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Happy Valley · 2025-05-07 · 10:40

Race 1

Class 5 1650m Course A 11 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2025-05-07 was Class 5 over 1650m. COOL BLUE, ridden by M Chadwick and trained by W Y So, won by 1/2, with BEAU GOSSE second and PODIUM third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.3 favourite HARRY'S HERO finished 5th.

Result

Official · 1.41.44
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 11 COOL BLUE Closed strongly E/P/TT 1.41.44 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) M Chadwick · W Y So 3 12.0 1/2
2 12 BEAU GOSSE B-/H2/TT K Teetan · C H Yip 7 22.0 1/2
3 2 PODIUM Closed strongly TT M F Poon · D Eustace 9 9.4 1
4 5 TRADITION Closed strongly B H Bentley · Y S Tsui 6 6.5 1
5 8 HARRY'S HERO Closed strongly K De Melo · P F Yiu 8 3.3 1-1/4
6 6 TATTENHAM A Hamelin · T P Yung 2 4.6 3-1/4
7 7 SUPER TREASURE Led early B M L Yeung · K H Ting 5 39.0 3-3/4
8 10 WOODFIRE CHAMP Closed strongly V-/H1/TT2 K C Leung · C W Chang 11 14.0 4-1/2
9 9 ON THE LASH PC/XB/TT A Atzeni · P C Ng 1 6.6 4-3/4
10 4 THE PRIME V1/TT Y L Chung · J Richards 4 28.0 5
11 1 BRAVE OF FRIENDS CP/XB J Orman · D J Whyte 10 34.0 8-1/4
3 THE KHAN H Bowman · C Fownes

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. COOL BLUE2. BEAU GOSSE+0.5L3. PODIUM+1L4. TRADITION+1L5. HARRY'S HERO+1.25L6. TATTENHAM+3.25L7. SUPER TREASURE+3.75L8. WOODFIRE CHAMP+4.5L9. ON THE LASH+4.75L10. THE PRIME+5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick HARRY'S HERO (21.3%) finished 5th — the winner COOL BLUE was rated #5. 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 8 HARRY'S HERO 21.3% 4.69 5
2 6 TATTENHAM 18.4% 5.45 6
3 5 TRADITION 13.2% 7.60 4
4 9 ON THE LASH 11.8% 8.49 9
5 11 COOL BLUE 9.5% 10.53 1
6 2 PODIUM 7.0% 14.30 3
7 12 BEAU GOSSE 5.1% 19.70 2
8 10 WOODFIRE CHAMP 4.7% 21.32 8
9 7 SUPER TREASURE 3.6% 28.04 7
10 4 THE PRIME 3.4% 29.06 10
11 1 BRAVE OF FRIENDS 2.1% 47.11 11
HARRY'S HEROTATTENHAMTRADITIONON THE LASHCOOL BLUE — wonPODIUMBEAU GOSSEWOODFIRE CHAMPSUPER TREASURETHE PRIMEBRAVE 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

11 127

PLACE

2 27

11 34

12 58.5

QUINELLA

11,12 942.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,11 147

2,12 240

11,12 245.5

FORECAST

11,12 1,629

TIERCE

11,12,2 16,837

TRIO

2,11,12 2,449

FIRST 4

2,5,11,12 2,342

QUARTET

11,12,2,5 75,010