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Happy Valley · 2025-05-21 · 14:20

Race 8

Class 3 1650m Course C 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2025-05-21 was Class 3 over 1650m. EMBRACES, ridden by C L Chau and trained by W K Mo, won by 1/2, with STAR CONTACT second and PRESTIGE ALWAYS third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.3 favourite KING OF FIGHTERS finished 6th.

Result

Official · 1.39.69
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 3 EMBRACES Closed strongly TT 1.39.69 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C L Chau · W K Mo 11 6.3 1/2
2 4 STAR CONTACT Closed strongly B/TT B Thompson · D A Hayes 5 37.0 1/2
3 7 PRESTIGE ALWAYS B/TT K C Leung · P C Ng 7 27.0 1-1/2
4 1 SKY TRUST Closed strongly H/TT H Bowman · C Fownes 12 12.0 2
4 11 SUPER UNICORN Closed strongly B1/TT M F Poon · M Newnham 2 4.6 2
6 6 KING OF FIGHTERS Closed strongly TT Z Purton · A S Cruz 8 3.3 2-3/4
7 5 DRAGON JOY SR-/TT J Orman · P F Yiu 4 24.0 4
8 9 STURDY RUBY TT A Badel · K L Man 6 12.0 4
9 2 A AMERIC TE SPECSO Closed strongly B A Atzeni · J Size 9 13.0 4-1/2
10 10 GOOD LUCK BABE Led early XB/TT Y L Chung · D Eustace 10 32.0 5
11 12 HAROLD WIN V/XB M L Yeung · K W Lui 1 7.0 7
12 8 KOLACHI M Chadwick · D J Whyte 3 38.0 8

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. EMBRACES2. STAR CONTACT+0.5L3. PRESTIGE ALWAYS+1.5L4. SKY TRUST+2L4. SUPER UNICORN+2L6. KING OF FIGHTERS+2.75L7. DRAGON JOY+4L8. STURDY RUBY+4L9. A AMERIC TE SPECSO+4.5L10. GOOD LUCK BABE+5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick KING OF FIGHTERS (26.2%) finished 6th — the winner EMBRACES 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 6 KING OF FIGHTERS 26.2% 3.82 6
2 12 HAROLD WIN 21.9% 4.57 11
3 2 A AMERIC TE SPECSO 10.6% 9.41 9
4 10 GOOD LUCK BABE 9.4% 10.62 10
5 3 EMBRACES 8.1% 12.40 1
6 9 STURDY RUBY 6.3% 15.91 8
7 1 SKY TRUST 5.1% 19.79 4
8 11 SUPER UNICORN 5.0% 20.07 4
9 5 DRAGON JOY 2.4% 42.18 7
10 7 PRESTIGE ALWAYS 2.3% 43.91 3
11 8 KOLACHI 1.6% 62.25 12
12 4 STAR CONTACT 1.2% 81.24 2
KING OF FIGHTERSHAROLD WINA AMERIC TE SPECSOGOOD LUCK BABEEMBRACES — wonSTURDY RUBYSKY TRUSTSUPER UNICORNDRAGON JOYPRESTIGE ALWAYSKOLACHISTAR CONTACT

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 63

PLACE

3 21

4 84.5

7 60.5

QUINELLA

3,4 1,204.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,4 313

3,7 236

4,7 1,024

FORECAST

3,4 1,930

TIERCE

3,4,7 41,321

TRIO

3,4,7 8,400

FIRST 4

1,3,4,7 6,947

3,4,7,11 3,767

QUARTET

3,4,7,1 108,913

3,4,7,11 158,240

All pools (1 more)

7TH DOUBLE

2/3 2,445.5

2/4 888.5