Skip to content

HKJC Guru is an independent statistics service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to The Hong Kong Jockey Club.

Happy Valley · 2025-04-23 · 11:15

Race 2

Class 5 1800m Course C 12 runners

Race 2 at Happy Valley on 2025-04-23 was Class 5 over 1800m. LEATHER MASTER, ridden by A Badel and trained by K L Man, won by 1-1/4, with MR ALADDIN second and WINNING SEVEN third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.3 favourite VERBIER finished 4th.

Result

Official · 1.49.57
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 10 LEATHER MASTER Closed strongly CP 1.49.57 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Badel · K L Man 9 9.4 1-1/4
2 9 MR ALADDIN Closed strongly H/PC/TT H Bowman · P C Ng 11 8.8 1-1/4
3 12 WINNING SEVEN Closed strongly B/TT K De Melo · D J Whyte 3 20.0 3
4 7 VERBIER Led early V/TT L Ferraris · C Fownes 2 3.3 4-1/4
5 11 JOYFUL CHAMPION Closed strongly B/TT M L Yeung · C W Chang 6 16.0 5-1/2
6 1 APOLAR FIGHTER PC-/CP2/TT K Teetan · D Eustace 4 15.0 6-1/4
7 6 STRONGEST BOY Closed strongly B/TT K C Leung · D A Hayes 8 19.0 7
8 8 SUPER HONG KONG Closed strongly V/TT Z Purton · C H Yip 12 6.2 7-1/2
9 5 FLYING SILVER CP/TT B Avdulla · C S Shum 5 17.0 8
10 3 KINGLY DEMEANOR TT B Thompson · A S Cruz 1 4.7 8-3/4
11 2 THE WAY WE WIN PC/TT Y L Chung · J Richards 10 146.0 9-3/4
12 4 CHILLI BABA B A Hamelin · P F Yiu 7 32.0 63

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. LEATHER MASTER2. MR ALADDIN+1.25L3. WINNING SEVEN+3L4. VERBIER+4.25L5. JOYFUL CHAMPION+5.5L6. APOLAR FIGHTER+6.25L7. STRONGEST BOY+7L8. SUPER HONG KONG+7.5L9. FLYING SILVER+8L10. KINGLY DEMEANOR+8.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick VERBIER (23.9%) finished 4th — the winner LEATHER MASTER was rated #9. 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 VERBIER 23.9% 4.18 4
2 9 MR ALADDIN 10.9% 9.16 2
3 3 KINGLY DEMEANOR 10.1% 9.91 10
4 8 SUPER HONG KONG 9.6% 10.39 8
5 11 JOYFUL CHAMPION 9.2% 10.83 5
6 1 APOLAR FIGHTER 9.1% 11.05 6
7 6 STRONGEST BOY 7.6% 13.14 7
8 5 FLYING SILVER 6.7% 14.84 9
9 10 LEATHER MASTER 5.1% 19.78 1
10 4 CHILLI BABA 3.9% 25.53 12
11 12 WINNING SEVEN 2.3% 43.21 3
12 2 THE WAY WE WIN 1.5% 66.44 11
VERBIERMR ALADDINKINGLY DEMEANORSUPER HONG KONGJOYFUL CHAMPIONAPOLAR FIGHTERSTRONGEST BOYFLYING SILVERLEATHER MASTER — wonCHILLI BABAWINNING SEVENTHE WAY WE WIN

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 94

PLACE

9 29

10 27.5

12 49

QUINELLA

9,10 380

QUINELLA PLACE

9,10 119.5

9,12 226

10,12 235

FORECAST

10,9 833

TIERCE

10,9,12 10,600

TRIO

9,10,12 2,507

FIRST 4

7,9,10,12 2,315

QUARTET

10,9,12,7 67,376

All pools (1 more)

1ST DOUBLE

10/9 313.5

10/10 909