Race 2 (554)
NIIGATA HANDICAP Rating:40-0 1200m Happy Valley Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 3 | GOLDEN DARCI (H470) | J Orman | B-/XB | Taken well behind from the widest draw and waited with, trailed the field and one of the widest into straight, ran on strongly down the centre of the track to snatch victory final strides. |
| 2 | 12 | WIND SPEEDER (E281) | M L Yeung | B | Broke well from the one draw sharing early pace, gradually shifted some 2L back to 5th, became 2nd still some 2L back rounding home bend, hit the front inside the 100M only to be caught final strides. |
| 3 | 6 | RAGNARR (H297) | H Bowman | CP/H/XB | Amongst leaders early stages 4-wide, gained 1L advantage over 800M out one off the rail before home bend, kicked further clear approaching home turn but unable to sustain effort and headed inside the 100M. |
| 4 | 11 | WOODFIRE CHAMP (H292) | K C Leung | V | Soon dropped to last few despite given reminders after beginning from a poor draw, remained well behind into straight, ran on well to narrowly miss 3rd at the finish. |
| 5 | 9 | HOSS (H055) | K Teetan | B/XB/TT | Slowly away dropping to last few despite ridden along, hampered on rail 950M out, commenced move 450M out saving ground into straight, fought on steadily between runners but ran out of room closing stages. |
| 6 | 8 | WINNING HEART (H065) | A Badel | B/TT | Amongst leaders early 5-wide, shifted over 2L back to 6th after crowded onto first turn, drifted slightly further off the pace 3-wide 700M out, widest runner in last few turning in for home, fought on steadily without threatening. |
| 7 | 5 | TALENTS SUPREMO (H133) | Z Purton | V/TT | Slightly slow out settling towards rear, making steady headway when inconvenienced 600M out, continued to sneak up to 3L 3rd on rail into straight, faded inside final 150M. |
| 8 | 7 | EVER SMART (J179) | H Bentley | TT | Ridden along to share early pace in a line of 8, soon taken some 5L back to 8th behind midfield in back straight, baulked behind runners in last few early in home straight and checked 200M out, made up some late ground. |
| 9 | 1 | LUCKY GENERATIONS (J338) | L Ferraris | H/P/TT | Amongst leaders briefly before taken back to midfield before first turn, shared 6th some 4L back in back straight, baulked for a run early in home straight and checked 200M out, fought on well to the line. |
| 10 | 4 | ISLAND GOLDEN (H018) | M Chadwick | B/TT | Ridden forward 2-wide amongst leaders, settled over 1L back from the 800M, hampered 600M out and gave ground steadily. |
| 11 | 10 | SPEEDY SMARTIE (H108) | B Avdulla | CP/TT | Shared early pace 5-wide, gradually shifted over 1L back remaining very wide in back straight, over 3L back in 4th 3-wide rounding home bend, soon faded in straight. |
| 12 | 2 | SWEET DIAMOND (G063) | B Thompson | XB1/B2/TT- | Ridden forward to share early pace 4-wide, gradually shifted over 1L back remaining 4-wide in back straight, weakened noticeably under pressure home bend. (Blood in trachea) |
| 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 |