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Happy Valley · 2025-07-09 · 14:20

Race 8

Class 2 1800m Course A 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2025-07-09 was Class 2 over 1800m. JUMBO LEGEND, ridden by H Bowman and trained by C Fownes, won by SH, with WOODFIRE BRO second and CAMBRIDGE third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.7 favourite CAMBRIDGE finished 3rd.

Result

Official · 1.48.64
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 6 JUMBO LEGEND Closed strongly TT 1.48.64 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bowman · C Fownes 5 11.0 SH
2 7 WOODFIRE BRO TT M L Yeung · C W Chang 7 24.0 SH
3 9 CAMBRIDGE Closed strongly XB/TT Z Purton · P C Ng 6 3.7 3/4
4 4 EMBRACES Closed strongly TT C L Chau · W K Mo 12 17.0 1
5 3 BRAVEHEARTS Closed strongly M Chadwick · M Newnham 10 9.9 1-1/4
6 10 WINNING WING B/TT H T Mo · K W Lui 3 4.6 1-1/2
7 11 STAR MAC Closed strongly CP-/B2/TT K Teetan · D A Hayes 2 8.0 2-1/4
8 8 BEAUTY ALLIANCE A Badel · J Size 9 8.7 2-1/4
9 2 SHARPEN BRIGHT B M F Poon · D J Hall 1 27.0 4-1/2
10 5 FLAMINGO TRILLION Led early K C Leung · F C Lor 4 12.0 4-1/2
11 12 PACKING HURRICANE B/TT Y L Chung · D Eustace 8 35.0 7
12 1 NOISY BOY TT L Ferraris · C H Yip 11 16.0 8-3/4
0 C P BRAVE E C W Wong · P F Yiu

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. JUMBO LEGEND2. WOODFIRE BRO+0.1L3. CAMBRIDGE+0.75L4. EMBRACES+1L5. BRAVEHEARTS+1.25L6. WINNING WING+1.5L7. STAR MAC+2.25L8. BEAUTY ALLIANCE+2.25L9. SHARPEN BRIGHT+4.5L10. FLAMINGO TRILLION+4.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick CAMBRIDGE (24.6%) finished 3rd — the winner JUMBO LEGEND was rated #4. 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 9 CAMBRIDGE 24.6% 4.07 3
2 8 BEAUTY ALLIANCE 13.3% 7.50 8
3 11 STAR MAC 10.8% 9.28 7
4 6 JUMBO LEGEND 10.2% 9.84 1
5 10 WINNING WING 9.7% 10.33 6
6 5 FLAMINGO TRILLION 7.0% 14.20 10
7 3 BRAVEHEARTS 6.1% 16.27 5
8 4 EMBRACES 5.0% 20.09 4
9 2 SHARPEN BRIGHT 4.3% 23.02 9
10 1 NOISY BOY 3.5% 28.47 12
11 7 WOODFIRE BRO 2.8% 35.93 2
12 12 PACKING HURRICANE 2.7% 37.48 11
CAMBRIDGEBEAUTY ALLIANCESTAR MACJUMBO LEGEND — wonWINNING WINGFLAMINGO TRILLIONBRAVEHEARTSEMBRACESSHARPEN BRIGHTNOISY BOYWOODFIRE BROPACKING HURRICANE

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

6 117.5

PLACE

6 30.5

7 61.5

9 17.5

QUINELLA

6,7 1,533.5

QUINELLA PLACE

6,7 418.5

6,9 94.5

7,9 206.5

FORECAST

6,7 2,685

TIERCE

6,7,9 12,607

TRIO

6,7,9 1,643

FIRST 4

4,6,7,9 5,660

QUARTET

6,7,9,4 178,599

All pools (1 more)

7TH DOUBLE

11/6 7,791

11/7 1,607.5