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Happy Valley · 2025-11-19 · 14:20

Race 8

Class 3 1200m Course B 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2025-11-19 was Class 3 over 1200m. ROMANTIC SON, ridden by H Bentley and trained by D A Hayes, won, with BUNDLE OF CHARM second and SILO third. The 2.9 favourite LOYAL BRIGHT finished 5th.

Result

Official · 1:09.37
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 9 ROMANTIC SON 1:09.37 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bentley · D A Hayes 1 4.6
2 3 BUNDLE OF CHARM H Bowman · J Size 5 13.0 1-1/4
3 4 SILO J McDonald · J Richards 8 8.9 1-3/4
4 7 REFUSETOBEENGLISH A Atzeni · P C Ng 3 39.0 1-3/4
5 5 LOYAL BRIGHT K C Leung · F C Lor 2 2.9 2-1/4
6 2 SOVEREIGN FUND L Hewitson · C W Chang 11 31.0 2-1/4
7 11 GOKO WIN K De Melo · D J Whyte 6 20.0 2-1/2
8 12 MY DAY MY WAY M F Poon · C S Shum 12 19.0 2-1/2
9 1 CHEAHA Z Purton · A S Cruz 10 7.6 4-1/2
10 10 ALSONSO A Badel · M Newnham 4 10.0 4-3/4
11 6 GIANT LEAP E C W Wong · P F Yiu 9 15.0 5
12 8 CAPTAIN LINK M Chadwick · W Y So 7 106.0 10-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. ROMANTIC SON2. BUNDLE OF CHARM+1.25L3. SILO+1.75L4. REFUSETOBEENGLISH+1.75L5. LOYAL BRIGHT+2.25L6. SOVEREIGN FUND+2.25L7. GOKO WIN+2.5L8. MY DAY MY WAY+2.5L9. CHEAHA+4.5L10. ALSONSO+4.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick LOYAL BRIGHT (17.4%) finished 5th — the winner ROMANTIC SON was rated #7. 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 LOYAL BRIGHT 17.4% 5.73 5
2 1 CHEAHA 16.9% 5.90 9
3 10 ALSONSO 8.9% 11.28 10
4 12 MY DAY MY WAY 8.7% 11.55 8
5 3 BUNDLE OF CHARM 7.7% 13.07 2
6 2 SOVEREIGN FUND 7.5% 13.25 6
7 9 ROMANTIC SON 6.7% 14.90 1
8 6 GIANT LEAP 6.6% 15.15 11
9 4 SILO 6.2% 16.13 3
10 11 GOKO WIN 4.7% 21.41 7
11 7 REFUSETOBEENGLISH 4.6% 21.94 4
12 8 CAPTAIN LINK 4.2% 24.08 12
LOYAL BRIGHTCHEAHAALSONSOMY DAY MY WAYBUNDLE OF CHARMSOVEREIGN FUNDROMANTIC SON — wonGIANT LEAPSILOGOKO WINREFUSETOBEENGLISHCAPTAIN LINK

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

9 46

PLACE

3 32

4 26.5

9 16

QUINELLA

3,9 257.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,4 185

3,9 87

4,9 61.5

FORECAST

9,3 459

TIERCE

9,3,4 4,346

TRIO

3,4,9 788

FIRST 4

3,4,7,9 5,377

QUARTET

9,3,4,7 94,350

All pools (1 more)

7TH DOUBLE

9/3 171.5

9/9 565