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Happy Valley · 2025-11-02 · 05:50

Race 3

Class 4 1650m Course C 12 runners

Race 3 at Happy Valley on 2025-11-02 was Class 4 over 1650m. FANTASTIC FUN, ridden by H Bowman and trained by C S Shum, won, with SAMARKAND second and OUR LUCKY GLORY third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.8 favourite STERLING WONGCHOY finished 8th.

Result

Official · 1:39.35
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 FANTASTIC FUN Closed strongly 1:39.35 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bowman · C S Shum 11 11.0
2 3 SAMARKAND Led early L Hewitson · D A Hayes 12 6.5 SH
3 8 OUR LUCKY GLORY Closed strongly A Badel · W Y So 2 7.9 1
4 5 AMAZING AWARD K Teetan · D Eustace 6 22.0 1-1/4
5 2 THE AZURE Closed strongly C L Chau · F C Lor 1 7.1 1-3/4
6 7 SETANTA Closed strongly L Ferraris · M Newnham 9 13.0 2
7 6 MATSU VICTOR C Y Ho · K W Lui 3 10.0 2-1/4
8 12 STERLING WONGCHOY R Kingscote · D J Whyte 5 2.8 2-3/4
9 10 SIMPLE HEDGE Closed strongly M L Yeung · J Size 7 35.0 2-3/4
10 9 BIG STRIDE A Atzeni · J Richards 8 59.0 5
11 1 THESIS J Orman · Y S Tsui 4 19.0 5
12 11 SMILING EMPEROR H Bentley · K H Ting 10 21.0 5-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. FANTASTIC FUN2. SAMARKAND+0.1L3. OUR LUCKY GLORY+1L4. AMAZING AWARD+1.25L5. THE AZURE+1.75L6. SETANTA+2L7. MATSU VICTOR+2.25L8. STERLING WONGCHOY+2.75L9. SIMPLE HEDGE+2.75L10. BIG STRIDE+5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick STERLING WONGCHOY (13.6%) finished 8th — the winner FANTASTIC FUN was rated #5. 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 12 STERLING WONGCHOY 13.6% 7.34 8
2 7 SETANTA 12.3% 8.12 6
3 1 THESIS 11.7% 8.57 11
4 3 SAMARKAND 11.5% 8.67 2
5 4 FANTASTIC FUN 10.2% 9.76 1
6 2 THE AZURE 8.9% 11.29 5
7 11 SMILING EMPEROR 7.6% 13.15 12
8 8 OUR LUCKY GLORY 7.6% 13.22 3
9 6 MATSU VICTOR 5.4% 18.62 7
10 5 AMAZING AWARD 4.8% 20.63 4
11 10 SIMPLE HEDGE 4.0% 25.31 9
12 9 BIG STRIDE 2.4% 41.17 10
STERLING WONGCHOYSETANTATHESISSAMARKANDFANTASTIC FUN — wonTHE AZURESMILING EMPEROROUR LUCKY GLORYMATSU VICTORAMAZING AWARDSIMPLE HEDGEBIG STRIDE

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

4 119

PLACE

3 23.5

4 37.5

8 22.5

QUINELLA

3,4 344

QUINELLA PLACE

3,4 110

3,8 81.5

4,8 161

FORECAST

4,3 696

TIERCE

4,3,8 3,358

TRIO

3,4,8 541

FIRST 4

3,4,5,8 2,675

QUARTET

4,3,8,5 60,189

All pools (1 more)

2ND DOUBLE

12/3 83.5

12/4 648.5