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Happy Valley · 2025-07-09 · 10:45

Race 1

Class 5 1000m Course A 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2025-07-09 was Class 5 over 1000m. NOTTHESILLYONE, ridden by H Bowman and trained by M Newnham, won by SH, with ACE TALENT second and MODEST GENTLEMAN third. The 2.8 favourite ACE TALENT finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 0.56.69
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 NOTTHESILLYONE TT 0.56.69 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bowman · M Newnham 2 5.2 SH
2 11 ACE TALENT PC/TT K Teetan · C Fownes 3 2.8 SH
3 6 MODEST GENTLEMAN B/TT A Atzeni · C H Yip 9 15.0 1-1/4
4 9 GLORIOUS EXPERT P- H Bentley · K H Ting 7 21.0 1-1/2
5 12 DOUBLE SHOW B/TT L Ferraris · D J Whyte 10 14.0 2
6 1 COLONEL B2/TT E C W Wong · J Richards 11 31.0 2
7 8 YOU'REMYEVERYTHING CP2 K C Leung · C W Chang 1 9.0 2-1/4
8 10 HAPPY TANGO B J Orman · Y S Tsui 6 7.8 2-1/2
9 2 NOBLE GO XB/E1/TT Z Purton · J Size 5 15.0 2-3/4
10 7 SO AWESOME B/TT M Chadwick · K L Man 8 13.0 3-3/4
11 3 KA YING POWER B/H M F Poon · T P Yung 4 20.0 5
12 5 SUPER ELITE B/XB2 K De Melo · D J Hall 12 41.0 6-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. NOTTHESILLYONE2. ACE TALENT+0.1L3. MODEST GENTLEMAN+1.25L4. GLORIOUS EXPERT+1.5L5. DOUBLE SHOW+2L6. COLONEL+2L7. YOU'REMYEVERYTHING+2.25L8. HAPPY TANGO+2.5L9. NOBLE GO+2.75L10. SO AWESOME+3.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick NOTTHESILLYONE (20.8%) 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 4 NOTTHESILLYONE 20.8% 4.80 1
2 11 ACE TALENT 16.4% 6.10 2
3 7 SO AWESOME 15.9% 6.29 10
4 12 DOUBLE SHOW 7.8% 12.82 5
5 3 KA YING POWER 6.8% 14.78 11
6 8 YOU'REMYEVERYTHING 6.7% 14.83 7
7 2 NOBLE GO 5.8% 17.20 9
8 6 MODEST GENTLEMAN 4.7% 21.06 3
9 5 SUPER ELITE 3.9% 25.90 12
10 9 GLORIOUS EXPERT 3.9% 25.91 4
11 10 HAPPY TANGO 3.8% 26.52 8
12 1 COLONEL 3.5% 28.32 6
NOTTHESILLYONE — wonACE TALENTSO AWESOMEDOUBLE SHOWKA YING POWERYOU'REMYEVERYTHINGNOBLE GOMODEST GENTLEMANSUPER ELITEGLORIOUS EXPERTHAPPY TANGOCOLONEL

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

4 52.5

PLACE

4 20.5

6 41

11 14

QUINELLA

4,11 81.5

QUINELLA PLACE

4,6 151.5

4,11 36.5

6,11 88.5

FORECAST

4,11 219

TIERCE

4,11,6 2,477

TRIO

4,6,11 415

FIRST 4

4,6,9,11 1,757

QUARTET

4,11,6,9 28,619