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Happy Valley · 2025-12-17 · 13:15

Race 6

Class 4 1800m Course B 12 runners

Race 6 at Happy Valley on 2025-12-17 was Class 4 over 1800m. YOUNG BRAVO, ridden by J Orman and trained by D J Hall, won, with CHINA WIN second and LUCK IS BACK third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.1 favourite CHINA WIN finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1:49.88
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 7 YOUNG BRAVO Closed strongly 1:49.88 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J Orman · D J Hall 6 31.0
2 8 CHINA WIN Closed strongly Z Purton · D A Hayes 1 3.1 SH
3 3 LUCK IS BACK Closed strongly R Kingscote · K W Lui 2 26.0 3/4
4 4 SHARPEN BRIGHT Closed strongly M Guyon · Y S Tsui 3 12.0 1
5 9 GOOD LUCK WIN Led early Y L Chung · K H Ting 8 43.0 1-1/4
6 2 NEARLY FINE Closed strongly H Bowman · C Fownes 9 10.0 2
7 6 PACKING HURRICANE Closed strongly C L Chau · P C Ng 10 21.0 2-1/4
8 12 FIREFOOT H Bentley · W Y So 5 6.5 2-1/2
9 5 DOUBLE WIN H Doyle · K L Man 7 10.0 4
10 1 SURE JOYFUL Closed strongly M F Poon · P F Yiu 11 38.0 4
11 11 FLOOF K Teetan · B Crawford 4 13.0 5-1/4
12 10 FORTUNE STAR L Ferraris · M Newnham 12 4.4 5-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. YOUNG BRAVO2. CHINA WIN+0.1L3. LUCK IS BACK+0.75L4. SHARPEN BRIGHT+1L5. GOOD LUCK WIN+1.25L6. NEARLY FINE+2L7. PACKING HURRICANE+2.25L8. FIREFOOT+2.5L9. DOUBLE WIN+4L10. SURE JOYFUL+4L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick CHINA WIN (27.5%) finished 2nd — the winner YOUNG BRAVO was rated #8. 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 8 CHINA WIN 27.5% 3.63 2
2 10 FORTUNE STAR 14.3% 6.98 12
3 12 FIREFOOT 8.8% 11.43 8
4 5 DOUBLE WIN 8.7% 11.53 9
5 4 SHARPEN BRIGHT 8.4% 11.94 4
6 11 FLOOF 8.3% 12.01 11
7 2 NEARLY FINE 7.9% 12.63 6
8 7 YOUNG BRAVO 3.9% 25.67 1
9 6 PACKING HURRICANE 3.9% 25.81 7
10 3 LUCK IS BACK 3.7% 27.07 3
11 1 SURE JOYFUL 2.5% 40.23 10
12 9 GOOD LUCK WIN 2.1% 46.75 5
CHINA WINFORTUNE STARFIREFOOTDOUBLE WINSHARPEN BRIGHTFLOOFNEARLY FINEYOUNG BRAVO — wonPACKING HURRICANELUCK IS BACKSURE JOYFULGOOD LUCK WIN

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

7 315.5

PLACE

3 63

7 64

8 16.5

QUINELLA

7,8 410

QUINELLA PLACE

3,7 860

3,8 165.5

7,8 143

FORECAST

7,8 1,378

TIERCE

7,8,3 25,172

TRIO

3,7,8 3,130

FIRST 4

3,4,7,8 8,359

QUARTET

7,8,3,4 280,498

All pools (1 more)

5TH DOUBLE

12/7 3,593

12/8 267.5