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Happy Valley · 2025-10-15 · 10:41

Race 1

Class 5 1650m Course A 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2025-10-15 was Class 5 over 1650m. APOLAR FIGHTER, ridden by C L Chau and trained by D Eustace, won, with COURIER MAGIC second and NINJA DERBY third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.0 favourite COURIER MAGIC finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1:39.72
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 10 APOLAR FIGHTER Closed strongly 1:39.72 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C L Chau · D Eustace 5 9.9
2 1 COURIER MAGIC Closed strongly Z Purton · K L Man 7 2.0 3-3/4
3 2 NINJA DERBY Closed strongly L Hewitson · B Crawford 12 4.8 5-3/4
4 4 DRAGON SUNRISE K De Melo · K W Lui 1 22.0 6
5 7 GOLD TACK Closed strongly M F Poon · D J Hall 4 12.0 6-1/4
6 8 HE WAS ME Led early M L Yeung · A S Cruz 6 14.0 7-1/4
7 5 LITTLE FAIRY Closed strongly R Kingscote · K H Ting 9 61.0 7-3/4
8 6 FOREMOST TEDDY J Orman · C S Shum 11 21.0 8-1/2
9 9 MANYTHANKS FOREVER D Probert · W Y So 2 29.0 9-3/4
10 11 THE WAY WE WIN H Bentley · J Richards 3 13.0 12-1/2
11 3 COSMO LIGHT H T Mo · Y S Tsui 10 116.0 12-3/4
12 12 LAPRAS M Chadwick · W K Mo 8 31.0 14-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. APOLAR FIGHTER2. COURIER MAGIC+3.75L3. NINJA DERBY+5.75L4. DRAGON SUNRISE+6L5. GOLD TACK+6.25L6. HE WAS ME+7.25L7. LITTLE FAIRY+7.75L8. FOREMOST TEDDY+8.5L9. MANYTHANKS FOREVER+9.75L10. THE WAY WE WIN+12.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick COURIER MAGIC (40.3%) finished 2nd — the winner APOLAR FIGHTER was rated #6. 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 1 COURIER MAGIC 40.3% 2.48 2
2 2 NINJA DERBY 11.6% 8.62 3
3 11 THE WAY WE WIN 9.1% 11.03 10
4 7 GOLD TACK 8.6% 11.68 5
5 12 LAPRAS 6.7% 14.91 12
6 10 APOLAR FIGHTER 4.9% 20.29 1
7 8 HE WAS ME 4.8% 20.81 6
8 9 MANYTHANKS FOREVER 4.0% 25.27 9
9 6 FOREMOST TEDDY 3.8% 26.46 8
10 4 DRAGON SUNRISE 2.4% 41.41 4
11 5 LITTLE FAIRY 2.3% 42.93 7
12 3 COSMO LIGHT 1.5% 65.06 11
COURIER MAGICNINJA DERBYTHE WAY WE WINGOLD TACKLAPRASAPOLAR FIGHTER — wonHE WAS MEMANYTHANKS FOREVERFOREMOST TEDDYDRAGON SUNRISELITTLE FAIRYCOSMO LIGHT

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 99

PLACE

1 12.5

2 16

10 24

QUINELLA

1,10 101.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,2 20

1,10 40

2,10 65.5

FORECAST

10,1 320

TIERCE

10,1,2 1,293

TRIO

1,2,10 130

FIRST 4

1,2,4,10 538

QUARTET

10,1,2,4 16,071