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Happy Valley · 2025-09-17 · 11:15

Race 1

Class 5 1000m Course B 10 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2025-09-17 was Class 5 over 1000m. SILVER SPURS, ridden by E C W Wong and trained by C Fownes, won by 1/2, with GOLDEN FRIENDSHIP second and CAMP FIRE third. Victory came as the 4.1 favourite.

Result

Official · 0.57.08
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 2 SILVER SPURS CP-/TT 0.57.08 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) E C W Wong · C Fownes 3 4.1 1/2
2 1 GOLDEN FRIENDSHIP B/TT Z Purton · K H Ting 6 7.8 1/2
3 10 CAMP FIRE SR/TT L Ferraris · D J Whyte 2 9.6 1-3/4
4 4 NOBLE DELUXE B/TT B Avdulla · J Size 5 5.8 2
5 7 TRIUMPHANT WARRIOR TT J Orman · C S Shum 4 4.2 3
6 3 COSMO NAVIGATOR B Y L Chung · C W Chang 7 54.0 3
7 8 MODEST GENTLEMAN B/TT A Atzeni · C H Yip 11 6.6 3-1/4
8 9 WISDOM STAR TT- K C Leung · W Y So 8 46.0 3-3/4
9 11 HAPPY TANGO B R Kingscote · Y S Tsui 12 16.0 5
10 12 THE PRIME B/TT D Probert · J Richards 1 30.0 5-3/4
5 SPICY SO SMART V2/TT M Chadwick · W K Mo 10 21.0
6 HAPPY HORSE M F Poon · K L Man

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SILVER SPURS2. GOLDEN FRIENDSHIP+0.5L3. CAMP FIRE+1.75L4. NOBLE DELUXE+2L5. TRIUMPHANT WARRIOR+3L6. COSMO NAVIGATOR+3L7. MODEST GENTLEMAN+3.25L8. WISDOM STAR+3.75L9. HAPPY TANGO+5L10. THE PRIME+5.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick GOLDEN FRIENDSHIP (24.4%) finished 2nd — the winner SILVER SPURS was rated #3. 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 1 GOLDEN FRIENDSHIP 24.4% 4.09 2
2 4 NOBLE DELUXE 21.7% 4.60 4
3 2 SILVER SPURS 13.9% 7.19 1
4 8 MODEST GENTLEMAN 11.1% 9.05 7
5 7 TRIUMPHANT WARRIOR 9.1% 11.01 5
6 10 CAMP FIRE 7.1% 14.14 3
7 12 THE PRIME 4.1% 24.26 10
8 11 HAPPY TANGO 3.4% 29.04 9
9 3 COSMO NAVIGATOR 2.8% 36.36 6
10 9 WISDOM STAR 2.4% 41.70 8
GOLDEN FRIENDSHIPNOBLE DELUXESILVER SPURS — wonMODEST GENTLEMANTRIUMPHANT WARRIORCAMP FIRETHE PRIMEHAPPY TANGOCOSMO NAVIGATORWISDOM STAR

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

2 41

PLACE

1 28.5

2 16

10 29

QUINELLA

1,2 164

QUINELLA PLACE

1,2 61.5

1,10 130

2,10 74

FORECAST

2,1 281

TIERCE

2,1,10 2,315

TRIO

1,2,10 476

FIRST 4

1,2,4,10 475

QUARTET

2,1,10,4 9,778