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Happy Valley · 2025-05-14 · 10:45

Race 1

Class 5 1800m Course B 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2025-05-14 was Class 5 over 1800m. KINGLY DEMEANOR, ridden by M L Yeung and trained by A S Cruz, won by 3/4, with GOLD TACK second and LEATHER MASTER third. The winner led throughout. The 3.9 favourite MR ALADDIN finished 4th.

Result

Official · 1.48.94
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 2 KINGLY DEMEANOR Wire to wire TT 1.48.94 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) M L Yeung · A S Cruz 7 12.0 3/4
2 11 GOLD TACK Closed strongly CP A Hamelin · D J Hall 4 9.9 3/4
3 10 LEATHER MASTER Closed strongly CP A Badel · K L Man 12 4.4 1
4 8 MR ALADDIN Closed strongly H/PC/TT H Bowman · P C Ng 11 3.9 1-1/4
5 4 GO GO GO PC/TT A Atzeni · W Y So 8 11.0 1-1/4
6 5 THE WAY WE WIN PC/TT Y L Chung · J Richards 1 91.0 3
7 3 FLYING SILVER Closed strongly CP-/B2/TT Z Purton · C S Shum 6 17.0 3
8 12 JOYFUL CHAMPION B/TT M F Poon · C W Chang 9 18.0 4
9 6 TRADITION Closed strongly B H Bentley · Y S Tsui 2 5.9 5
10 7 COLOURFUL BARON B/TT L Hewitson · D J Whyte 5 30.0 8-1/4
11 9 YEABOI TT M Chadwick · C H Yip 10 16.0 12-1/2
12 1 SILVER KING H/P/TT C L Chau · F C Lor 3 12.0 25-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. KINGLY DEMEANOR2. GOLD TACK+0.75L3. LEATHER MASTER+1L4. MR ALADDIN+1.25L5. GO GO GO+1.25L6. THE WAY WE WIN+3L7. FLYING SILVER+3L8. JOYFUL CHAMPION+4L9. TRADITION+5L10. COLOURFUL BARON+8.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick SILVER KING (18.2%) finished 12th — the winner KINGLY DEMEANOR was rated #10. 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 SILVER KING 18.2% 5.51 12
2 8 MR ALADDIN 18.0% 5.54 4
3 4 GO GO GO 11.0% 9.10 5
4 6 TRADITION 10.9% 9.20 9
5 10 LEATHER MASTER 8.4% 11.84 3
6 11 GOLD TACK 7.4% 13.51 2
7 3 FLYING SILVER 7.0% 14.31 7
8 9 YEABOI 5.2% 19.39 11
9 12 JOYFUL CHAMPION 4.7% 21.48 8
10 2 KINGLY DEMEANOR 4.2% 23.68 1
11 7 COLOURFUL BARON 3.9% 25.85 10
12 5 THE WAY WE WIN 1.2% 83.77 6
SILVER KINGMR ALADDINGO GO GOTRADITIONLEATHER MASTERGOLD TACKFLYING SILVERYEABOIJOYFUL CHAMPIONKINGLY DEMEANOR — wonCOLOURFUL BARONTHE WAY WE WIN

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

2 125

PLACE

2 36

10 17

11 31.5

QUINELLA

2,11 594

QUINELLA PLACE

2,10 93

2,11 172.5

10,11 91

FORECAST

2,11 1,288

TIERCE

2,11,10 7,595

TRIO

2,10,11 1,022

FIRST 4

2,8,10,11 963

QUARTET

2,11,10,8 28,669