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Happy Valley · 2025-09-17 · 11:45

Race 2

Class 4 1200m Course B 12 runners

Race 2 at Happy Valley on 2025-09-17 was Class 4 over 1200m. MIGHTY COMMANDER, ridden by E C W Wong and trained by C Fownes, won by 1-1/4, with CALIFORNIA BLITZ second and TELECOM POWER third. The 2.7 favourite ALWAYS MY FOLKS finished 6th.

Result

Official · 1.09.65
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 2 MIGHTY COMMANDER TT 1.09.65 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) E C W Wong · C Fownes 5 4.8 1-1/4
2 6 CALIFORNIA BLITZ B/TT C L Chau · W K Mo 2 5.7 1-1/4
3 10 TELECOM POWER B M Chadwick · Y S Tsui 9 44.0 2-1/4
4 4 KNOW AT HEART K De Melo · W Y So 3 11.0 2-1/2
5 5 AMAZING KID B Avdulla · J Size 4 38.0 2-3/4
6 12 ALWAYS MY FOLKS CP1 K Teetan · C W Chang 1 2.7 3
7 7 REWARDING BUDDY CP- L Ferraris · F C Lor 7 119.0 4-1/2
8 3 GOLDEN DARCI XB J Orman · D J Whyte 10 13.0 4-3/4
9 8 SNOWTHORN CP-/TT M F Poon · P F Yiu 6 13.0 5-3/4
10 9 GOLDEN LUCK XB/TT K C Leung · K L Man 11 6.6 7-1/4
11 1 STAR GLOW C Y Ho · K W Lui 8 61.0 8
12 11 CHAMPION METHOD B/TT D Probert · C S Shum 12 96.0 17

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. MIGHTY COMMANDER2. CALIFORNIA BLITZ+1.25L3. TELECOM POWER+2.25L4. KNOW AT HEART+2.5L5. AMAZING KID+2.75L6. ALWAYS MY FOLKS+3L7. REWARDING BUDDY+4.5L8. GOLDEN DARCI+4.75L9. SNOWTHORN+5.75L10. GOLDEN LUCK+7.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick ALWAYS MY FOLKS (25.8%) finished 6th — the winner MIGHTY COMMANDER 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 12 ALWAYS MY FOLKS 25.8% 3.88 6
2 3 GOLDEN DARCI 14.6% 6.84 8
3 2 MIGHTY COMMANDER 13.3% 7.51 1
4 6 CALIFORNIA BLITZ 12.4% 8.09 2
5 4 KNOW AT HEART 7.8% 12.76 4
6 9 GOLDEN LUCK 5.9% 16.92 10
7 8 SNOWTHORN 5.4% 18.58 9
8 10 TELECOM POWER 4.2% 24.07 3
9 5 AMAZING KID 3.8% 26.14 5
10 1 STAR GLOW 2.8% 35.87 11
11 11 CHAMPION METHOD 2.1% 46.90 12
12 7 REWARDING BUDDY 1.9% 53.08 7
ALWAYS MY FOLKSGOLDEN DARCIMIGHTY COMMANDER — wonCALIFORNIA BLITZKNOW AT HEARTGOLDEN LUCKSNOWTHORNTELECOM POWERAMAZING KIDSTAR GLOWCHAMPION METHODREWARDING BUDDY

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 48.5

PLACE

2 18.5

6 19.5

10 89.5

QUINELLA

2,6 149.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,6 54

2,10 265.5

6,10 331

FORECAST

2,6 306

TIERCE

2,6,10 7,377

TRIO

2,6,10 1,649

FIRST 4

2,4,6,10 2,191

QUARTET

2,6,10,4 34,432

All pools (2 more)

1ST DOUBLE

2,6/2 112

2,6/6 47

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

1,10>2,6/2,6,10 56,793