Race 4 (409)
THE MANAWATU RACING CLUB CHALLENGE TROPHY (HANDICAP) Rating:88-64 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 5 | PINKY LONG LEGS (BN186) | M Kinane | -- | Waited with. Angled off rails for a run rounding home bend and ran on strongly down home straight to assert authority over 100 M out despite shifting inwards. (Promoted.) |
| 2 | 2 | EN RAPPORT (BP122) | W Woods | B | Towards rear to straight. Made up a lot of ground inside final 300 M to be nearest at finish. |
| 3 | 4 | BIG MAC (BL155) | E Legrix | -- | Towards rear, improving to midfield home bend. Ran on well down straight to be nearest at finish. |
| 4 | 8 | PERFECT SMILE (BM205) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Close up until swamped for 2nd closing stages. |
| 5 | 13 | TAKE OFF (BN234) | H K Cheung | B | Attempted to make all, but overhauled closing stages. |
| 6 | 1 | FORTUNE MAKER (BP061) | B Marcus | -- | Midfield until dropping back towards rear home bend. Recovered good late ground inside final 200 M to be nearest at finish. |
| 7 | 11 | ASPIRATION (BP003) | P Payne | -- | Mostly some 3Ls off pace before slightly hampered and dropped to midfield home bend. Made steady progress down home straight until baulked over 150 M out. |
| 8 | 3 | PERFECT SWING (BM243) | P Strydom | -- | Around midfield before making an effort going up Rock to reach 2nd briefly over 400 M out, but soon weakened. |
| 9 | 6 | BEST ONE (BH010) | W M Lai | -- | Travelled mainly in midfield until badly checked over 400 M out. |
| 10 | 7 | PILOT WIN (BP023) | A Munro | -- | Never far off to straight then faded. |
| 11 | 14 | MISS PIGGY (BJ204) | L F Chung | -- | Made no show. |
| 12 | 12 | GOOD FORTUNE (BN102) | D Oliver | -- | Towards rear before making steady headway from Rock to be 3L 4th 400 M out, then dropped out upon straightening. |
| 13 | 9 | CRAIG'S PRIDE (BP213) | K H Ting | -- | Prominent until badly hampered home bend. Never recovered. |
| 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 |