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Happy Valley · 2025-05-07 · 11:10

Race 2

Class 5 1000m Course A 12 runners

Race 2 at Happy Valley on 2025-05-07 was Class 5 over 1000m. DAY DAY VICTORY, ridden by A Badel and trained by T P Yung, won by 1-1/4, with MODEST GENTLEMAN second and ACE TALENT third. Victory came as the 3.4 favourite.

Result

Official · 0.57.17
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 3 DAY DAY VICTORY 0.57.17 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Badel · T P Yung 1 3.4 1-1/4
2 7 MODEST GENTLEMAN B/TT A Atzeni · C H Yip 5 10.0 1-1/4
3 12 ACE TALENT PC/TT L Ferraris · C Fownes 4 4.3 1-1/4
4 2 SPICY KNUCKLES CP/TT M F Poon · W K Mo 2 28.0 2-1/4
5 8 GUSTY FIGHTER BO-/XB-/TT2 C L Chau · D J Whyte 3 43.0 2-3/4
6 4 RAGNARR CP/H/XB H Bowman · D J Hall 12 8.0 3-1/4
7 5 HAPPY TANGO B K Teetan · Y S Tsui 6 10.0 3-1/4
8 1 NOTTHESILLYONE TT L Hewitson · M Newnham 11 25.0 3-1/2
9 6 RUBY SAILING B/TT M L Yeung · K L Man 10 8.3 4-1/4
10 11 WOOD ON FIRE V/TT K C Leung · C W Chang 9 31.0 5
11 9 LIFE OF STONE PC K De Melo · W Y So 7 78.0 6
12 10 SPEEDY FORTUNE CP/TT E C W Wong · D Eustace 8 9.2 79

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. DAY DAY VICTORY2. MODEST GENTLEMAN+1.25L3. ACE TALENT+1.25L4. SPICY KNUCKLES+2.25L5. GUSTY FIGHTER+2.75L6. RAGNARR+3.25L7. HAPPY TANGO+3.25L8. NOTTHESILLYONE+3.5L9. RUBY SAILING+4.25L10. WOOD ON FIRE+5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick DAY DAY VICTORY (35.9%) won this race. 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 3 DAY DAY VICTORY 35.9% 2.79 1
2 12 ACE TALENT 22.0% 4.55 3
3 7 MODEST GENTLEMAN 10.1% 9.91 2
4 4 RAGNARR 8.5% 11.77 6
5 6 RUBY SAILING 4.3% 23.07 9
6 5 HAPPY TANGO 4.1% 24.56 7
7 2 SPICY KNUCKLES 3.1% 32.72 4
8 8 GUSTY FIGHTER 2.9% 34.77 5
9 10 SPEEDY FORTUNE 2.9% 34.85 12
10 11 WOOD ON FIRE 2.7% 37.33 10
11 1 NOTTHESILLYONE 2.5% 39.70 8
12 9 LIFE OF STONE 1.1% 87.10 11
DAY DAY VICTORY — wonACE TALENTMODEST GENTLEMANRAGNARRRUBY SAILINGHAPPY TANGOSPICY KNUCKLESGUSTY FIGHTERSPEEDY FORTUNEWOOD ON FIRENOTTHESILLYONELIFE OF STONE

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

3 34

PLACE

3 14

7 29

12 18

QUINELLA

3,7 207.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,7 75.5

3,12 32

7,12 75

FORECAST

3,7 280

TIERCE

3,7,12 778

TRIO

3,7,12 161

FIRST 4

2,3,7,12 870

QUARTET

3,7,12,2 13,925

All pools (1 more)

1ST DOUBLE

11/3 477

11/7 151