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Happy Valley · 2025-10-08 · 14:55

Race 9

Class 3 1200m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 9 at Happy Valley on 2025-10-08 was Class 3 over 1200m. KYRUS DRAGON, ridden by K Teetan and trained by D J Hall, won, with BIENVENUE second and VICTORY SKY third. The 3.1 favourite BIENVENUE finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1:09.08
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 KYRUS DRAGON 1:09.08 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K Teetan · D J Hall 1 5.5
2 5 BIENVENUE Z Purton · D A Hayes 6 3.1 3/4
3 12 VICTORY SKY M F Poon · P F Yiu 7 8.6 1-1/2
4 2 STORMING DRAGON B Avdulla · J Richards 2 5.5 2
5 8 MIGHTY COMMANDER E C W Wong · C Fownes 8 9.9 2
6 3 A AMERIC TE SPECSO A Atzeni · J Size 3 37.0 2-1/2
7 6 SPORTS LEGEND L Ferraris · D Eustace 12 10.0 3-1/4
8 10 VICTOR THE RAPID H Bentley · P C Ng 4 22.0 3-1/4
9 9 SUPER JOY N FUN C L Chau · C W Chang 9 23.0 3-3/4
10 7 YOUNG ARROW A Badel · D J Whyte 11 19.0 4-1/4
11 11 VERY GRATEFUL K C Leung · W K Mo 5 41.0 6-1/2
12 1 DRAGON FOUR SEAS C Y Ho · K L Man 10 39.0 6-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. KYRUS DRAGON2. BIENVENUE+0.75L3. VICTORY SKY+1.5L4. STORMING DRAGON+2L5. MIGHTY COMMANDER+2L6. A AMERIC TE SPECSO+2.5L7. SPORTS LEGEND+3.25L8. VICTOR THE RAPID+3.25L9. SUPER JOY N FUN+3.75L10. YOUNG ARROW+4.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick MIGHTY COMMANDER (17.4%) finished 5th — the winner KYRUS DRAGON 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 8 MIGHTY COMMANDER 17.4% 5.73 5
2 2 STORMING DRAGON 17.2% 5.82 4
3 5 BIENVENUE 14.8% 6.76 2
4 4 KYRUS DRAGON 9.6% 10.37 1
5 12 VICTORY SKY 8.5% 11.80 3
6 10 VICTOR THE RAPID 6.2% 16.21 8
7 7 YOUNG ARROW 5.5% 18.24 10
8 11 VERY GRATEFUL 5.3% 18.85 11
9 1 DRAGON FOUR SEAS 4.3% 22.99 12
10 6 SPORTS LEGEND 3.9% 25.74 7
11 3 A AMERIC TE SPECSO 3.8% 26.20 6
12 9 SUPER JOY N FUN 3.5% 28.92 9
MIGHTY COMMANDERSTORMING DRAGONBIENVENUEKYRUS DRAGON — wonVICTORY SKYVICTOR THE RAPIDYOUNG ARROWVERY GRATEFULDRAGON FOUR SEASSPORTS LEGENDA AMERIC TE SPECSOSUPER JOY N FUN

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 55.5

PLACE

4 19.5

5 14

12 27

QUINELLA

4,5 95

QUINELLA PLACE

4,5 38

4,12 101.5

5,12 64

FORECAST

4,5 258

TIERCE

4,5,12 1,954

TRIO

4,5,12 331

FIRST 4

2,4,5,12 237

QUARTET

4,5,12,2 7,976

All pools (4 more)

2ND TREBLE

8/7/4 1,654

8/7/5 133

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

6,7,10/4,5,12 25,578

8TH DOUBLE

7/4 479

7/5 31

SIX UP

4/1/10/8/7/4 180,616

4,8/1,4/6,10/8,11/7,10/4,5 6,225

1 [Z Purton]

2 [A S Cruz]