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Happy Valley · 2025-04-16 · 14:55

Race 9

Class 3 1650m Course B 12 runners

Race 9 at Happy Valley on 2025-04-16 was Class 3 over 1650m. A AMERIC TE SPECSO, ridden by A Atzeni and trained by J Size, won by N, with HIGHLAND RAHY second and FORTUNATE SON third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.7 favourite EMBRACES finished 5th.

Result

Official · 1.39.25
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 11 A AMERIC TE SPECSO Closed strongly B 1.39.25 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Atzeni · J Size 1 21.0 N
2 7 HIGHLAND RAHY B/TT L Hewitson · K W Lui 7 4.7 N
3 12 FORTUNATE SON Closed strongly B H Bentley · D J Whyte 5 17.0 3/4
4 8 LUCKY TOUCH Closed strongly V-/B2/TT K Teetan · J Richards 10 7.9 1
5 4 EMBRACES Closed strongly TT C L Chau · W K Mo 6 2.7 1
6 3 AESTHETICISM Closed strongly Z Purton · P C Ng 8 5.7 1
7 9 STURDY RUBY Closed strongly TT M L Yeung · K L Man 12 23.0 4-3/4
8 2 LOVERO TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 2 13.0 5
9 1 NOBLE PURSUIT TT L Ferraris · C Fownes 3 16.0 5-1/4
10 5 LEAN HERO Closed strongly B/XB/TT K C Leung · D A Hayes 9 36.0 6-1/4
11 10 SMART TRIO Led early B-/V1/TT M F Poon · C W Chang 4 68.0 9
12 6 WITHOUT DELAY SR/TT1 K De Melo · D Eustace 11 131.0 11

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. A AMERIC TE SPECSO2. HIGHLAND RAHY+0.05L3. FORTUNATE SON+0.75L4. LUCKY TOUCH+1L5. EMBRACES+1L6. AESTHETICISM+1L7. STURDY RUBY+4.75L8. LOVERO+5L9. NOBLE PURSUIT+5.25L10. LEAN HERO+6.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick HIGHLAND RAHY (20.3%) finished 2nd — the winner A AMERIC TE SPECSO was rated #5. 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 7 HIGHLAND RAHY 20.3% 4.92 2
2 4 EMBRACES 17.4% 5.75 5
3 3 AESTHETICISM 17.3% 5.77 6
4 2 LOVERO 8.7% 11.44 8
5 11 A AMERIC TE SPECSO 8.1% 12.42 1
6 9 STURDY RUBY 7.2% 13.87 7
7 8 LUCKY TOUCH 6.9% 14.43 4
8 1 NOBLE PURSUIT 6.1% 16.53 9
9 5 LEAN HERO 3.4% 29.63 10
10 12 FORTUNATE SON 3.3% 30.10 3
11 6 WITHOUT DELAY 0.7% 139.03 12
12 10 SMART TRIO 0.6% 179.73 11
HIGHLAND RAHYEMBRACESAESTHETICISMLOVEROA AMERIC TE SPECSO — wonSTURDY RUBYLUCKY TOUCHNOBLE PURSUITLEAN HEROFORTUNATE SONWITHOUT DELAYSMART TRIO

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

11 212.5

PLACE

7 18

11 43.5

12 41.5

QUINELLA

7,11 481.5

QUINELLA PLACE

7,11 135

7,12 121.5

11,12 307.5

FORECAST

11,7 1,318

TIERCE

11,7,12 17,734

TRIO

7,11,12 2,704

FIRST 4

7,8,11,12 4,219

QUARTET

11,7,12,8 105,046

All pools (4 more)

2ND TREBLE

1/5/7 547

1/5/11 15,019

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

5,6,8/7,11,12 1,204,547

8TH DOUBLE

5/7 29

5/11 995

SIX UP

4,7/3,6/6,7/1,8/5,6/7,11 6,470

4 [A Atzeni]

2 [M Newnham]