Race 8 (313)
THE RED ROOM HANDICAP Rating:75-60 1650m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 2 | MULTI MILLIONS (CD207) | B Prebble | SR | Broke with them, restrained to take up spot behind speed, raced midfield 2-wide 5-6Ls away from leaders, travelled well throughout, made run between horses in straight getting clear last 150 M to sprint hard and score. |
| 2 | 7 | FORTUNE WARRIOR (CD096) | Y T Cheng | B | Average to begin, taken in behind, raced 5 back on fence 8Ls away early, had soft run to turn, angled wide entering straight and came from well back with strong run to chase down all but winner. (See Racing Incidents.) |
| 3 | 1 | FORTUNE PRINCESS (CE122) | D Whyte | -- | Jumped with them, pushed along to go forward, raced 4 back on rails 5-6Ls from speed, used nothing in run, made 2 wide run into straight, tried hard to fight out finish finding first two too strong. |
| 4 | 10 | FREEBIRD (CC319) | C Soumillon | SR/CP | Fastest into stride, took up running early and pressured until 1000 M, surrendered lead and raced behind leaders 2 wide from that point, came with 3 wide run on turn to hit lead but early effort told. Big run. (See Racing Incidents.) |
| 5 | 8 | SHANGHAI KING (CC188) | F Coetzee | CP-/TT | Slowly away, drifted back to last on rails 10Ls away, lobbed along at tail throughout, under pressure to improve on turn, gave enormous start entering straight but got going late to make good ground last 200 M. |
| 6 | 4 | SERIOUS PLAY (CC003) | H W Lai | P- | Fair to begin from wide alley, restrained to 2nd last spot 2 wide 9Ls off speed, travelled comfortably at tail, made 3-4 wide run on turn and made up fair amount of ground widest in straight. |
| 7 | 6 | SUNRISE RAINBOW (CD209) | O Doleuze | -- | Broke well, held inside position to settle 3 back on fence 3-4Ls behind leaders, had run of race in middle stages, followed paint into straight and came with promising run until 200 M but couldn't sustain effort. |
| 8 | 12 | GOLD SANDFIELD (CD054) | G Schofield | TT | Slowly into stride, settled last early, raced 2 wide 8Ls off speed throughout middle section, travelled well, under pressure entering straight, lacked the dash to figure and only battled away in stretch. (See Racing Incidents.) |
| 9 | 11 | LUCKY WINNER (CE124) | C K Tong | TT | Jumped with them, rolled forward to hold prominent spot 2 wide 4Ls off lead with cover, had good run throughout, switched out in straight but only battled away to line. |
| 10 | 5 | GOLCONDA (CA111) | A Delpech | -- | Fairly into stride from widest alley, continued to push on 3 wide early to lead shading inside horse, fast early sections, travelled on bit to turn, stuck to task to 200 M before early workload had effect and dropped out. |
| 11 | 3 | CROWNED GEM (CE056) | G Mosse | V-/SR/B2/TT | Away with them, showed early speed to battle for lead taking up running after 1000 M, shaded throughout and always working lead into stretch but couldn't keep going after early effort. |
| 12 | 9 | ELFHELM (CC342) | C Munce | B | Average to begin, raced 4 back on rails 6Ls off speed, had reasonable run throughout, followed paint in straight, closed strongly but badly checked at 100 M and race was over from that point. |
| 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 |