Race 4 (159)
NIGHTJAR HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 2 | MAJESTIC ANTHEM (P238) | G Mosse | TT | Began awkwardly, bumped, unbalanced and shifted out further. Recovered, rolled forward sitting one-back, one-off into final turn. Hung in straight but ran on strongly, hit front 50m and held. |
| 2 | 5 | YOUNG TALENT (N202) | Z Purton | B/TT | Ridden forward from wide draw and able to find cover 3-back, one-off back stretch. Peeled wide entering straight and ran home strongly. |
| 3 | 3 | THE UNTOUCHABLELAD (CK398) | J Moreira | B | Allowed to stride out at own pace and held behind midfield. Well back entering straight before running home strongly down centre track. Ride queried. |
| 4 | 10 | OYSTER (L146) | W M Lai | P/TT | Taken forward from wide draw but able to cross to rail back stretch. Switched out entering straight before switching in to find clear running. Finished off well. |
| 5 | 8 | FORTUNE BRAVO (N054) | O Doleuze | B | Shaken up on leaving gates and soon in box seat. Third into straight, closed in steadily to 200m, then one-paced. |
| 6 | 1 | ABLE MAGIC (L290) | K C Leung | -- | Outpaced early and then over-raced, settling last of main bunch. Taken widest entering straight and was doing best work final 200m. |
| 7 | 12 | SUISSE D'OR (L195) | K Teetan | B2 | Rolled forward from inside draw, hugging rail inside early leader before taking over back stretch. Kicked clear 400m, still ahead 200m, one-paced final 100m. |
| 8 | 9 | MALHECHOR GOLD (M358) | C Y Ho | -- | Bumped and taken out at start, ridden to hold position first turn, forced 3-wide without cover from 800m. Found little in straight. |
| 9 | 7 | EURO SWIFTLY (CK091) | T Angland | H-/CP/TT | Crossed in soon after start to hold rail two-back from leader. No run top of straight, rolled forward when clear before run ended 100m. |
| 10 | 11 | HIGH RETURN (CK164) | K C Ng | B | Ridden forward from the start to lead initially before sitting outside leader entering back stretch. Gave ground shortly after entering straight. |
| 11 | 6 | CHINA POWER (M400) | U Rispoli | B/TT | Clipped heels and blundered after start, dropping to rear along fence. Shaken up top of straight but no response. |
| 12 | 4 | PINK SOLDIER (P360) | M Chadwick | B/TT | Slow into stride and soon under pressure, falling far behind other runners. Finished tailed off. |
| 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 |