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Happy Valley · 2025-10-15 · 15:00

Race 9

Class 3 1800m Course A 12 runners

Race 9 at Happy Valley on 2025-10-15 was Class 3 over 1800m. EXCELLENCE VALUE, ridden by Z Purton and trained by M Newnham, won, with WROTE A NEW PAGE second and CHARITY GAIN third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 4.8 favourite WROTE A NEW PAGE finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1:48.31
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 8 EXCELLENCE VALUE Closed strongly 1:48.31 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · M Newnham 6 5.4
2 6 WROTE A NEW PAGE Closed strongly H Bentley · C S Shum 7 4.8 SH
3 9 CHARITY GAIN Closed strongly L Hewitson · D Eustace 2 8.7 1
4 7 LIVEANDLETLIVE Led early Y L Chung · A S Cruz 1 6.4 1-3/4
5 5 ROMANTIC LAOS Closed strongly C L Chau · W K Mo 9 37.0 2-3/4
6 1 CAMBRIDGE Closed strongly H Bowman · P C Ng 5 7.4 2-3/4
7 3 HIGHLAND RAHY C Y Ho · K W Lui 8.0
7 11 WITHALLMYFAITH M L Yeung · D A Hayes 15.0
9 2 JOY OF SPRING Closed strongly E C W Wong · C Fownes 10 8.3 3-3/4
10 10 S J TOURBILLON Closed strongly K Teetan · C H Yip 8 33.0 5
11 4 FLAMINGO TRILLION K C Leung · F C Lor 12 35.0 8-1/2
12 12 SURE JOYFUL M F Poon · P F Yiu 4 45.0 8-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. EXCELLENCE VALUE2. WROTE A NEW PAGE+0.1L3. CHARITY GAIN+1L4. LIVEANDLETLIVE+1.75L5. ROMANTIC LAOS+2.75L6. CAMBRIDGE+2.75L9. JOY OF SPRING+3.75L10. S J TOURBILLON+5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick EXCELLENCE VALUE (17.5%) 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 8 EXCELLENCE VALUE 17.5% 5.72 1
2 7 LIVEANDLETLIVE 16.1% 6.20 4
3 3 HIGHLAND RAHY 14.0% 7.13 7
4 6 WROTE A NEW PAGE 13.1% 7.65 2
5 1 CAMBRIDGE 9.2% 10.88 6
6 9 CHARITY GAIN 8.3% 12.06 3
7 2 JOY OF SPRING 6.8% 14.75 9
8 10 S J TOURBILLON 3.8% 26.47 10
9 5 ROMANTIC LAOS 2.9% 34.76 5
10 11 WITHALLMYFAITH 2.8% 35.28 7
11 4 FLAMINGO TRILLION 2.8% 35.68 11
12 12 SURE JOYFUL 2.7% 36.57 12
EXCELLENCE VALUE — wonLIVEANDLETLIVEHIGHLAND RAHYWROTE A NEW PAGECAMBRIDGECHARITY GAINJOY OF SPRINGS J TOURBILLONROMANTIC LAOSWITHALLMYFAITHFLAMINGO TRILLIONSURE JOYFUL

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

8 54.5

PLACE

6 17.5

8 20.5

9 27.5

QUINELLA

6,8 139

QUINELLA PLACE

6,8 55.5

6,9 73

8,9 83.5

FORECAST

8,6 266

TIERCE

8,6,9 1,754

TRIO

6,8,9 351

FIRST 4

6,7,8,9 655

QUARTET

8,6,9,7 12,873

All pools (4 more)

2ND TREBLE

8/6/6 121

8/6/8 835

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

1,6,9/6,8,9 38,995

8TH DOUBLE

6/6 19.5

6/8 136.5

SIX UP

7,9/5,11/1,5/2,8/1,6/6,8 3,775

9/5/5/8/6/8 149,111

3 [C Y Ho]

7 [K W Lui]