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Happy Valley · 2025-04-09 · 10:45

Race 1

Class 5 1650m Course A 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2025-04-09 was Class 5 over 1650m. VERBIER, ridden by L Ferraris and trained by C Fownes, won by 1-1/4, with TRADITION second and WINDICATOR FAMILY third. The winner led throughout. Victory came as the 4.0 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.39.58
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 10 VERBIER Wire to wire V/TT 1.39.58 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) L Ferraris · C Fownes 7 4.0 1-1/4
2 7 TRADITION Closed strongly B Y L Chung · Y S Tsui 2 4.0 1-1/4
3 4 WINDICATOR FAMILY Closed strongly V M F Poon · D J Hall 5 10.0 1-1/4
4 5 STRONGEST BOY Closed strongly B/TT K C Leung · D A Hayes 4 17.0 2-1/4
5 9 MR ALADDIN Closed strongly PC/H1/TT A Badel · P C Ng 11 17.0 3-1/4
6 1 CERVIN TT K De Melo · W Y So 12 15.0 3-1/2
7 12 WINNING SEVEN Closed strongly B/TT M L Yeung · D J Whyte 8 41.0 3-3/4
8 2 NINJA DERBY H/TT B Avdulla · A S Cruz 3 5.7 3-3/4
9 3 SMASHING EXPRESS H Bowman · J Size 9 11.0 3-3/4
10 8 CASA LEGEND P/TT A Atzeni · C W Chang 1 12.0 4
11 11 SUPERB MOVE B/TT M Chadwick · C H Yip 6 16.0 5
12 6 WISDOM STAR TT L Hewitson · J Richards 10 124.0 11

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. VERBIER2. TRADITION+1.25L3. WINDICATOR FAMILY+1.25L4. STRONGEST BOY+2.25L5. MR ALADDIN+3.25L6. CERVIN+3.5L7. WINNING SEVEN+3.75L8. NINJA DERBY+3.75L9. SMASHING EXPRESS+3.75L10. CASA LEGEND+4L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick NINJA DERBY (16.6%) finished 8th — the winner VERBIER 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 NINJA DERBY 16.6% 6.01 8
2 10 VERBIER 14.9% 6.69 1
3 3 SMASHING EXPRESS 12.4% 8.06 9
4 8 CASA LEGEND 11.4% 8.75 10
5 7 TRADITION 9.9% 10.06 2
6 4 WINDICATOR FAMILY 9.9% 10.07 3
7 11 SUPERB MOVE 7.1% 14.11 11
8 1 CERVIN 6.4% 15.65 6
9 9 MR ALADDIN 4.2% 23.74 5
10 5 STRONGEST BOY 3.5% 28.67 4
11 6 WISDOM STAR 2.1% 48.40 12
12 12 WINNING SEVEN 1.5% 67.47 7
NINJA DERBYVERBIER — wonSMASHING EXPRESSCASA LEGENDTRADITIONWINDICATOR FAMILYSUPERB MOVECERVINMR ALADDINSTRONGEST BOYWISDOM STARWINNING SEVEN

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

10 40.5

PLACE

4 29.5

7 14.5

10 18

QUINELLA

7,10 119

QUINELLA PLACE

4,7 80.5

4,10 77.5

7,10 48

FORECAST

10,7 243

TIERCE

10,7,4 1,603

TRIO

4,7,10 316

FIRST 4

4,5,7,10 1,134

QUARTET

10,7,4,5 21,921