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Happy Valley · 2025-04-23 · 14:20

Race 8

Class 3 1000m Course C 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2025-04-23 was Class 3 over 1000m. HORSEPOWER, ridden by Z Purton and trained by F C Lor, won by 1-1/4, with SEASONS WIT second and PARENTS' LOVE third. The 3.1 favourite YOUTHFUL SPIRITS finished 11th.

Result

Official · 0.56.34
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 1 HORSEPOWER XB/TT 0.56.34 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · F C Lor 10 6.1 1-1/4
2 8 SEASONS WIT B/TT L Hewitson · J Richards 8 13.0 1-1/4
3 12 PARENTS' LOVE H/TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 9 9.8 2-1/4
4 5 HEALTHY HEALTHY B/TT K C Leung · P C Ng 6 28.0 2-1/2
5 3 CELESTIAL COLOURS V/TT H Bowman · J Richards 3 4.9 3-3/4
6 4 SPORTS LEGEND B/TT E C W Wong · C S Shum 7 6.7 3-3/4
7 9 SPARKLING FELLOW B B Avdulla · D J Hall 12 37.0 5
8 7 CASA OF HONOR XB M F Poon · C W Chang 4 15.0 5-1/4
9 10 STAR PERFORMER K Teetan · M Newnham 11 41.0 5-1/2
10 6 VIEW OF THE WORLD TT A Hamelin · C H Yip 5 29.0 6-1/4
11 2 YOUTHFUL SPIRITS SR/V/TT L Ferraris · M Newnham 2 3.1 6-1/2
12 11 BASIC INSTINCT B M L Yeung · Y S Tsui 1 125.0 9

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. HORSEPOWER2. SEASONS WIT+1.25L3. PARENTS' LOVE+2.25L4. HEALTHY HEALTHY+2.5L5. CELESTIAL COLOURS+3.75L6. SPORTS LEGEND+3.75L7. SPARKLING FELLOW+5L8. CASA OF HONOR+5.25L9. STAR PERFORMER+5.5L10. VIEW OF THE WORLD+6.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick YOUTHFUL SPIRITS (23.0%) finished 11th — the winner HORSEPOWER was rated #2. 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 2 YOUTHFUL SPIRITS 23.0% 4.35 11
2 1 HORSEPOWER 16.7% 5.98 1
3 7 CASA OF HONOR 10.8% 9.27 8
4 3 CELESTIAL COLOURS 10.0% 10.00 5
5 4 SPORTS LEGEND 8.9% 11.29 6
6 12 PARENTS' LOVE 8.2% 12.26 3
7 9 SPARKLING FELLOW 5.7% 17.50 7
8 10 STAR PERFORMER 4.9% 20.45 9
9 5 HEALTHY HEALTHY 4.5% 22.03 4
10 8 SEASONS WIT 3.7% 27.00 2
11 6 VIEW OF THE WORLD 3.0% 33.28 10
12 11 BASIC INSTINCT 0.6% 157.31 12
YOUTHFUL SPIRITSHORSEPOWER — wonCASA OF HONORCELESTIAL COLOURSSPORTS LEGENDPARENTS' LOVESPARKLING FELLOWSTAR PERFORMERHEALTHY HEALTHYSEASONS WITVIEW OF THE WORLDBASIC INSTINCT

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

1 61

PLACE

1 23

8 41

12 29.5

QUINELLA

1,8 527.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,8 168.5

1,12 99.5

8,12 199.5

FORECAST

1,8 1,095

TIERCE

1,8,12 9,352

TRIO

1,8,12 1,623

FIRST 4

1,5,8,12 5,634

QUARTET

1,8,12,5 103,740

All pools (1 more)

7TH DOUBLE

6/1 319.5

6/8 127.5