Race 1 (546)
HYACINTH HANDICAP Rating:40-10 1200m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 2 | NOVEL START (M255) | B Prebble | B | Made good use of the low draw to lead from wire to wire, just held off late challenge under pressure. |
| 2 | 11 | ASMODAI (M101) | M Du Plessis | B/SR1 | Broke fairly from rail draw, settled one back on rails to straight, soon came to challenge upon straightening, failed to peg back winner the length of straight. |
| 3 | 5 | HOT PEPPER (CJ236) | T Angland | TT | Broke fairly, settled in midfield on rails, forced to switch out for a run inside 300 M, failed to quicken under pressure. |
| 4 | 9 | FASCINATING SMILE (CK335) | C K Tong | B | Began from a wide draw, soon taken back to travel on inside just worse than midfield, saved ground and snuck on rails on straightening, kept on same pace in the run home. (Questioned for disappointing performance.) |
| 5 | 12 | JUST GOOD (L133) | Y T Cheng | H | Slow out, remained well behind to straight, saved a lot of ground on rails turning in, ran on steadily down inner of straight without threatening. |
| 6 | 3 | GRANDFIELD (CJ250) | T Clark | B | Settled in midfield, just worse turning in, kept on same pace in the run home. |
| 7 | 7 | MARVEL PLUS (L281) | A Suborics | V/TT | Very awkwardly away losing considerable ground, trailed the field before effort out wide rounding home bend, sustained progress down centre of straight to be nearest at finish. |
| 8 | 1 | DRAGON CHOICE (L338) | J Lloyd | B/TT | Began fairly, raced keenly outside leader early far side, remained prominent into straight, faded gradually. |
| 9 | 4 | FLYING KEEPER (M191) | Z Purton | -- | Began moderately, travelled in last few, hampered over 250 M out, ran home one-paced. (Questioned for disappointing performance.) |
| 10 | 8 | WORLD WAY (L202) | K C Leung | B | Began fairly, close up early, gradually shuffled backward to forward of midfield halfway out, made no impression in straight. |
| 11 | 10 | HEY HA MASTER (L208) | H W Lai | CP/TT | Broke well from a wide draw, remained prominent and wide without cover down far side and around the bend, soon weakened after straightening. |
| 12 | 6 | HEXAGON (L121) | M L Yeung | H/P/TT | Well there to straight, folded up quickly after straightening. |
| 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 |