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Happy Valley · 2025-10-15 · 11:12

Race 2

Class 4 1650m Course A 12 runners

Race 2 at Happy Valley on 2025-10-15 was Class 4 over 1650m. CELTIC TIMES, ridden by K Teetan and trained by K L Man, won, with CHAIN OF GOLD second and SAMARKAND third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.0 favourite NORTHERN BEAST finished 4th.

Result

Official · 1:39.89
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 10 CELTIC TIMES Closed strongly 1:39.89 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K Teetan · K L Man 9 30.0
2 3 CHAIN OF GOLD Closed strongly K C Leung · W K Mo 12 12.0 1-1/2
3 1 SAMARKAND Led early L Hewitson · D A Hayes 7 4.2 1-1/2
4 2 NORTHERN BEAST Z Purton · D J Hall 1 3.0 3-1/4
5 6 GLORIOUS JOURNEY Closed strongly M Chadwick · F C Lor 10 9.8 4-3/4
6 7 PRINCE ALEX Closed strongly H Bowman · D J Whyte 11 14.0 5-3/4
7 12 HANDSOME BOMB A Atzeni · W Y So 5 7.4 5-3/4
8 8 METAL KING M F Poon · K H Ting 3 11.0 5-3/4
9 11 PERPETUAL POWER Closed strongly M L Yeung · C W Chang 8 70.0 7-3/4
10 9 NO OTHER CHOICE D Probert · C Fownes 6 20.0 13
11 4 WITHOUT DELAY J Orman · D Eustace 2 15.0 15-3/4
12 5 MASSIVE FIRE C L Chau · C S Shum 4 67.0 16-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. CELTIC TIMES2. CHAIN OF GOLD+1.5L3. SAMARKAND+1.5L4. NORTHERN BEAST+3.25L5. GLORIOUS JOURNEY+4.75L6. PRINCE ALEX+5.75L7. HANDSOME BOMB+5.75L8. METAL KING+5.75L9. PERPETUAL POWER+7.75L10. NO OTHER CHOICE+13L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick NORTHERN BEAST (30.0%) finished 4th — the winner CELTIC TIMES was rated #10. 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 2 NORTHERN BEAST 30.0% 3.33 4
2 1 SAMARKAND 10.7% 9.35 3
3 6 GLORIOUS JOURNEY 9.4% 10.63 5
4 7 PRINCE ALEX 8.8% 11.41 6
5 9 NO OTHER CHOICE 8.2% 12.25 10
6 12 HANDSOME BOMB 7.9% 12.73 7
7 3 CHAIN OF GOLD 5.3% 18.92 2
8 4 WITHOUT DELAY 5.2% 19.37 11
9 8 METAL KING 4.4% 22.81 8
10 10 CELTIC TIMES 3.7% 26.92 1
11 5 MASSIVE FIRE 3.6% 27.97 12
12 11 PERPETUAL POWER 2.9% 33.99 9
NORTHERN BEASTSAMARKANDGLORIOUS JOURNEYPRINCE ALEXNO OTHER CHOICEHANDSOME BOMBCHAIN OF GOLDWITHOUT DELAYMETAL KINGCELTIC TIMES — wonMASSIVE FIREPERPETUAL POWER

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

10 309.5

PLACE

1 15.5

3 33

10 75

QUINELLA

3,10 1,730

QUINELLA PLACE

1,3 83

1,10 182

3,10 490.5

FORECAST

10,3 3,780

TIERCE

10,3,1 22,284

TRIO

1,3,10 2,284

FIRST 4

1,2,3,10 1,075

QUARTET

10,3,1,2 43,419

All pools (1 more)

1ST DOUBLE

10/3 251

10/10 4,049.5