Race 7 (121)
DORDENMA HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1650m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 12 | JOLLY HONOUR (C080) | G van Niekerk | B/TT | Broke well, travelled 3-wide in midfield around first bend, shifted slightly backward for cover into back straight, renewed effort rounding home bend and wide into straight, hit the front under pressure over 200 metres out. |
| 2 | 11 | SURREALISM (C285) | R Bayliss | H | Jumped fairly, settled in last few, switched out for clear run 200 metres out, finished off the race strongly to just fail to get up on line. |
| 3 | 6 | RELIABLE TEAM (C345) | Z Purton | -- | Ridden to first few early stages, tight between runners and drifted back to 4th early in back straight, renewed effort on top of home bend holding good chance early in straight, unable to sustain effort closing stages. |
| 4 | 5 | JADE FORTUNE (V020) | K C Leung | B | Settled in midfield, carried slightly back on the rail rounding home bend, did not find much room in critical stage of straight, fought on well to the line. |
| 5 | 9 | SUMSTREETSUMWHERE (B283) | B Shinn | H/V | Jumped fairly, settled mainly in forward of midfield, commenced move on outside rounding home bend, held some chance early in straight but unable to sustain effort inside the final 200 metres. |
| 6 | 1 | COT CAMPBELL (C298) | A Domeyer | B/XB | Slowly away, settled in rear on the rail, commenced move going up the Rock and continued to circle the field rounding home bend, widest runner turning in, sustained headway to be nearest at finish. |
| 7 | 8 | BIG BANG BONG (V186) | C Schofield | TT | Began well, travelled wide in first few around first bend, improved to join the leader early in back straight and hit the front rounding home bend, unable to sustain effort and swamped inside the final 200 metres. |
| 8 | 3 | SARRI (C196) | N Callan | -- | Travelled in better than midfield on the rail, steadied for a run entering home straight, unable to sustain effort under pressure inside the final 200 metres. |
| 9 | 10 | MONSTER KAKA (B319) | J Moreira | PC-/H/P1 | Taken well back from a wide gate, trailed the field most of the way to home straight, saved ground on inside but baulked for a run until the 200 metres, fought on well to the line. |
| 10 | 4 | HIGH VOLATILITY (V081) | A Sanna | B2 | Failed to muster and soon dropped to midfield, inconvenienced on the rail making first bend, remained towards the rear thereafter, kept on same pace without quickening in home straight. (Lame next day) |
| 11 | 7 | GO GO FIRST (B205) | M Chadwick | B/TT | Pressed forward from the widest gate travelling wide in midfield rounding first bend, improved to lead and cross for the rail about 700 metres out, led until headed into home straight, dropped out tamely. |
| 12 | 2 | CALIFORNIA ARGENT (C042) | K Teetan | H/TT | Began well, led until ceding advantage for 3rd over 700 metres out, came under pressure entering home straight, hung in badly and lost position early in home straight. |
| 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 |