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Happy Valley · 2025-10-22 · 14:20

Race 8

Class 3 1650m Course B 11 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2025-10-22 was Class 3 over 1650m. SOUTH STAR, ridden by Z Purton and trained by F C Lor, won, with A AMERIC TE SPECSO second and IVY LEAGUE third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 1.8 favourite.

Result

Official · 1:39.48
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 SOUTH STAR Closed strongly 1:39.48 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · F C Lor 1 1.8
2 4 A AMERIC TE SPECSO Closed strongly A Atzeni · J Size 9 26.0 3/4
3 9 IVY LEAGUE Closed strongly R Kingscote · D J Whyte 3 9.9 1-3/4
4 2 ATULLIBIGEAL Closed strongly H Bowman · D J Hall 2 10.0 2-1/4
5 11 TOP TIME Closed strongly K De Melo · W Y So 7 8.7 2-1/2
6 3 STAR CONTACT B Avdulla · D A Hayes 4 10.0 3-3/4
7 8 NOBLE PURSUIT Closed strongly L Ferraris · C Fownes 5 24.0 3-3/4
8 1 DEFINITIVE K Teetan · D Eustace 6 34.0 4-3/4
9 7 RISING FROM ASHES Closed strongly J Orman · C W Chang 10 42.0 6-3/4
10 10 ONE MORE L Hewitson · M Newnham 8 13.0 6-3/4
11 6 LOVERO Led early Y L Chung · A S Cruz 11 15.0 7-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SOUTH STAR2. A AMERIC TE SPECSO+0.75L3. IVY LEAGUE+1.75L4. ATULLIBIGEAL+2.25L5. TOP TIME+2.5L6. STAR CONTACT+3.75L7. NOBLE PURSUIT+3.75L8. DEFINITIVE+4.75L9. RISING FROM ASHES+6.75L10. ONE MORE+6.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick SOUTH STAR (55.2%) 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 5 SOUTH STAR 55.2% 1.81 1
2 11 TOP TIME 6.8% 14.73 5
3 8 NOBLE PURSUIT 5.6% 17.99 7
4 2 ATULLIBIGEAL 5.1% 19.50 4
5 10 ONE MORE 5.0% 19.94 10
6 3 STAR CONTACT 4.7% 21.17 6
7 9 IVY LEAGUE 4.7% 21.22 3
8 4 A AMERIC TE SPECSO 4.3% 23.09 2
9 1 DEFINITIVE 4.2% 23.92 8
10 6 LOVERO 2.3% 43.40 11
11 7 RISING FROM ASHES 2.0% 49.27 9
SOUTH STAR — wonTOP TIMENOBLE PURSUITATULLIBIGEALONE MORESTAR CONTACTIVY LEAGUEA AMERIC TE SPECSODEFINITIVELOVERORISING FROM ASHES

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

5 18.5

PLACE

4 51.5

5 12

9 26

QUINELLA

4,5 296

QUINELLA PLACE

4,5 100

4,9 262

5,9 35.5

FORECAST

5,4 364

TIERCE

5,4,9 1,973

TRIO

4,5,9 483

FIRST 4

2,4,5,9 1,036

QUARTET

5,4,9,2 12,603

All pools (1 more)

7TH DOUBLE

8/4 82

8/5 37