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Happy Valley · 2025-04-16 · 20:41

Race 5

Class 4 1650m Course B 12 runners

Result

Official · 1.39.46
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 3 SUNDAY'S SERENADE Closed strongly B/TT 1.39.46 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · J Richards 8 3.6 1/2
2 6 DRAGON STAR Closed strongly V-/XB/B2 Y L Chung · Y S Tsui 2 8.5 1/2
3 5 SOARING BRONCO Closed strongly PC/TT K C Leung · P C Ng 3 2.7 3/4
4 11 ATOMIC BEAUTY Closed strongly V/TT A Atzeni · A S Cruz 10 34.0 2
5 8 ESCAPE ROUTE Closed strongly P-/H A Hamelin · J Size 7 11.0 2
6 1 MIGHTY COMMANDER Led early TT H Bowman · C Fownes 11 11.0 3
7 10 ACCOLADE START Closed strongly TT K Teetan · D Eustace 9 21.0 4
8 12 SILVER KING Closed strongly H/P/TT M Chadwick · F C Lor 6 17.0 4-1/2
9 7 GENERAL SMART B-/XB/CP2/TT H T Mo · C S Shum 5 83.0 5-1/4
10 2 FOREVER GLORIOUS V/TT L Hewitson · K W Lui 4 27.0 5-1/2
11 4 CELESTIAL HARMONY CP-/B1 E C W Wong · D A Hayes 12 53.0 8-1/4
12 9 QINGYUAN STAR B M F Poon · D J Hall 1 12.0 17-1/4

This site does not show odds as they change: the odds here are final prices after a race, or overnight prices before it.

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2025-04-16 was Class 4 over 1650m. SUNDAY'S SERENADE, ridden by Z Purton and trained by J Richards, won by 1/2, with DRAGON STAR second and SOARING BRONCO third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.7 favourite SOARING BRONCO finished 3rd.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SUNDAY'S SERENADE—2. DRAGON STAR+0.5L3. SOARING BRONCO+0.75L4. ATOMIC BEAUTY+2L5. ESCAPE ROUTE+2L6. MIGHTY COMMANDER+3L7. ACCOLADE START+4L8. SILVER KING+4.5L9. GENERAL SMART+5.25L10. FOREVER GLORIOUS+5.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick DRAGON STAR (22.0%) finished 2nd — the winner SUNDAY'S SERENADE 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 6 DRAGON STAR 22.0% 4.54 2
2 5 SOARING BRONCO 21.9% 4.57 3
3 3 SUNDAY'S SERENADE 16.9% 5.91 1
4 1 MIGHTY COMMANDER 7.5% 13.40 6
5 9 QINGYUAN STAR 6.9% 14.42 12
6 12 SILVER KING 6.5% 15.27 8
7 11 ATOMIC BEAUTY 5.7% 17.65 4
8 10 ACCOLADE START 3.6% 28.00 7
9 2 FOREVER GLORIOUS 3.4% 29.35 10
10 8 ESCAPE ROUTE 3.1% 32.65 5
11 4 CELESTIAL HARMONY 1.5% 64.74 11
12 7 GENERAL SMART 1.0% 98.10 9
DRAGON STARSOARING BRONCOSUNDAY'S SERENADE — wonMIGHTY COMMANDERQINGYUAN STARSILVER KINGATOMIC BEAUTYACCOLADE STARTFOREVER GLORIOUSESCAPE ROUTECELESTIAL HARMONYGENERAL SMART

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 36.5

PLACE

3 17

5 11.5

6 24

QUINELLA

3,6 176.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,5 26.5

3,6 61

5,6 41

FORECAST

3,6 196

TIERCE

3,6,5 493

TRIO

3,5,6 97

FIRST 4

3,5,6,11 522

QUARTET

3,6,5,11 7,483

All pools (3 more)

1ST TREBLE

10/7/3 4,641

10/7/6 1,732

2ND DOUBLE TRIO

1,4,7/3,5,6 1,468

4TH DOUBLE

7/3 554

7/6 190