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Happy Valley · 2025-12-17 · 18:41

Race 1

Class 5 2200m Course B 12 runners

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

This site does not show odds as they change: the odds here are final prices after a race, or overnight prices before it.

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.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. STAR BROSE—2. 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