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Happy Valley · 2025-07-16 · 11:35

Race 3

Class 4 1200m Course B 12 runners

Race 3 at Happy Valley on 2025-07-16 was Class 4 over 1200m. VULCANUS, ridden by K C Leung and trained by Y S Tsui, won by 2-1/4, with BROWNNEEDSFURTHER second and LUCKY SAM GOR third. The 2.9 favourite LUCKY SAM GOR finished 3rd.

Result

Official · 1.09.05
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 10 VULCANUS B 1.09.05 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K C Leung · Y S Tsui 3 5.1 2-1/4
2 3 BROWNNEEDSFURTHER J Orman · D J Hall 1 21.0 2-1/4
3 9 LUCKY SAM GOR CP/XB M Chadwick · M Newnham 5 2.9 2-3/4
4 2 ARGENTO OCEAN H Bowman · D J Whyte 9 12.0 3
5 1 MEGA BONUS V E C W Wong · P F Yiu 4 11.0 3-1/4
6 7 CALIFORNIA BLITZ B/TT A Hamelin · W K Mo 12 15.0 4
7 11 ALWAYS MY FOLKS H- K Teetan · C W Chang 10 11.0 5-1/2
8 12 NIGHT PUROSANGUE CP B Thompson · D A Hayes 6 48.0 6
9 5 BETTER AND BETTER H M F Poon · F C Lor 2 5.6 7-1/4
10 6 SOLAR RIVER CP/TT H Bentley · K H Ting 7 11.0 9-3/4
11 4 LUCKY FIELD TT1 K De Melo · K L Man 11 70.0 18-3/4
12 8 LA MOMENTO H/TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 8 102.0 38-3/4
0 AUTUMN DELIGHT A Atzeni · C Fownes

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. VULCANUS2. BROWNNEEDSFURTHER+2.25L3. LUCKY SAM GOR+2.75L4. ARGENTO OCEAN+3L5. MEGA BONUS+3.25L6. CALIFORNIA BLITZ+4L7. ALWAYS MY FOLKS+5.5L8. NIGHT PUROSANGUE+6L9. BETTER AND BETTER+7.25L10. SOLAR RIVER+9.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick VULCANUS (23.1%) 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 10 VULCANUS 23.1% 4.33 1
2 9 LUCKY SAM GOR 14.6% 6.84 3
3 6 SOLAR RIVER 13.7% 7.28 10
4 5 BETTER AND BETTER 13.0% 7.67 9
5 11 ALWAYS MY FOLKS 10.4% 9.59 7
6 1 MEGA BONUS 7.6% 13.13 5
7 2 ARGENTO OCEAN 4.7% 21.15 4
8 3 BROWNNEEDSFURTHER 4.2% 24.08 2
9 7 CALIFORNIA BLITZ 3.5% 28.49 6
10 4 LUCKY FIELD 2.6% 38.36 11
11 12 NIGHT PUROSANGUE 1.8% 55.70 8
12 8 LA MOMENTO 0.7% 142.82 12
VULCANUS — wonLUCKY SAM GORSOLAR RIVERBETTER AND BETTERALWAYS MY FOLKSMEGA BONUSARGENTO OCEANBROWNNEEDSFURTHERCALIFORNIA BLITZLUCKY FIELDNIGHT PUROSANGUELA MOMENTO

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

10 51.5

PLACE

3 53.5

9 14.5

10 16.5

QUINELLA

3,10 573.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,9 128.5

3,10 168.5

9,10 29.5

FORECAST

10,3 1,008

TIERCE

10,3,9 4,360

TRIO

3,9,10 498

FIRST 4

2,3,9,10 1,271

QUARTET

10,3,9,2 38,288

All pools (2 more)

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

4,8,10,11/3,9,10 8,884

2ND DOUBLE

4,10/3 157

4,10/10 333