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Happy Valley · 2025-03-19 · 11:10

Race 2

Class 3 1000m Course B 9 runners

Race 2 at Happy Valley on 2025-03-19 was Class 3 over 1000m. COLOURFUL KING, ridden by A Atzeni and trained by D Eustace, won by NOSE, with YOUTHFUL SPIRITS second and CELESTIAL COLOURS third. The 1.9 favourite YOUTHFUL SPIRITS finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 0.56.26
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 3 COLOURFUL KING TT 0.56.26 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Atzeni · D Eustace 1 6.4 NOSE
2 2 YOUTHFUL SPIRITS SR/V/TT L Ferraris · M Newnham 7 1.9 NOSE
3 1 CELESTIAL COLOURS V/TT H Bowman · J Richards 3 7.0 1-1/4
4 6 WATCH THIS ONE TT1 M F Poon · P C Ng 6 16.0 2-1/4
5 7 HEROIC MASTER B/TT M Chadwick · F C Lor 8 11.0 3-3/4
6 9 GIDDY UP TT E C W Wong · J Richards 2 7.6 4
7 5 SPARKLING FELLOW B Avdulla · D J Hall 9 12.0 8-1/4
8 4 CARROLL STREET CP-/SR-/B2/TT- D McDonogh · D J Whyte 4 43.0 8-1/2
9 8 SAL XB1 M L Yeung · C W Chang 5 78.0 10-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. COLOURFUL KING2. YOUTHFUL SPIRITS+0.05L3. CELESTIAL COLOURS+1.25L4. WATCH THIS ONE+2.25L5. HEROIC MASTER+3.75L6. GIDDY UP+4L7. SPARKLING FELLOW+8.25L8. CARROLL STREET+8.5L9. SAL+10.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick SPARKLING FELLOW (19.9%) finished 7th — the winner COLOURFUL KING was rated #3. 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 5 SPARKLING FELLOW 19.9% 5.02 7
2 2 YOUTHFUL SPIRITS 18.7% 5.34 2
3 3 COLOURFUL KING 18.1% 5.51 1
4 1 CELESTIAL COLOURS 15.4% 6.49 3
5 4 CARROLL STREET 7.3% 13.66 8
6 7 HEROIC MASTER 7.1% 14.09 5
7 6 WATCH THIS ONE 6.7% 14.91 4
8 9 GIDDY UP 5.8% 17.15 6
9 8 SAL 0.9% 116.90 9
SPARKLING FELLOWYOUTHFUL SPIRITSCOLOURFUL KING — wonCELESTIAL COLOURSCARROLL STREETHEROIC MASTERWATCH THIS ONEGIDDY UPSAL

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

3 64.5

PLACE

1 20.5

2 10.1

3 20

QUINELLA

2,3 67.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,2 27.5

1,3 59.5

2,3 29.5

FORECAST

3,2 163

TIERCE

3,2,1 723

TRIO

1,2,3 83

FIRST 4

1,2,3,6 330

QUARTET

3,2,1,6 8,445

All pools (1 more)

1ST DOUBLE

8/2 47.5

8/3 614.5