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Happy Valley · 2025-04-02 · 13:15

Race 6

Class 4 1650m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 6 at Happy Valley on 2025-04-02 was Class 4 over 1650m. TOP TIME, ridden by K De Melo and trained by W Y So, won by 3/4, with SOARING BRONCO second and AMAZING AWARD third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.2 favourite VIVA GRACIOUSNESS finished 11th.

Result

Official · 1.39.47
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 7 TOP TIME Closed strongly 1.39.47 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K De Melo · W Y So 3 6.7 3/4
2 11 SOARING BRONCO Closed strongly PC/TT K C Leung · P C Ng 9 9.5 3/4
3 8 AMAZING AWARD Closed strongly CP-/B2/TT K Teetan · D Eustace 7 14.0 1-1/2
4 3 HAPPY DAILY Closed strongly TT Y L Chung · C H Yip 6 29.0 2-1/4
5 2 FOREMOST TEDDY V-/B2/TT M F Poon · C S Shum 4 23.0 2-1/2
6 5 RED MAJESTY B/TT M L Yeung · D A Hayes 1 9.6 3
7 9 GOR MO TUEN Closed strongly TT C L Chau · T P Yung 11 116.0 4
8 12 COURIER MAGIC B/XB B Thompson · K L Man 2 3.7 4-1/2
9 6 THE HEIR B Avdulla · C Fownes 8 11.0 5-3/4
10 4 SMART FIGHTER Led early TT M Chadwick · P F Yiu 12 38.0 7-3/4
11 1 VIVA GRACIOUSNESS TT Z Purton · A S Cruz 10 3.2 16
12 10 SANTORINI B-/V1 A Atzeni · F C Lor 5 92.0 19-3/4
0 COMET SPLENDIDO H Bowman · C S Shum

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. TOP TIME2. SOARING BRONCO+0.75L3. AMAZING AWARD+1.5L4. HAPPY DAILY+2.25L5. FOREMOST TEDDY+2.5L6. RED MAJESTY+3L7. GOR MO TUEN+4L8. COURIER MAGIC+4.5L9. THE HEIR+5.75L10. SMART FIGHTER+7.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick COURIER MAGIC (22.6%) finished 8th — the winner TOP TIME was rated #6. 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 12 COURIER MAGIC 22.6% 4.43 8
2 1 VIVA GRACIOUSNESS 14.8% 6.77 11
3 6 THE HEIR 13.2% 7.57 9
4 8 AMAZING AWARD 9.3% 10.81 3
5 11 SOARING BRONCO 9.1% 10.98 2
6 7 TOP TIME 8.7% 11.49 1
7 5 RED MAJESTY 6.7% 14.95 6
8 3 HAPPY DAILY 4.5% 22.19 4
9 2 FOREMOST TEDDY 4.3% 23.43 5
10 4 SMART FIGHTER 3.2% 30.86 10
11 10 SANTORINI 2.7% 36.85 12
12 9 GOR MO TUEN 1.0% 103.93 7
COURIER MAGICVIVA GRACIOUSNESSTHE HEIRAMAZING AWARDSOARING BRONCOTOP TIME — wonRED MAJESTYHAPPY DAILYFOREMOST TEDDYSMART FIGHTERSANTORINIGOR MO TUEN

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

7 67

PLACE

7 22

8 28

11 34.5

QUINELLA

7,11 402

QUINELLA PLACE

7,8 112.5

7,11 123.5

8,11 183.5

FORECAST

7,11 739

TIERCE

7,11,8 5,619

TRIO

7,8,11 1,297

FIRST 4

3,7,8,11 5,069

QUARTET

7,11,8,3 80,731

All pools (1 more)

5TH DOUBLE

11/7 486.5

11/11 166