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Happy Valley · 2025-12-03 · 13:15

Race 5

Class 4 1200m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2025-12-03 was Class 4 over 1200m. GENIUS BABY, ridden by K Teetan and trained by B Crawford, won, with REWARDING BUDDY second and VICTOR THE RAPID third. The 2.3 favourite SILVER SPURS finished 9th.

Result

Official · 1:09.76
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 8 GENIUS BABY 1:09.76 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K Teetan · B Crawford 5 9.0
2 9 REWARDING BUDDY K C Leung · F C Lor 3 4.5 1
3 1 VICTOR THE RAPID M Guyon · P C Ng 8 10.0 1-3/4
4 3 SWAGGER BRO B Avdulla · J Richards 4 8.1 1-3/4
5 10 CALL TO COMMAND M L Yeung · C W Chang 12 73.0 1-3/4
6 11 LEGENDARY IMPACT H Bentley · W K Mo 1 8.4 2
7 5 BRAVE WIN C Y Ho · K W Lui 11 64.0 2
8 4 GIANT BALLON L Hewitson · D J Whyte 9 33.0 2-1/4
9 2 SILVER SPURS E C W Wong · C Fownes 2 2.3 3-3/4
10 12 BASIC INSTINCT H T Mo · Y S Tsui 6 56.0 4-1/2
11 7 MASTER RESOLUTE R Kingscote · C S Shum 7 143.0 5
12 6 IMPENDING LEGACY L Ferraris · M Newnham 10 29.0 6-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. GENIUS BABY2. REWARDING BUDDY+1L3. VICTOR THE RAPID+1.75L4. SWAGGER BRO+1.75L5. CALL TO COMMAND+1.75L6. LEGENDARY IMPACT+2L7. BRAVE WIN+2L8. GIANT BALLON+2.25L9. SILVER SPURS+3.75L10. BASIC INSTINCT+4.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick SILVER SPURS (38.9%) finished 9th — the winner GENIUS BABY was rated #3. 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 2 SILVER SPURS 38.9% 2.57 9
2 9 REWARDING BUDDY 11.3% 8.86 2
3 8 GENIUS BABY 9.3% 10.75 1
4 3 SWAGGER BRO 7.2% 13.80 4
5 11 LEGENDARY IMPACT 6.5% 15.41 6
6 4 GIANT BALLON 6.4% 15.63 8
7 12 BASIC INSTINCT 5.2% 19.27 10
8 1 VICTOR THE RAPID 4.6% 21.53 3
9 6 IMPENDING LEGACY 4.3% 23.06 12
10 10 CALL TO COMMAND 2.7% 36.92 5
11 5 BRAVE WIN 2.4% 42.13 7
12 7 MASTER RESOLUTE 1.2% 85.74 11
SILVER SPURSREWARDING BUDDYGENIUS BABY — wonSWAGGER BROLEGENDARY IMPACTGIANT BALLONBASIC INSTINCTVICTOR THE RAPIDIMPENDING LEGACYCALL TO COMMANDBRAVE WINMASTER RESOLUTE

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 90.5

PLACE

1 29.5

8 24

9 15

QUINELLA

8,9 176.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,8 145

1,9 98

8,9 53

FORECAST

8,9 453

TIERCE

8,9,1 3,878

TRIO

1,8,9 653

FIRST 4

1,3,8,9 747

QUARTET

8,9,1,3 21,100

All pools (2 more)

1ST TREBLE

6/2/8 1,409

6/2/9 142

4TH DOUBLE

2/8 294.5

2/9 39