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Happy Valley · 2025-04-30 · 14:20

Race 8

Class 3 1650m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2025-04-30 was Class 3 over 1650m. A AMERIC TE SPECSO, ridden by A Atzeni and trained by J Size, won by N, with FLYING FORTRESS second and SETANTA third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.2 favourite DEFINITIVE finished 7th.

Result

Official · 1.38.91
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 6 A AMERIC TE SPECSO Closed strongly B 1.38.91 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Atzeni · J Size 6 17.0 N
2 8 FLYING FORTRESS Closed strongly TT H Bentley · W K Mo 10 8.4 N
3 12 SETANTA Closed strongly B-/TT L Hewitson · M Newnham 4 37.0 1-3/4
4 11 STURDY RUBY Closed strongly TT A Badel · K L Man 9 21.0 2-1/4
5 10 BEAUTY CRESCENT TT J Orman · A S Cruz 1 4.2 2-1/4
6 2 HAMERON Closed strongly Z Purton · K W Lui 8 12.0 2-3/4
7 5 DEFINITIVE B/TT K Teetan · D Eustace 7 3.2 4-1/4
8 1 SKY HEART Led early V/TT H Bowman · C Fownes 2 4.8 4-3/4
9 4 CAMBRIDGE Closed strongly XB2/TT K C Leung · P C Ng 11 22.0 5
10 3 STAR CONTACT B/TT B Avdulla · D A Hayes 12 60.0 6
11 7 ALLCASH CP/TT E C W Wong · C S Shum 3 26.0 6-3/4
12 9 KOLACHI M Chadwick · D J Whyte 5 28.0 7-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. A AMERIC TE SPECSO2. FLYING FORTRESS+0.05L3. SETANTA+1.75L4. STURDY RUBY+2.25L5. BEAUTY CRESCENT+2.25L6. HAMERON+2.75L7. DEFINITIVE+4.25L8. SKY HEART+4.75L9. CAMBRIDGE+5L10. STAR CONTACT+6L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick SKY HEART (20.7%) finished 8th — the winner A AMERIC TE SPECSO was rated #4. 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 SKY HEART 20.7% 4.84 8
2 10 BEAUTY CRESCENT 11.8% 8.47 5
3 5 DEFINITIVE 11.4% 8.80 7
4 6 A AMERIC TE SPECSO 9.8% 10.22 1
5 2 HAMERON 8.9% 11.27 6
6 8 FLYING FORTRESS 8.9% 11.29 2
7 11 STURDY RUBY 7.5% 13.38 4
8 3 STAR CONTACT 6.4% 15.65 10
9 7 ALLCASH 4.2% 23.62 11
10 12 SETANTA 3.8% 26.13 3
11 9 KOLACHI 3.6% 27.46 12
12 4 CAMBRIDGE 3.1% 32.42 9
SKY HEARTBEAUTY CRESCENTDEFINITIVEA AMERIC TE SPECSO — wonHAMERONFLYING FORTRESSSTURDY RUBYSTAR CONTACTALLCASHSETANTAKOLACHICAMBRIDGE

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

6 179

PLACE

6 34.5

8 26.5

12 72.5

QUINELLA

6,8 486.5

QUINELLA PLACE

6,8 137

6,12 452.5

8,12 334

FORECAST

6,8 944

TIERCE

6,8,12 26,510

TRIO

6,8,12 5,451

FIRST 4

6,8,11,12 8,663

QUARTET

6,8,12,11 200,726

All pools (1 more)

7TH DOUBLE

3/6 1,233.5

3/8 137.5