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Happy Valley · 2025-04-09 · 14:55

Race 9

Class 3 1200m Course A 12 runners

Race 9 at Happy Valley on 2025-04-09 was Class 3 over 1200m. GOLDEN EMPIRE, ridden by K De Melo and trained by K W Lui, won by HD, with STORM RIDER second and SUGAR SUGAR third. The 2.5 favourite STORM RIDER finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.09.45
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 GOLDEN EMPIRE B 1.09.45 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K De Melo · K W Lui 2 7.0 HD
2 7 STORM RIDER CP B Avdulla · D A Hayes 5 2.5 HD
3 1 SUGAR SUGAR B/TT E C W Wong · C Fownes 11 23.0 1-1/4
4 8 GOLDEN RISE B A Atzeni · J Size 7 7.2 2
5 9 CHARMING BABE TT A Hamelin · P F Yiu 6 8.8 2-1/4
6 6 RISING FROM ASHES B/TT K Teetan · C W Chang 3 27.0 3-1/2
7 12 YOUNG ARROW CP H Bentley · D J Whyte 9 7.9 3-1/2
8 2 ABSOLUTE HONOUR TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 4 34.0 3-3/4
9 11 RUN RUN SMART TT A Badel · F C Lor 12 53.0 4
10 3 PRESTIGE ALWAYS V-/B2/TT M F Poon · P C Ng 10 36.0 4-1/4
11 4 SUPER JOY N FUN XB/TT C L Chau · T P Yung 8 8.0 4-1/4
12 10 CONSPIRATOR XB/H1 L Hewitson · M Newnham 1 60.0 7-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. GOLDEN EMPIRE2. STORM RIDER+0.2L3. SUGAR SUGAR+1.25L4. GOLDEN RISE+2L5. CHARMING BABE+2.25L6. RISING FROM ASHES+3.5L7. YOUNG ARROW+3.5L8. ABSOLUTE HONOUR+3.75L9. RUN RUN SMART+4L10. PRESTIGE ALWAYS+4.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick GOLDEN RISE (20.9%) finished 4th — the winner GOLDEN EMPIRE 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 8 GOLDEN RISE 20.9% 4.78 4
2 7 STORM RIDER 16.2% 6.19 2
3 12 YOUNG ARROW 15.3% 6.52 7
4 9 CHARMING BABE 14.2% 7.06 5
5 4 SUPER JOY N FUN 9.9% 10.09 11
6 5 GOLDEN EMPIRE 5.0% 19.99 1
7 3 PRESTIGE ALWAYS 4.6% 21.86 10
8 6 RISING FROM ASHES 4.1% 24.25 6
9 10 CONSPIRATOR 3.0% 33.09 12
10 11 RUN RUN SMART 2.6% 38.12 9
11 1 SUGAR SUGAR 2.4% 42.03 3
12 2 ABSOLUTE HONOUR 1.7% 57.35 8
GOLDEN RISESTORM RIDERYOUNG ARROWCHARMING BABESUPER JOY N FUNGOLDEN EMPIRE — wonPRESTIGE ALWAYSRISING FROM ASHESCONSPIRATORRUN RUN SMARTSUGAR SUGARABSOLUTE HONOUR

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

5 70

PLACE

1 58

5 22

7 12

QUINELLA

5,7 107

QUINELLA PLACE

1,5 228.5

1,7 122

5,7 47.5

FORECAST

5,7 301

TIERCE

5,7,1 4,366

TRIO

1,5,7 867

FIRST 4

1,5,7,8 991

QUARTET

5,7,1,8 33,293

All pools (4 more)

2ND TREBLE

3/10/5 2,523

3/10/7 140

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

4,5,10/1,5,7 1,705,628

8TH DOUBLE

10/5 493.5

10/7 19

SIX UP

3/4/1/3/10/5 107,724

3,10/2,4/1,5/1,3/4,10/5,7 816

1 [H Bowman]

3 [C Fownes]