Race 4 (745)
DIANTHUS HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1200m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 5 | FLYING WROTE (J290) | Y L Chung | H/TT | First to leave the gates, held lead into first turn, challenged at top of straight, kicked strongly, drifted in under pressure and fought on gamely to win. |
| 2 | 12 | TRAVEL GOLF (H063) | M Chadwick | B2/TT | Jumped on terms, allowed to settle sixth on the rails. Raced keenly approaching 500m, stayed on fence in straight, closed strongly for second. |
| 3 | 7 | MR VALIANT (G288) | B Avdulla | -- | Prominent early, settling third the fence. Poised on turn and stayed on inside of leader who drifted in under pressure. Ran out of room passing 50m, not fully ridden out. Placing not impacted. |
| 4 | 4 | GOLDEN RISE (H242) | H Bowman | -- | Quickly away, then eased to take sit, , settling midfield one off fence. Travelled well to turn, middle of track to make run, closed strongly late, closest at finish. |
| 5 | 9 | SPICY GOLD (H440) | A Badel | H/TT | Slow to jump, ridden along to settle worse than midfield. angled out in straight, made good ground last 200m to get fifth right on the line. |
| 6 | 11 | HERO STAR (D033) | M F Poon | TT | Ridden forward from wide gate to challenge for lead. Sat outside leader down the back, challenged leader on home turn and prominent until last 150m when peaked on run and tired. |
| 7 | 10 | TATTENHAM (H121) | A Hamelin | H | Ridden out of gates from wide gate and caught three wide throughout the run. Ridden to stay in touch to final bend. Continued to stay on after hard run and tired last 75m. |
| 8 | 6 | HAPPY FOR ALL (H181) | C Y Ho | B/TT | Jumped on only fairly, allowed to drift back to tail of field. Crowded near 550m, came wide on final turn, continued to make ground but well beaten. |
| 9 | 2 | AMAZING ACE (H359) | C L Chau | TT | Jumped well and prominent early. Had to ease coming to first turn and settled fifth, between horses. In clear ground early in straight but failed to run on and well beaten. |
| 10 | 1 | TELECOM POWER (J332) | K C Leung | B | Rider had to take hold and slowly away. Settled fourth last on fence. Off rail at 500m to make run but one paced last 200m and failed to make any ground. |
| 11 | 8 | SWEET DIAMOND (G063) | H Bentley | TT | Lunged forward before gates opened, lost considerable ground. Caught field approaching 900m. Made some ground early in straight and then beaten and faded last 200m. [Substantial blood in trachea post-race] |
| 12 | 3 | SUGAR BALL (H394) | K Teetan | H/TT | Caught wide down back straight and eased back to third last, wide no cover. Gave ground approaching final turn and eased down last 200m. |
| 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 |