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Happy Valley · 2025-01-15 · 10:45

Race 1

Class 5 1800m Course B 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2025-01-15 was Class 5 over 1800m. KASA PAPA, ridden by Z Purton and trained by A S Cruz, won by 1/2, with SMASHING EXPRESS second and GOLD TACK third. The winner led throughout. Victory came as the 5.6 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.49.83
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 6 KASA PAPA Wire to wire TT 1.49.83 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · A S Cruz 9 5.6 1/2
2 2 SMASHING EXPRESS Closed strongly E H Bowman · J Size 2 5.9 1/2
3 8 GOLD TACK Closed strongly B-/CP2 K De Melo · D J Hall 1 16.0 2-1/4
4 9 RUNNING AHEAD Closed strongly A Pouchin · T P Yung 6 12.0 2-1/2
5 4 FURY AND GOLD Closed strongly TT A Atzeni · C H Yip 5 7.3 3-1/2
6 1 CONFRINGO Closed strongly V/TT K C Leung · W K Mo 4 13.0 4
7 3 YOU'REMYEVERYTHING B- K H Chan · C W Chang 12 23.0 5-1/2
8 10 NICE BIRDIE TT C L Chau · C S Shum 8 34.0 5-1/2
9 5 GO GO GO PC/TT E C W Wong · W Y So 3 6.0 5-3/4
10 7 ON THE LASH PC/XB/TT M Chadwick · P C Ng 11 9.1 7-1/4
11 12 RED MAVERICK Y L Chung · Y S Tsui 7 10.0 8
12 11 WINNING SEVEN B/TT K Teetan · D J Whyte 10 14.0 9-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. KASA PAPA2. SMASHING EXPRESS+0.5L3. GOLD TACK+2.25L4. RUNNING AHEAD+2.5L5. FURY AND GOLD+3.5L6. CONFRINGO+4L7. YOU'REMYEVERYTHING+5.5L8. NICE BIRDIE+5.5L9. GO GO GO+5.75L10. ON THE LASH+7.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick SMASHING EXPRESS (22.4%) finished 2nd — the winner KASA PAPA was rated #2. Out-of-sample backtest: this board was produced by a model trained only on seasons before this race — it never saw this result.
Rank No. Horse Win % Rated price Pos
1 2 SMASHING EXPRESS 22.4% 4.47 2
2 6 KASA PAPA 17.9% 5.58 1
3 5 GO GO GO 15.1% 6.60 9
4 4 FURY AND GOLD 12.1% 8.27 5
5 7 ON THE LASH 7.3% 13.66 10
6 3 YOU'REMYEVERYTHING 5.3% 18.98 7
7 9 RUNNING AHEAD 5.1% 19.45 4
8 12 RED MAVERICK 3.5% 28.67 11
9 11 WINNING SEVEN 3.3% 30.31 12
10 10 NICE BIRDIE 3.2% 31.31 8
11 1 CONFRINGO 2.7% 37.48 6
12 8 GOLD TACK 2.1% 48.14 3
SMASHING EXPRESSKASA PAPA — wonGO GO GOFURY AND GOLDON THE LASHYOU'REMYEVERYTHINGRUNNING AHEADRED MAVERICKWINNING SEVENNICE BIRDIECONFRINGOGOLD TACK

Model vs market

Each dot is a runner: model probability across, market-implied probability up. Dots on the dashed line mean the two agreed; the gold ring is the actual winner.

Ratings are statistical estimates for analysis, not betting advice — the backtest shows no profitable edge against the Hong Kong win market. How the model works →

Dividends

Per $10 unit

WIN

6 56

PLACE

2 23

6 23

8 44

QUINELLA

2,6 173.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,6 64

2,8 158.5

6,8 174.5

FORECAST

6,2 346

TIERCE

6,2,8 3,272

TRIO

2,6,8 916

FIRST 4

2,6,8,9 1,866

QUARTET

6,2,8,9 36,002