Race 2 (665)
TATHONG CHANNEL HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 2
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 1 | ROMANTIC LAOS (G476) | Z Purton | H/TT | Settled mainly in forward of midfield in 5th, came to challenge upon straightening and gained upper hand inside the 100 metres, won cosily. |
| 2 | 3 | FEARLESS FIRE (B085) | L Currie | B/XB | Soon led, increased tempo 1100 metres out gaining a 4L break early in back straight, maintained over 1L advantage onto home bend, similar early in straight but only to be headed inside the 100 metres, fought on for 2nd. |
| 3 | 12 | UNITED ENDEAVORS (G030) | M L Yeung | H | Not far off the pace in 4th on rail, further back when tempo quickened early in back straight, gained under pressure to 1L 2nd over 600 metres out, held some chance in straight until outsprinted 100 metres out. |
| 4 | 6 | PALACE PAL (G172) | H Bowman | -- | Settled in midfield in 6th on rail, commenced move over 600 metres out reaching 4th some 3L back on rail making home turn, kept on early in straight until finding no extra inside final 100 metres. |
| 5 | 2 | BLISSFUL STAR (E168) | K Teetan | V/TT | Ridden forward to be up with the pace, some 4L back in joint 3rd in quick tempo early in back straight, came under pressure 3-wide some 2L back onto home bend but dropped to 6th very wide into straight, kept on at the one pace. |
| 6 | 10 | PERFECT TO GREAT (D327) | M Chadwick | SR-/V2/TT | Inconvenienced at start and soon taken back to last few, remained well back into straight, produced good late impression inside final 100 metres. |
| 7 | 8 | KUNGFUMASTER PANDA (C153) | C L Chau | B/TT | Inconvenienced at start losing ground settling in last few, came under pressure home bend and saved ground making final turn, ran home at the one pace down the inside of the track. |
| 8 | 9 | CHOICERUS (H029) | L Hewitson | B-/SR2 | Jumped awkwardly from the widest draw losing ground, trailed the field on rail to straight, fought on well past well-beaten horses. |
| 9 | 5 | DARCI LEGEND (G376) | C Y Ho | H-/TT | Badly bumped at start and soon dropped to last few, commenced move 3-wide rounding home bend and remained well back into straight, ran past well-beaten horses without threatening. |
| 10 | 7 | GOLD STERLING (H032) | A Badel | B1/TT1 | Pressed forward from a wide draw to obtain midfield position in 7th, remained in similar position despite coming under pressure 550 metres out, weakened noticeably 100 metres out. |
| 11 | 4 | RELIABLE PROFIT (G462) | M F Poon | B1/TT1 | Jumped awkwardly and soon came to vie for lead wide onto first bend, settled over 3L behind fast leader losing rails run 700 metres out, gradually weakened from 3rd rounding home bend. |
| 12 | 11 | JIANGXI STAMINA (D051) | H Bentley | B/TT | Never better than midfield, gave ground under pressure from approaching home bend. (Roarer as reported previously) |
| 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 |