight but was unable to fend off late challenge from 3rd placegetter. |
| 5 | 8 | THISTLEJADE (CA161) | S Dye | B | Soon eased to the rear section 2-wide. Switched wide and made little progress turning for home. Under pressure 300 M out and made up little ground inside final 200 M to be closest at finish. |
| 6 | 5 | SALUZI (CB147) | M W Leung | -- | Soon raced in worse than midfield on rail through to home straight. Made up little ground inside the final 200 M to be closest at finish when asked 250 M out. |
| 7 | 4 | ENORMOUS WAY (BV136) | W Smith | -- | Broke early and niggled along to race in midfield or worse 2-wide. Switched out and ridden along to hold position at home bend. Slightly short for room early straight, only ran on evenly to the line when clear 200 M out. |
| 8 | 3 | DON SEBASTIAN (BS297) | W M Lai | B | Soon raced in rearward position 2-wide. Made little headway from the outside down latter part of back straight and rounding the home turn. Unable to quicken when asked 250 M out and ran on evenly to the line. |
| 9 | 11 | DOLPHIN STAR (CC271) | D Boeuf | B/SR | Broke fairly and raced in midfield or better 2 to 3-wide. Commenced to lose ground rounding the home turn to be in worse than midfield on straightening. Made no impression in the straight. |
| 10 | 2 | HIGH SKY (BS203) | G Mosse | B | Soon took lead with around 1/2L advantage 2-wide but proved difficult to settle. From 1000 M steadily eased back to 2nd place 2-wide. Hard ridden to hold position at home bend. No extra in straight and faded inside final 200 M. |
| 11 | 10 | WAIALAE WIN (CB012) | R Fradd | B | Broke fairly but steadily eased to a rearward position 3-wide without cover. At the 1200 M commenced to go forward from the outside to be in better than midfield turning for home. Found nothing in straight. |
| 12 | 7 | PRODIGY (BS294) | C Williams | -- | Slightly slow into stride and niggled along to race in better than midfield. Under pressure at home turn to hold position. No response in straight and dropped out quickly inside final 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 |