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Happy Valley · 2025-10-08 · 12:10

Race 4

Class 4 1650m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 4 at Happy Valley on 2025-10-08 was Class 4 over 1650m. MIGHTY STEED, ridden by Z Purton and trained by K W Lui, won, with FORTUNE STAR second and SUPER SICARIO third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.8 favourite FORTUNE STAR finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1:38.53
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 MIGHTY STEED Closed strongly 1:38.53 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · K W Lui 11 4.1
2 8 FORTUNE STAR Closed strongly L Ferraris · M Newnham 3 3.8 1-1/4
3 11 SUPER SICARIO Closed strongly K Teetan · C Fownes 12 9.0 1-3/4
4 12 STERLING WONGCHOY M L Yeung · D J Whyte 7 6.1 4-1/4
5 3 ABSOLUTE HONOUR B Avdulla · A S Cruz 6 38.0 4-3/4
6 2 FORERUNNER Closed strongly C L Chau · W K Mo 9 30.0 5
7 10 CELESTIAL PATCH Closed strongly D Probert · D Eustace 5 7.8 5-1/2
8 1 THE AZURE Closed strongly H Bowman · F C Lor 10 18.0 5-1/2
9 7 SIMPLE HEDGE A Atzeni · J Size 4 26.0 5-3/4
10 9 SOARING BRONCO H Bentley · P C Ng 8 14.0 8-1/4
11 5 TO INFINITY A Badel · J Richards 1 18.0 9
12 6 VIGOR ELLEEGANT Led early Y L Chung · K L Man 2 26.0 20-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. MIGHTY STEED2. FORTUNE STAR+1.25L3. SUPER SICARIO+1.75L4. STERLING WONGCHOY+4.25L5. ABSOLUTE HONOUR+4.75L6. FORERUNNER+5L7. CELESTIAL PATCH+5.5L8. THE AZURE+5.5L9. SIMPLE HEDGE+5.75L10. SOARING BRONCO+8.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick MIGHTY STEED (22.5%) 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 4 MIGHTY STEED 22.5% 4.44 1
2 8 FORTUNE STAR 21.2% 4.73 2
3 10 CELESTIAL PATCH 13.4% 7.44 7
4 11 SUPER SICARIO 7.3% 13.72 3
5 1 THE AZURE 7.3% 13.75 8
6 7 SIMPLE HEDGE 6.4% 15.67 9
7 5 TO INFINITY 5.0% 20.14 11
8 6 VIGOR ELLEEGANT 4.3% 23.08 12
9 12 STERLING WONGCHOY 4.3% 23.36 4
10 2 FORERUNNER 3.4% 29.15 6
11 9 SOARING BRONCO 2.9% 34.23 10
12 3 ABSOLUTE HONOUR 2.0% 50.01 5
MIGHTY STEED — wonFORTUNE STARCELESTIAL PATCHSUPER SICARIOTHE AZURESIMPLE HEDGETO INFINITYVIGOR ELLEEGANTSTERLING WONGCHOYFORERUNNERSOARING BRONCOABSOLUTE HONOUR

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

4 41.5

PLACE

4 19.5

8 16.5

11 27.5

QUINELLA

4,8 108.5

QUINELLA PLACE

4,8 39.5

4,11 67.5

8,11 55.5

FORECAST

4,8 182

TIERCE

4,8,11 1,171

TRIO

4,8,11 241

FIRST 4

4,8,11,12 296

QUARTET

4,8,11,12 4,686

All pools (1 more)

3RD DOUBLE

5/4 71

5/8 12.5