Race 7 (647)
NEW ZEALAND HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1200m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 2
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 10 | PROPELLOR (CE263) | W M Lai | -- | Settled behind midfield. Came to challenge upon straightening and responded well inside final 200 M to swoop on leader close to home. |
| 2 | 2 | ENCORE WIN (CH251) | F Coetzee | B/TT | One pace amongst leaders. Shared pace on rails rounding home bend. Drew clear under pressure but caught by fast-finishing winner close to home. |
| 3 | 11 | TOFFEE (CE236) | C K Tong | B1 | Amongst leader early, travelling in just better than midfield far side. Similar turning in and fought on steadily to reach 3rd late. |
| 4 | 4 | SPEED FIGHTER (CD355) | H W Lai | B | Niggled at on rails early. Held rails run despite a 4th some 1L back throughout back straight. Still one back on rails in 3rd when crossed after Rock. Plugged on under pressure in straight. |
| 5 | 9 | BEAUTY PLUS (CC213) | M Nunes | TT | Began fairly, quickly settled towards rear on rails. Badly held up for a run over 250 M out before switching out and running on well to be nearest at finish. |
| 6 | 7 | VICTORY CODE (CE338) | B Prebble | B | In rear to straight. Made moderate headway running past beaten horses closing stages. |
| 7 | 5 | FLYING GENERAL (CB236) | A Delpech | SR | Raced wide from poor draw in midfield, shuffling back to rear of field at 1000 M bend. Remained rear to straight. Only ran past well beaten horses final 200 M. |
| 8 | 3 | WINE WIN (CG018) | G Mosse | B | Ridden for slender lead from wide draw racing 3-wide most of way. Dropped out upon straightening. |
| 9 | 1 | LUCKY STRAVINSKY (CE195) | K L Chui | B | Slightly slow out. Raced near rails in midfield. Saved ground on inside turning for home. Faded under pressure inside final 200 M. |
| 10 | 12 | TREASURE COLT (CE308) | Y T Cheng | SR/TT | Brief lead early. Taken back to settle just a neck off the pace far side one off the rail. Slightly inconvenienced making home bend and gave ground before turning for home. (Blood in trachea.) |
| 11 | 6 | MY SAY (CH093) | S K Sit | SR-/XB1/TT | Slightly sluggish at start. Soon urged to go forward and was racing wide with leaders far side up to 700 M when commenced to give ground. |
| 12 | 8 | SCOOT DA LOOT (CH274) | K T Yeung | -- | Raced down centre of back straight in midfield. Made some headway after Rock before running off the track not making home bend properly. Never recovered. |
| 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 |