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Happy Valley · 2025-12-17 · 10:45

Race 1

Class 5 2200m Course B 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2025-12-17 was Class 5 over 2200m. STAR BROSE, ridden by H Bowman and trained by D A Hayes, won, with PERFECT PAIRING second and STORM RUNNER third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.2 favourite STORM RUNNER finished 3rd.

Result

Official · 2:16.82
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 STAR BROSE Closed strongly 2:16.82 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bowman · D A Hayes 4 5.6
2 1 PERFECT PAIRING Closed strongly J McDonald · J Size 5 8.1 1/2
3 2 STORM RUNNER Closed strongly Z Purton · P C Ng 11 3.2 1/2
4 12 LEATHER MASTER H Doyle · K L Man 6 18.0 3/4
5 11 CHATEAU LE PECHE Closed strongly C L Chau · K H Ting 8 11.0 3/4
6 10 SUPER HONG KONG Closed strongly K Teetan · C H Yip 10 8.4 1-3/4
7 8 WAH MAY WAI WAI Y L Chung · A S Cruz 9 14.0 5-1/4
8 5 ROMANTIC FANTASY B Avdulla · J Richards 1 12.0 6-3/4
9 7 GOLDEN FAIRY Led early L Hewitson · W Y So 3 34.0 7-3/4
10 3 SUPER SICARIO D Probert · C Fownes 2 7.9 8-3/4
11 6 PERPETUAL POWER R Kingscote · C W Chang 7 41.0 10
12 9 COSMO LIGHT J Orman · Y S Tsui 12 65.0 15

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. STAR BROSE2. PERFECT PAIRING+0.5L3. STORM RUNNER+0.5L4. LEATHER MASTER+0.75L5. CHATEAU LE PECHE+0.75L6. SUPER HONG KONG+1.75L7. WAH MAY WAI WAI+5.25L8. ROMANTIC FANTASY+6.75L9. GOLDEN FAIRY+7.75L10. SUPER SICARIO+8.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick STORM RUNNER (18.5%) finished 3rd — the winner STAR BROSE was rated #2. 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 STORM RUNNER 18.5% 5.39 3
2 4 STAR BROSE 16.4% 6.09 1
3 1 PERFECT PAIRING 16.1% 6.21 2
4 3 SUPER SICARIO 14.3% 6.99 10
5 5 ROMANTIC FANTASY 7.2% 13.84 8
6 8 WAH MAY WAI WAI 6.2% 16.01 7
7 10 SUPER HONG KONG 6.0% 16.77 6
8 11 CHATEAU LE PECHE 5.0% 19.92 5
9 12 LEATHER MASTER 3.3% 30.16 4
10 7 GOLDEN FAIRY 2.8% 36.01 9
11 6 PERPETUAL POWER 2.0% 49.10 11
12 9 COSMO LIGHT 2.0% 49.10 12
STORM RUNNERSTAR BROSE — wonPERFECT PAIRINGSUPER SICARIOROMANTIC FANTASYWAH MAY WAI WAISUPER HONG KONGCHATEAU LE PECHELEATHER MASTERGOLDEN FAIRYPERPETUAL POWERCOSMO LIGHT

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 56

PLACE

1 28.5

2 14.5

4 17.5

QUINELLA

1,4 271.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,2 56

1,4 89

2,4 40

FORECAST

4,1 398

TIERCE

4,1,2 1,253

TRIO

1,2,4 172

FIRST 4

1,2,4,12 812

QUARTET

4,1,2,12 15,623