Race 4 (688)
HEREFORD HANDICAP Rating:60-40 1200m Happy Valley Good
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 10 | LEAN MASTER (H134) | H Bentley | B/TT | Jumped quickly from rails draw and able to lead without pressure. Kicked clear and fought on strongly when challenged and holding margin on the line. |
| 2 | 5 | SCOTCH TYCOON (G088) | L Ferraris | B/TT1 | Jumped well from good draw and quickly third behind the leader. Came off fence to challenge coming to home turn. Fought hard to the line but unable to chase down leader. |
| 3 | 3 | AMAZING ACE (H359) | Z Purton | B-/TT | Began well and settled fifth, one off the fence. Chased hard in the straight but well held by first two. |
| 4 | 7 | FLYING WROTE (J290) | Y L Chung | H/TT | Quickly away and settled outside leader. Pushed three wide on home turn stayed on strongly to hold fourth. |
| 5 | 8 | SWEET SMILE (J282) | H Bowman | -- | Only jumped fairly and then ridden hard to hold forward position settling midfield on the fence. Ridden hard near rail in the straight to challenge and stayed on final 100m. |
| 6 | 9 | SKY PROPHET (J095) | K Teetan | B-/TT | Allowed to cross to rails at tail of field from outside draw. Stayed on rails in straight and tightened at 150m mark, then ran on last 100m. |
| 7 | 11 | SPEEDY CHARIOT (H193) | A Atzeni | B/TT | Only fairly away and ridden hard from 800m to hold position. Laid in at 200m and continued to fight hard to the line when straightened. |
| 8 | 1 | EXUBERANT (E282) | C L Chau | B/TT | Slowly away and ridden along early to stay in touch with field in second last position. Brought to middle of track in straight and made some ground late, closest on the line. |
| 9 | 6 | ERNEST FEELING (E209) | A Hamelin | B/TT | Jumped well and ridden to take up forward position, but caught three wide without cover most of the race. Under pressure from top of straight. |
| 10 | 12 | SO AWESOME (D258) | L Hewitson | B/TT | Shifted in at start and bumped before being caught three wide with cover from 800m mark. Came wide on the home turn and too far back to make impression. |
| 11 | 4 | EXCEL WONGCHOY (J194) | C Y Ho | B1/TT | Caught wide from wide gate early before settling midfield, one off the fence at 700m. Rider lost whip at 200m and faded last 100m. |
| 12 | 2 | FLOOF (H432) | H T Mo | TT1 | Settled midfield, three wide with cover. Under pressure passing 700m mark and made no impression in straight, finishing last. |
| 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 |