Race 3 (210)
CAIRNGORM HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 2
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 10 | SPOKESMAN (CD099) | B Prebble | -- | Settled 2-wide at midfield. Switched out on straightening and quickened nicely. Kept chasing in the closing stages and gunned down rival at the line. |
| 2 | 2 | FRIENDSHIP (CE066) | M W Leung | -- | Niggled to take the lead. Took a length's advantage into home straight. Kept on well despite hanging out in the final stages. Caught at the line. |
| 3 | 4 | THE ONLY ONE (CB383) | R Fradd | V-/B2 | Ridden along early stages to be in a forward position. Raced on fence and kept within 3Ls of the leader in 3rd place back straight. Stayed on well in the straight and fell short in a close finish. |
| 4 | 1 | RIGHT CHOICE (CE102) | D Whyte | -- | Taken back from a wide draw. Raced on the fence in rear section back straight. Hugged the rails making home turn and steadily made up ground in the straight. |
| 5 | 11 | NICKU NICKU (CC372) | Y T Cheng | SR | Niggled early and then settled on fence at midfield. Kept pace but unable to make up ground in the straight. |
| 6 | 8 | SOUND OF SILENCE (CD136) | O Doleuze | V1 | Settled 2-wide better than midfield. Kept within 3Ls of the leader in back straight. Unable to quicken when asked on straightening. |
| 7 | 3 | ISLAND SPIRIT (CD014) | G Schofield | -- | Eased back from widest draw and trailed field early stages. Remained in a rearward position in back straight and on straightening. Only ran past beaten runners. |
| 8 | 6 | BUDDIES POWER (CB201) | F Coetzee | CP/TT | Ridden out of the gates from wide draw and was caught wide behind the pace into 1st turn. Tracked leader in a 2-wide spot in back straight and was a length off into home straight. Weakened quickly. |
| 9 | 9 | TELECOM SUPERBOSS (CD180) | H W Lai | B | Outpaced by frontrunners and settled 3-wide without cover at midfield. Remained 3-wide against the breeze until home straight and weakened thereafter. |
| 10 | 5 | MEDIC LEGION (CE162) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Jumped awkwardly and crowded shortly after. Towards the rear early stages and trailed field in back straight. Last to enter home straight, found nothing and finished tailed out. |
| 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 |