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Happy Valley · 2025-09-17 · 14:55

Race 8

Class 2 1650m Course B 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2025-09-17 was Class 2 over 1650m. LO RIDER, ridden by H Bentley and trained by C Fownes, won by 3/4, with ENCOUNTERED second and SOLEIL FIGHTER third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 3.9 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.38.26
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 10 LO RIDER Closed strongly H/SR1 1.38.26 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bentley · C Fownes 1 3.9 3/4
2 4 ENCOUNTERED Closed strongly TT- K Teetan · B Crawford 6 10.0 3/4
3 6 SOLEIL FIGHTER CP-/XB Z Purton · D A Hayes 10 5.8 3
4 7 STEPS AHEAD Closed strongly B L Hewitson · K W Lui 9 5.8 3-1/2
5 8 JUMBO LEGEND Closed strongly TT C Y Ho · C Fownes 4 7.5 4
6 1 CALIFORNIATOTALITY B/TT A Badel · A S Cruz 2 9.8 4-3/4
7 9 KEEFY E C W Wong · F C Lor 5 10.0 5
8 11 BRAVEHEARTS Closed strongly M F Poon · M Newnham 8 12.0 6-3/4
9 2 VOYAGE SAMURAI Led early B K C Leung · F C Lor 7 36.0 13-1/2
10 3 TELECOM FIGHTERS M Chadwick · Y S Tsui 3 37.0 15
11 5 LA CITY BLANCHE Closed strongly TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 12 85.0 15-1/4
12 12 WOODFIRE BRO TT M L Yeung · C W Chang 11 27.0 53-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. LO RIDER2. ENCOUNTERED+0.75L3. SOLEIL FIGHTER+3L4. STEPS AHEAD+3.5L5. JUMBO LEGEND+4L6. CALIFORNIATOTALITY+4.75L7. KEEFY+5L8. BRAVEHEARTS+6.75L9. VOYAGE SAMURAI+13.5L10. TELECOM FIGHTERS+15L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick LO RIDER (19.2%) 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 LO RIDER 19.2% 5.20 1
2 8 JUMBO LEGEND 19.0% 5.27 5
3 7 STEPS AHEAD 18.7% 5.34 4
4 1 CALIFORNIATOTALITY 9.9% 10.12 6
5 6 SOLEIL FIGHTER 9.4% 10.67 3
6 9 KEEFY 4.8% 20.76 7
7 4 ENCOUNTERED 4.0% 24.90 2
8 2 VOYAGE SAMURAI 3.9% 25.37 9
9 11 BRAVEHEARTS 3.5% 28.85 8
10 12 WOODFIRE BRO 2.8% 36.05 12
11 3 TELECOM FIGHTERS 2.7% 36.74 10
12 5 LA CITY BLANCHE 2.1% 48.26 11
LO RIDER — wonJUMBO LEGENDSTEPS AHEADCALIFORNIATOTALITYSOLEIL FIGHTERKEEFYENCOUNTEREDVOYAGE SAMURAIBRAVEHEARTSWOODFIRE BROTELECOM FIGHTERSLA CITY BLANCHE

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 39.5

PLACE

4 27

6 22.5

10 16.5

QUINELLA

4,10 323

QUINELLA PLACE

4,6 107.5

4,10 117

6,10 56

FORECAST

10,4 538

TIERCE

10,4,6 3,061

TRIO

4,6,10 600

FIRST 4

4,6,7,10 524

QUARTET

10,4,6,7 14,058

All pools (4 more)

2ND TREBLE

2/1/4 675

2/1/10 1,597

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

1,2,4/4,6,10 35,620

7TH DOUBLE

1/4 98

1/10 347.5

SIX UP

2,8/3,5/1,11/2,3/1,2/4,10 13,985

8/5/1/2/1/10 1,148,470

2 [K Teetan]

1 [C Fownes]