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Happy Valley · 2025-05-21 · 11:15

Race 2

Class 5 1650m Course C 12 runners

Race 2 at Happy Valley on 2025-05-21 was Class 5 over 1650m. STERLING WONGCHOY, ridden by H Bowman and trained by D J Whyte, won by 2, with WINDICATOR FAMILY second and COOL BLUE third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.2 favourite VERBIER finished 9th.

Result

Official · 1.40.08
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 9 STERLING WONGCHOY Closed strongly B/XB 1.40.08 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bowman · D J Whyte 4 12.0 2
2 4 WINDICATOR FAMILY Closed strongly V M F Poon · D J Hall 3 5.4 2
3 11 COOL BLUE Closed strongly E/P/TT A Atzeni · W Y So 2 7.8 2-1/2
4 8 PERFECT PEACH Closed strongly P-/B2/TT2 C L Chau · C W Chang 5 35.0 2-3/4
5 2 SMILING EMPEROR Closed strongly V/XB H Bentley · K H Ting 7 7.7 3-1/2
6 3 APOLAR FIGHTER Closed strongly CP-/B2/TT Y L Chung · D Eustace 8 24.0 3-3/4
7 6 NINJA DERBY H/TT M Chadwick · A S Cruz 10 14.0 4
8 12 MEDIC ELITE H/PC/TT M L Yeung · P C Ng 1 6.2 5
9 7 VERBIER Led early V/TT L Ferraris · C Fownes 11 3.2 5
10 10 MILES AWAY B-/TT B Thompson · J Richards 6 148.0 7-1/4
11 5 U S S CONSTITUTION Closed strongly H/TT K Teetan · J Size 12 21.0 7-1/2
12 1 CONFRINGO V2/TT K C Leung · W K Mo 9 38.0 9

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. STERLING WONGCHOY2. WINDICATOR FAMILY+2L3. COOL BLUE+2.5L4. PERFECT PEACH+2.75L5. SMILING EMPEROR+3.5L6. APOLAR FIGHTER+3.75L7. NINJA DERBY+4L8. MEDIC ELITE+5L9. VERBIER+5L10. MILES AWAY+7.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick MEDIC ELITE (21.5%) finished 8th — the winner STERLING WONGCHOY 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 12 MEDIC ELITE 21.5% 4.66 8
2 4 WINDICATOR FAMILY 21.2% 4.71 2
3 7 VERBIER 13.6% 7.34 9
4 11 COOL BLUE 9.8% 10.24 3
5 2 SMILING EMPEROR 8.3% 12.01 5
6 9 STERLING WONGCHOY 7.2% 13.89 1
7 3 APOLAR FIGHTER 4.6% 21.87 6
8 6 NINJA DERBY 3.9% 25.81 7
9 5 U S S CONSTITUTION 3.8% 26.37 11
10 8 PERFECT PEACH 3.8% 26.48 4
11 1 CONFRINGO 1.2% 80.34 12
12 10 MILES AWAY 1.1% 88.21 10
MEDIC ELITEWINDICATOR FAMILYVERBIERCOOL BLUESMILING EMPERORSTERLING WONGCHOY — wonAPOLAR FIGHTERNINJA DERBYU S S CONSTITUTIONPERFECT PEACHCONFRINGOMILES AWAY

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

9 127

PLACE

4 19.5

9 37

11 26

QUINELLA

4,9 268

QUINELLA PLACE

4,9 90

4,11 62

9,11 130.5

FORECAST

9,4 631

TIERCE

9,4,11 3,523

TRIO

4,9,11 608

FIRST 4

4,8,9,11 3,297

QUARTET

9,4,11,8 72,905

All pools (1 more)

1ST DOUBLE

7/4 41.5

7/9 652.5