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Happy Valley · 2025-09-17 · 20:41

Race 4

Class 3 1650m Course B 9 runners

Result

Official · 1.39.91
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 ROCKET SPADE Closed strongly XB/TT 1.39.91 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bowman · C Fownes 5 10.0 N
2 3 STAR CONTACT TT B Avdulla · D A Hayes 8 7.1 N
3 6 ANOTHER ZONDA Led early B M Chadwick · Y S Tsui 7 5.0 1
4 2 ROMANTIC LAOS CP/TT K C Leung · W K Mo 1 9.6 1-1/2
5 4 EXCELLENCE VALUE Closed strongly B/TT Z Purton · M Newnham 4 3.8 2-1/4
6 8 VICTOR THE RAPID Closed strongly TT K Teetan · P C Ng 6 6.6 2-3/4
7 7 HARMONY GALAXY TT C L Chau · C S Shum 3 13.0 2-3/4
8 9 SURE JOYFUL TT M F Poon · P F Yiu 2 16.0 3-1/4
9 1 I CAN H/TT A Atzeni · P C Ng 9 7.6 4-1/4

This site does not show odds as they change: the odds here are final prices after a race, or overnight prices before it.

Race 4 at Happy Valley on 2025-09-17 was Class 3 over 1650m. ROCKET SPADE, ridden by H Bowman and trained by C Fownes, won by N, with STAR CONTACT second and ANOTHER ZONDA third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.8 favourite EXCELLENCE VALUE finished 5th.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. ROCKET SPADE—2. STAR CONTACT+0.05L3. ANOTHER ZONDA+1L4. ROMANTIC LAOS+1.5L5. EXCELLENCE VALUE+2.25L6. VICTOR THE RAPID+2.75L7. HARMONY GALAXY+2.75L8. SURE JOYFUL+3.25L9. I CAN+4.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick EXCELLENCE VALUE (21.8%) finished 5th — the winner ROCKET SPADE 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 4 EXCELLENCE VALUE 21.8% 4.59 5
2 6 ANOTHER ZONDA 13.5% 7.40 3
3 2 ROMANTIC LAOS 12.6% 7.92 4
4 5 ROCKET SPADE 12.1% 8.24 1
5 8 VICTOR THE RAPID 10.1% 9.91 6
6 7 HARMONY GALAXY 8.5% 11.75 7
7 1 I CAN 8.5% 11.77 9
8 3 STAR CONTACT 7.5% 13.40 2
9 9 SURE JOYFUL 5.4% 18.68 8
EXCELLENCE VALUEANOTHER ZONDAROMANTIC LAOSROCKET SPADE — wonVICTOR THE RAPIDHARMONY GALAXYI CANSTAR CONTACTSURE JOYFUL

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

5 105.5

PLACE

3 23.5

5 29

6 16

QUINELLA

3,5 386

QUINELLA PLACE

3,5 115.5

3,6 77.5

5,6 110.5

FORECAST

5,3 717

TIERCE

5,3,6 5,086

TRIO

3,5,6 821

FIRST 4

2,3,5,6 1,093

QUARTET

5,3,6,2 26,503

All pools (2 more)

2ND DOUBLE TRIO

2,3,8/3,5,6 93,089

3RD DOUBLE

8/3 246.5

8/5 1,623.5