Race 6 (766)
THE MANAWATU RACING CLUB CHALLENGE TROPHY (HANDICAP) Rating:80-60 1650m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 2
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 11 | FLYING QUEST (A071) | M F Poon | B | Taken back and raced at the tail, 2 wide, swung widest and battled on gamely to score by 3/4L. |
| 2 | 12 | PERFECT TO PLAY (B095) | C Y Ho | H/TT | Eased and found cover in just behind midfield, 2 wide, showed good dashes and continued nicely to the line. |
| 3 | 10 | ACCLAIMED LIGHT (T369) | M Chadwick | B | Rolled forward and raced the box-seat, ran on fairly to the line. |
| 4 | 5 | XIANG BAI QI (B336) | A Sanna | -- | Settled to race in front of midfield, along the rail, kept on going to the line. |
| 5 | 2 | RICKFIELD (V046) | A Domeyer | XB | Travelled in midfield, along the rail, ran on to the line. |
| 6 | 7 | LET'S TAKE IT EASY (A140) | N Callan | H/V | Eased then settled in worse than midfield, 2 wide, improved slightly. |
| 7 | 1 | STIMULATION (B351) | C Schofield | CP/TT | Jumped only fairly, then failed to muster, in worse than midfield along the rail, made slight ground. |
| 8 | 8 | FARSHAD (B238) | H N Wong | B | Ridden before taking cover in midfield, 2 wide, did not improve. |
| 9 | 9 | SHOUSON (C326) | M Harley | B | Eased and raced at the rear, along the rail, did not save ground. |
| 10 | 6 | HEAVENLY THOUGHT (C163) | K C Leung | H | Raced in one-off one-back position, found no extra near 150M. |
| 11 | 3 | WIN WIN (B472) | Z Purton | B | Rolled forward, obtained lead on rail at 1000M, headed when found no extra passing 200M. (See Incident Report) |
| 12 | 4 | BIG BANG BONG (V186) | U Rispoli | TT | Ridden and settled outside the lead, stayed on until emptied at 200M. (See Incident Report) |
| 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 |