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Happy Valley · 2025-04-23 · 10:45

Race 1

Class 5 1200m Course C 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2025-04-23 was Class 5 over 1200m. WINNING HEART, ridden by A Badel and trained by A S Cruz, won by 1/2, with MULTIDARLING second and GIMME FIVE third. The 2.8 favourite GIMME FIVE finished 3rd.

Result

Official · 1.09.86
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 10 WINNING HEART B/TT 1.09.86 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Badel · A S Cruz 12 11.0 1/2
2 12 MULTIDARLING CP2/TT A Hamelin · T P Yung 3 5.6 1/2
3 1 GIMME FIVE B K Teetan · F C Lor 4 2.8 1
4 8 HOSS B/XB/TT Z Purton · W Y So 11 7.5 1-3/4
5 9 WOOD ON FIRE B-/V2/TT M L Yeung · C W Chang 7 17.0 2-1/4
6 4 LUCKY GENERATIONS H/P/TT B Avdulla · C Fownes 8 11.0 2-1/4
7 2 BRAVE OF FRIENDS CP/XB J Orman · D J Whyte 9 82.0 3-3/4
8 7 SPEEDY FORTUNE P-/CP2/TT M F Poon · D Eustace 6 13.0 4-1/4
9 6 JOYFUL LIFE XB1/B2/TT K C Leung · C H Yip 10 15.0 5
10 3 GLORIOUS EXPERT P L Ferraris · D J Hall 5 17.0 5-1/4
11 5 ISLAND GOLDEN B-/TT H Bowman · K L Man 1 12.0 7
12 11 WINNING TURN PC-/XB1/B2/TT- K De Melo · P F Yiu 2 48.0 7-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. WINNING HEART2. MULTIDARLING+0.5L3. GIMME FIVE+1L4. HOSS+1.75L5. WOOD ON FIRE+2.25L6. LUCKY GENERATIONS+2.25L7. BRAVE OF FRIENDS+3.75L8. SPEEDY FORTUNE+4.25L9. JOYFUL LIFE+5L10. GLORIOUS EXPERT+5.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick GIMME FIVE (20.9%) finished 3rd — the winner WINNING HEART was rated #8. 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 1 GIMME FIVE 20.9% 4.78 3
2 8 HOSS 17.5% 5.71 4
3 7 SPEEDY FORTUNE 11.3% 8.84 8
4 6 JOYFUL LIFE 8.2% 12.21 9
5 4 LUCKY GENERATIONS 8.2% 12.21 6
6 5 ISLAND GOLDEN 7.8% 12.77 11
7 12 MULTIDARLING 7.7% 12.93 2
8 10 WINNING HEART 5.2% 19.17 1
9 11 WINNING TURN 4.3% 23.19 12
10 3 GLORIOUS EXPERT 3.9% 25.85 10
11 9 WOOD ON FIRE 2.8% 35.73 5
12 2 BRAVE OF FRIENDS 2.1% 46.82 7
GIMME FIVEHOSSSPEEDY FORTUNEJOYFUL LIFELUCKY GENERATIONSISLAND GOLDENMULTIDARLINGWINNING HEART — wonWINNING TURNGLORIOUS EXPERTWOOD ON FIREBRAVE OF FRIENDS

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

10 112

PLACE

1 13

10 34

12 18

QUINELLA

10,12 305

QUINELLA PLACE

1,10 84.5

1,12 43.5

10,12 100

FORECAST

10,12 744

TIERCE

10,12,1 3,326

TRIO

1,10,12 388

FIRST 4

1,8,10,12 520

QUARTET

10,12,1,8 19,263