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Happy Valley · 2025-07-09 · 14:55

Race 9

Class 3 1200m Course A 12 runners

Race 9 at Happy Valley on 2025-07-09 was Class 3 over 1200m. SOVEREIGN FUND, ridden by K Teetan and trained by C W Chang, won by 1-1/4, with GRACIOUS EXPRESS second and FUN ELITE third. The 3.6 favourite POWER KOEPP finished 5th.

Result

Official · 1.09.42
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 8 SOVEREIGN FUND B/TT 1.09.42 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K Teetan · C W Chang 12 8.8 1-1/4
2 5 GRACIOUS EXPRESS V/TT J Orman · P F Yiu 2 6.5 1-1/4
3 12 FUN ELITE TT H Bentley · T P Yung 8 10.0 1-1/2
4 1 WINGS OF WAR B H Bowman · D J Whyte 11 9.3 2
5 2 POWER KOEPP A Badel · M Newnham 3 3.6 2
6 9 VERY GRATEFUL B1/TT K C Leung · W K Mo 4 12.0 2-1/4
7 6 BEAUTY INFINITY M L Yeung · J Size 10 25.0 2-1/2
8 3 GOLDEN EMPIRE B K De Melo · K W Lui 5 29.0 2-1/2
9 11 NEVER TOO SOON CP M F Poon · D J Hall 6 20.0 3-1/4
10 4 NORDIC DRAGON TT A Hamelin · C S Shum 7 9.0 4
11 10 EVERSTAR CP M Chadwick · Y S Tsui 1 7.3 4-1/2
12 7 MARVEL AND GOLD H-/E1/TT A Atzeni · C H Yip 9 67.0 32-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SOVEREIGN FUND2. GRACIOUS EXPRESS+1.25L3. FUN ELITE+1.5L4. WINGS OF WAR+2L5. POWER KOEPP+2L6. VERY GRATEFUL+2.25L7. BEAUTY INFINITY+2.5L8. GOLDEN EMPIRE+2.5L9. NEVER TOO SOON+3.25L10. NORDIC DRAGON+4L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick POWER KOEPP (24.0%) finished 5th — the winner SOVEREIGN FUND 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 2 POWER KOEPP 24.0% 4.16 5
2 5 GRACIOUS EXPRESS 13.9% 7.19 2
3 9 VERY GRATEFUL 12.3% 8.16 6
4 4 NORDIC DRAGON 8.5% 11.81 10
5 12 FUN ELITE 7.2% 13.83 3
6 8 SOVEREIGN FUND 6.9% 14.46 1
7 6 BEAUTY INFINITY 6.6% 15.08 7
8 10 EVERSTAR 6.2% 16.08 11
9 11 NEVER TOO SOON 5.5% 18.25 9
10 1 WINGS OF WAR 4.3% 23.49 4
11 3 GOLDEN EMPIRE 3.8% 26.07 8
12 7 MARVEL AND GOLD 0.8% 127.92 12
POWER KOEPPGRACIOUS EXPRESSVERY GRATEFULNORDIC DRAGONFUN ELITESOVEREIGN FUND — wonBEAUTY INFINITYEVERSTARNEVER TOO SOONWINGS OF WARGOLDEN EMPIREMARVEL AND GOLD

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

8 88.5

PLACE

5 23

8 27

12 34

QUINELLA

5,8 317.5

QUINELLA PLACE

5,8 107

5,12 113.5

8,12 153

FORECAST

8,5 709

TIERCE

8,5,12 8,214

TRIO

5,8,12 1,241

FIRST 4

1,5,8,12 3,947

QUARTET

8,5,12,1 85,256

All pools (4 more)

2ND TREBLE

11/6/5 7,609

11/6/8 96,223

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

6,7,9/5,8,12 689,856

8TH DOUBLE

6/5 223

6/8 1,688

SIX UP

4,6/8,10/3,6/4,11/6,7/5,8 144,860

4 [D J Whyte]

8 [H Bowman]