Race 2 (224)
FRANCE HANDICAP Rating:40-0 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 4 | NICE BIRDIE (G470) | C L Chau | TT | Wide towards rear from a wide draw improving to midfield on first bend and joint leaders 3-wide 850 metres out, gained closer to rail onto home bend, quickened well from one back into straight and gained upper hand final strides. |
| 2 | 8 | MEDIC ELITE (G129) | H Doyle | PC/TT | Ridden to join race leader after moderate start, quickened up to lead over 750 metres out gaining 1L advantage around home bend, hung on under pressure until caught close to home. |
| 3 | 10 | HANG'S CHOICE (E311) | K Teetan | B/TT | Settled just worse than midfield early, gained closer in slow tempo on stables bend reaching within 2L of pace 3-wide in 5th over 800 metres out, wide into straight, ran on under pressure to be nearest at finish. |
| 4 | 5 | ONE HEART ONE (H004) | L Hewitson | CP/XB1/TT | Settled in last few and waited with, one of the widest turning into home straight, ran on well near the centre of track but never reaching first trio. |
| 5 | 6 | BROTHER PEARL (H030) | L Ferraris | -- | Began moderately settling some 3L off the slow pace in better than midfield, became further away when pace quickened 800 metres out, 9th rounding home bend, produced good late impression closing stages. |
| 6 | 3 | HAPPY JAI JAI (E069) | Z Purton | TT | Not far off in early stages, maintained within 2L of pace in 6th when pace quickened 800 metres out, made no impression from similar position into home straight. |
| 7 | 7 | LOYAL AMBITION (E489) | J McDonald | -- | Settled in forward of midfield from moderate start, shuffled further behind in scrimmaging 1000 metres out, commenced move out wide rounding home bend and one of the widest into straight, ran home one-paced. |
| 8 | 11 | MISTER ARM (D491) | H T Mo | -- | Led with sedate pace, headed when tempo quickened inside 800 metres dropping to 4th some 2L back, kept on at the one pace under pressure in the run to the line. |
| 9 | 1 | CHARMANDER (G437) | C Y Ho | B/TT | Settled in midfield on rail early stages, dropped back to joint last into back straight, given reminders passing the 600 metres, saved ground turning in, ran on past well-beaten horses final stages. |
| 10 | 9 | DOUBLE SHOW (G250) | T Marquand | P-/B2/TT | Settled just behind race leaders on rail, dropped back to 7th some 3L back when tempo quickened 800 metres out, drifted further behind until saved ground turning into straight, ran home one-paced. |
| 11 | 2 | CIRCUIT ELITE (E487) | B Avdulla | B/TT | Began awkwardly settling in last few, made rapid progress from slow tempo from well back into back straight to join the leaders over 800 metres out, unable to sustain effort from 400 metres out. |
| 12 | 12 | COMPULSORY (E328) | A Atzeni | CP/XB | Jumped very awkwardly losing considerable ground, gained past a couple of horses in sedate pace in back straight, dropped back to last onto home bend, made no further impression. |
| 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 |