Race 7 (349)
CONNAUGHT HANDICAP Rating:80-60 1650m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 12 | M UNICORN (G466) | C Y Ho | H/P/TT | Slightly slow out settling towards the rear, commenced move wide rounding home bend, quickened well to hit the front over 200 metres out, just held on from runner-up's strong late burst of speed. |
| 2 | 4 | QUANTUM PATCH (H166) | K Teetan | -- | Held up in rear and waited with, commenced move on top of home bend going very wide into straight, ran on well down the centre of the track to just fail to get up on line. |
| 3 | 3 | CALIFORNIA VOCE (H258) | B Avdulla | TT | Bumped and unbalanced at start settling in midfield in 8th on rail, commenced move entering home straight, did not find much room after straightening, finished off well once into the clear inside final 200 metres. |
| 4 | 7 | ALL BEAUTY (E355) | Y L Chung | -- | Settled well behind from a poor draw, widest of all entering home straight, ran on well under pressure down the centre of the track and did work late. |
| 5 | 8 | SOLID IMPACT (E447) | K De Melo | B- | Broke well amongst leaders early, settled some 4L back in 6th and slightly closer in 5th in back straight, switched for a run over 200 metres out to produce moderate progress closing stages. |
| 6 | 6 | IVY LEAGUE (H116) | L Ferraris | H/SR/XB/TT | Jumped awkwardly, restrained some 4L back in 5th or 6th , saving ground in similar position turning into home straight, kept on at the same pace under pressure without quickening. |
| 7 | 5 | LUCKY EIGHT (G204) | M F Poon | B- | Jumped well from the one draw, restrained 2L back in 4th into back straight, chased leaders most of the way to home straight, kept on at the one pace without quickening under pressure. |
| 8 | 2 | TOURBILLON PRINCE (H122) | Z Purton | TT | Pressed forward from a poor draw going 4-wide vying for lead around first bend, obtained rails run in front over 1150 metres out holding narrow advantage to the 300 metres, soon weakened. (Tactic questioned) |
| 9 | 1 | SILVER SONIC (H171) | H Bentley | XB | Jumped awkwardly, settled 2-wide in midfield switching wider entering home straight, found nothing. |
| 10 | 11 | U S S CONSTITUTION (H357) | A Atzeni | B/TT | Began fairly from the widest draw, pressed forward around first bend to join race leader into back straight, soon weakened out of contention inside final 350 metres. |
| 11 | 9 | STAR CONTACT (E472) | L Hewitson | CP/TT | Ridden positively to vie for lead early, settled for one-out-one-back position entering back straight, came to challenge turning into home straight, soon weakened. (Blood in trachea) |
| 12 | 10 | TRADITION (J111) | A Hamelin | B | Crowded at start and soon dropped to last few on the rail, saved ground turning for home but soon dropped out of contention. |
| 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 |