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Happy Valley · 2026-01-07 · 11:40

CLUB HANDICAP

Race 3

Class 4 GOOD 1650m Course A 12 runners

Race 3 ("CLUB HANDICAP") at Happy Valley on 2026-01-07 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. CELTIC TIMES, ridden by C L Chau and trained by K L Man, won, with ACE WAR second and PRESTIGE RICKY third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.1 favourite ACE WAR finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1:39.53
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 8 CELTIC TIMES Closed strongly B/TT 1:39.53 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C L Chau · K L Man 3 35.0
2 12 ACE WAR Closed strongly TT Z Purton · D J Whyte 4 2.1 1/2
3 4 PRESTIGE RICKY Closed strongly E1 H Bowman · P F Yiu 9 7.2 1-3/4
4 10 GOLDEN BRILLIANT Closed strongly B A Badel · C Fownes 2 13.0 2-1/2
5 2 THE AZURE Closed strongly K C Leung · F C Lor 5 17.0 2-1/2
6 3 AEROINVINCIBLE H/TT M Guyon · P C Ng 10 9.4 3-3/4
7 1 FORTUNATE SON Closed strongly TT C Y Ho · W K Mo 11 8.5 4-3/4
8 5 WAVE GARDEN B-/XB/TT R Kingscote · K H Ting 8 62.0 7-1/2
9 7 MATSU VICTOR V M L Yeung · K W Lui 1 9.2 10-1/2
10 11 ICONICAL Led early XB-/TT A Atzeni · J Richards 7 20.0 18-3/4
11 9 ZHOU GONGJIN B Y L Chung · B Crawford 6 76.0 22-1/2
12 6 KA YING GLORY BO-/TT K Teetan · D A Hayes 12 27.0 25-1/4
0 FORTUNE STAR B/TT · M Newnham
0 PING HAI COMET H · J Size

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. CELTIC TIMES2. ACE WAR+0.5L3. PRESTIGE RICKY+1.75L4. GOLDEN BRILLIANT+2.5L5. THE AZURE+2.5L6. AEROINVINCIBLE+3.75L7. FORTUNATE SON+4.75L8. WAVE GARDEN+7.5L9. MATSU VICTOR+10.5L10. ICONICAL+18.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick ACE WAR (28.5%) finished 2nd — the winner CELTIC TIMES was rated #9. 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 12 ACE WAR 28.5% 3.51 2
2 4 PRESTIGE RICKY 10.6% 9.47 3
3 1 FORTUNATE SON 9.3% 10.70 7
4 3 AEROINVINCIBLE 8.9% 11.23 6
5 2 THE AZURE 7.9% 12.70 5
6 10 GOLDEN BRILLIANT 7.6% 13.11 4
7 11 ICONICAL 7.1% 14.02 10
8 6 KA YING GLORY 5.8% 17.13 12
9 8 CELTIC TIMES 5.5% 18.12 1
10 7 MATSU VICTOR 4.9% 20.23 9
11 5 WAVE GARDEN 2.2% 45.84 8
12 9 ZHOU GONGJIN 1.6% 63.15 11
ACE WARPRESTIGE RICKYFORTUNATE SONAEROINVINCIBLETHE AZUREGOLDEN BRILLIANTICONICALKA YING GLORYCELTIC TIMES — wonMATSU VICTORWAVE GARDENZHOU GONGJIN

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

8 351

PLACE

4 18.5

8 62.5

12 12.5

QUINELLA

8,12 306

QUINELLA PLACE

4,8 197.5

4,12 35

8,12 105

FORECAST

8,12 999

TIERCE

8,12,4 5,440

TRIO

4,8,12 463

FIRST 4

4,8,10,12 1,179

QUARTET

8,12,4,10 37,169

All pools (2 more)

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

8,9,11/4,8,12 964,649

2ND DOUBLE

9/8 2,963.5

9/12 44