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Happy Valley · 2025-12-17 · 12:45

Race 5

Class 4 1200m Course B 12 runners

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2025-12-17 was Class 4 over 1200m. FLASH STAR, ridden by R Kingscote and trained by C S Shum, won, with LOVING VIBES second and BITS SUPERSTAR third. The 2.4 favourite THUNDER PRINCE finished 8th.

Result

Official · 1:09.95
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 12 FLASH STAR 1:09.95 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) R Kingscote · C S Shum 8 41.0
2 8 LOVING VIBES C L Chau · K W Lui 6 9.6 3/4
3 7 BITS SUPERSTAR J McDonald · D J Hall 4 8.7 3/4
4 5 MEGA BONUS K C Leung · P F Yiu 3 18.0 3/4
5 9 CALIFORNIA DEEPLY H Doyle · A S Cruz 12 25.0 2
6 3 SUPERB BOY J Orman · Y S Tsui 7 12.0 2
7 2 KING OBERON L Ferraris · D J Whyte 5 6.0 2-1/4
8 6 THUNDER PRINCE Z Purton · J Richards 1 2.4 2-1/2
9 1 NORTHERN FIRE BALL H Bowman · C H Yip 2 6.5 2-3/4
10 4 ALABAMA SONG B Avdulla · J Size 10 27.0 5-1/2
11 11 EVERYONE'S GALLOP C Y Ho · F C Lor 9 59.0 5-1/2
12 10 THE PROMISE M L Yeung · W Y So 11 97.0 8-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. FLASH STAR2. LOVING VIBES+0.75L3. BITS SUPERSTAR+0.75L4. MEGA BONUS+0.75L5. CALIFORNIA DEEPLY+2L6. SUPERB BOY+2L7. KING OBERON+2.25L8. THUNDER PRINCE+2.5L9. NORTHERN FIRE BALL+2.75L10. ALABAMA SONG+5.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick THUNDER PRINCE (38.2%) finished 8th — the winner FLASH STAR was rated #11. 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 6 THUNDER PRINCE 38.2% 2.62 8
2 1 NORTHERN FIRE BALL 12.4% 8.08 9
3 8 LOVING VIBES 11.4% 8.78 2
4 2 KING OBERON 11.0% 9.10 7
5 7 BITS SUPERSTAR 8.9% 11.21 3
6 5 MEGA BONUS 4.8% 20.65 4
7 9 CALIFORNIA DEEPLY 4.2% 24.06 5
8 4 ALABAMA SONG 3.0% 33.30 10
9 3 SUPERB BOY 2.4% 42.16 6
10 11 EVERYONE'S GALLOP 1.5% 65.78 11
11 12 FLASH STAR 1.3% 76.76 1
12 10 THE PROMISE 0.9% 112.41 12
THUNDER PRINCENORTHERN FIRE BALLLOVING VIBESKING OBERONBITS SUPERSTARMEGA BONUSCALIFORNIA DEEPLYALABAMA SONGSUPERB BOYEVERYONE'S GALLOPFLASH STAR — wonTHE PROMISE

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

12 412

PLACE

7 25

8 23.5

12 86.5

QUINELLA

8,12 2,100

QUINELLA PLACE

7,8 109

7,12 398.5

8,12 511.5

FORECAST

12,8 4,361

TIERCE

12,8,7 34,407

TRIO

7,8,12 4,543

FIRST 4

5,7,8,12 10,935

QUARTET

12,8,7,5 386,663

All pools (3 more)

1ST TREBLE

1/6/8 2,205

1/6/12 72,806

2ND DOUBLE TRIO

2,6,10/7,8,12 334,193

4TH DOUBLE

6/8 72

6/12 3,313.5