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Happy Valley · 2025-11-19 · 12:15

Race 4

Class 4 1650m Course B 12 runners

Race 4 at Happy Valley on 2025-11-19 was Class 4 over 1650m. SAMARKAND, ridden by L Hewitson and trained by D A Hayes, won, with RAGGA BOMB second and KOLACHI third. The winner led throughout. Victory came as the 2.4 favourite.

Result

Official · 1:40.44
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 1 SAMARKAND Wire to wire 1:40.44 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) L Hewitson · D A Hayes 1 2.4
2 6 RAGGA BOMB Closed strongly E C W Wong · D Eustace 10 7.6 1-1/4
3 3 KOLACHI Closed strongly D Probert · D J Whyte 2 47.0 2-3/4
4 12 METAL KING Closed strongly M F Poon · K H Ting 12 39.0 2-3/4
5 10 PERFECT PAIRING Closed strongly K Teetan · J Size 5 45.0 3
6 4 CALIFORNIA MOXIE Closed strongly H Bowman · A S Cruz 6 5.8 3-1/4
7 8 ABSOLUTE AWAKENED Closed strongly A Badel · F C Lor 11 6.3 3-3/4
8 5 MATSU VICTOR C Y Ho · K W Lui 9 8.6 4-3/4
9 9 HAPPY BUDDIES K C Leung · W K Mo 4 28.0 5
10 11 CARRYON SMILING Closed strongly A Atzeni · W Y So 8 40.0 8-1/4
11 2 COLOURFUL KNIGHT P N Wong · C S Shum 7 73.0 8-1/4
12 7 EXCEL WONGCHOY L Ferraris · P C Ng 3 13.0 10-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SAMARKAND2. RAGGA BOMB+1.25L3. KOLACHI+2.75L4. METAL KING+2.75L5. PERFECT PAIRING+3L6. CALIFORNIA MOXIE+3.25L7. ABSOLUTE AWAKENED+3.75L8. MATSU VICTOR+4.75L9. HAPPY BUDDIES+5L10. CARRYON SMILING+8.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick SAMARKAND (33.0%) 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 1 SAMARKAND 33.0% 3.03 1
2 8 ABSOLUTE AWAKENED 12.9% 7.73 7
3 5 MATSU VICTOR 12.5% 7.99 8
4 4 CALIFORNIA MOXIE 10.8% 9.26 6
5 7 EXCEL WONGCHOY 6.2% 16.12 12
6 6 RAGGA BOMB 5.9% 16.83 2
7 12 METAL KING 5.4% 18.64 4
8 9 HAPPY BUDDIES 3.9% 25.35 9
9 10 PERFECT PAIRING 3.7% 27.34 5
10 11 CARRYON SMILING 2.8% 35.86 10
11 3 KOLACHI 1.6% 62.01 3
12 2 COLOURFUL KNIGHT 1.2% 84.93 11
SAMARKAND — wonABSOLUTE AWAKENEDMATSU VICTORCALIFORNIA MOXIEEXCEL WONGCHOYRAGGA BOMBMETAL KINGHAPPY BUDDIESPERFECT PAIRINGCARRYON SMILINGKOLACHICOLOURFUL KNIGHT

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

1 24

PLACE

1 13.5

3 93.5

6 22.5

QUINELLA

1,6 82

QUINELLA PLACE

1,3 185.5

1,6 38

3,6 485

FORECAST

1,6 160

TIERCE

1,6,3 3,681

TRIO

1,3,6 1,239

FIRST 4

1,3,6,12 6,745

QUARTET

1,6,3,12 55,982

All pools (1 more)

3RD DOUBLE

8/1 273

8/6 200.5