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Happy Valley · 2025-04-23 · 14:55

Race 9

Class 3 1800m Course C 12 runners

Race 9 at Happy Valley on 2025-04-23 was Class 3 over 1800m. FALLON, ridden by B Thompson and trained by A S Cruz, won by 1, with EXCELLENCE VALUE second and LEAN HERO third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.8 favourite BEAUTY ALLIANCE finished 4th.

Result

Official · 1.48.34
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 FALLON Closed strongly B/TT 1.48.34 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) B Thompson · A S Cruz 6 4.3 1
2 7 EXCELLENCE VALUE Closed strongly B/TT L Ferraris · M Newnham 1 6.3 1
3 10 LEAN HERO Closed strongly B/XB/TT K C Leung · D A Hayes 3 27.0 3-1/4
4 3 BEAUTY ALLIANCE A Badel · J Size 8 2.8 3-1/2
5 9 CHAIN OF GOLD Closed strongly CP/H/XB/TT A Atzeni · W K Mo 12 24.0 4
6 1 MONEY CATCHER Closed strongly B M F Poon · F C Lor 11 27.0 4-1/4
7 8 CHARITY GAIN Closed strongly XB/CP1/TT L Hewitson · D Eustace 2 9.7 5
8 5 JUMBO LEGEND Closed strongly TT H Bentley · C Fownes 7 10.0 6-1/4
9 12 GOOD LUCK WIN B/TT Y L Chung · K H Ting 9 12.0 6-1/2
10 6 LUCK IS BACK Led early CP1/TT K De Melo · K W Lui 4 88.0 6-1/2
11 2 TURIN MASCOT PC/TT Z Purton · P C Ng 5 23.0 8
12 11 NORTHERN BEAST V K Teetan · D J Hall 10 35.0 13-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. FALLON2. EXCELLENCE VALUE+1L3. LEAN HERO+3.25L4. BEAUTY ALLIANCE+3.5L5. CHAIN OF GOLD+4L6. MONEY CATCHER+4.25L7. CHARITY GAIN+5L8. JUMBO LEGEND+6.25L9. GOOD LUCK WIN+6.5L10. LUCK IS BACK+6.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick EXCELLENCE VALUE (24.2%) finished 2nd — the winner FALLON was rated #6. 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 EXCELLENCE VALUE 24.2% 4.13 2
2 3 BEAUTY ALLIANCE 14.1% 7.08 4
3 12 GOOD LUCK WIN 12.2% 8.22 9
4 2 TURIN MASCOT 10.8% 9.27 11
5 8 CHARITY GAIN 9.9% 10.06 7
6 4 FALLON 8.2% 12.22 1
7 5 JUMBO LEGEND 4.5% 22.15 8
8 9 CHAIN OF GOLD 4.2% 23.53 5
9 10 LEAN HERO 4.0% 24.80 3
10 11 NORTHERN BEAST 3.6% 27.99 12
11 1 MONEY CATCHER 2.5% 40.62 6
12 6 LUCK IS BACK 1.8% 56.60 10
EXCELLENCE VALUEBEAUTY ALLIANCEGOOD LUCK WINTURIN MASCOTCHARITY GAINFALLON — wonJUMBO LEGENDCHAIN OF GOLDLEAN HERONORTHERN BEASTMONEY CATCHERLUCK IS BACK

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

4 43

PLACE

4 16

7 24

10 54.5

QUINELLA

4,7 146.5

QUINELLA PLACE

4,7 53.5

4,10 165

7,10 227.5

FORECAST

4,7 284

TIERCE

4,7,10 4,819

TRIO

4,7,10 1,122

FIRST 4

3,4,7,10 740

QUARTET

4,7,10,3 21,717

All pools (4 more)

2ND TREBLE

6/1/4 998

6/1/7 250

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

1,8,12/4,7,10 174,431

8TH DOUBLE

1/4 290.5

1/7 46.5

SIX UP

7,10/4,10/1,3/4,6/1,8/4,7 82,898

6 [A Badel]

1 [A S Cruz]