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Happy Valley · 2026-01-28 · 20:40

JAFFE HANDICAP

Race 5

Class 4 GOOD TO FIRM 1650m Course C 12 runners
Track detail
Penetrometer 2.71

Result

Official · 1:38.72
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 RAGGA BOMB Closed strongly CP-/XB 1:38.72 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bowman · D Eustace 3 5.3 —
2 10 TAKE ACTION Closed strongly B B Avdulla · J Size 6 15.0 3
3 11 ACE WAR Closed strongly TT Z Purton · D J Whyte 1 1.8 3-1/4
4 4 CALIFORNIA BAY Closed strongly B/TT M Chadwick · A S Cruz 9 14.0 5-1/4
5 7 KA YING GLORY Led early BO2/TT L Ferraris · D A Hayes 8 24.0 5-3/4
6 9 MATSU VICTOR V M L Yeung · K W Lui 2 38.0 6
7 2 THE AZURE Closed strongly M Guyon · F C Lor 10 20.0 6-1/4
8 6 GENERAL REDWOOD CP/TT Y L Chung · C S Shum 5 19.0 7-1/2
9 1 CELTIC TIMES Closed strongly B/TT C Y Ho · K L Man 11 23.0 7-1/2
10 12 SETANTA B/TT A Atzeni · M Newnham 4 8.1 7-3/4
11 8 LUCK SMILES TT J Orman · W Y So 7 139.0 15-1/2
12 3 TO INFINITY CP2 D B McMonagle · J Richards 12 46.0 16-3/4
— 0 JUSTIFY YOURSELF CP · W K Mo — — —
— 0 HAPPY BOSS CP/TT · D Eustace — — —

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

Race 5 ("JAFFE HANDICAP") at Happy Valley on 2026-01-28 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. RAGGA BOMB, ridden by H Bowman and trained by D Eustace, won, with TAKE ACTION second and ACE WAR third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 1.8 favourite ACE WAR finished 3rd.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. RAGGA BOMB—2. TAKE ACTION+3L3. ACE WAR+3.25L4. CALIFORNIA BAY+5.25L5. KA YING GLORY+5.75L6. MATSU VICTOR+6L7. THE AZURE+6.25L8. GENERAL REDWOOD+7.5L9. CELTIC TIMES+7.5L10. SETANTA+7.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick ACE WAR (42.7%) finished 3rd — the winner RAGGA BOMB 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 11 ACE WAR 42.7% 2.34 3
2 5 RAGGA BOMB 14.7% 6.79 1
3 12 SETANTA 9.2% 10.84 10
4 10 TAKE ACTION 7.5% 13.26 2
5 4 CALIFORNIA BAY 6.6% 15.15 4
6 2 THE AZURE 3.9% 25.58 7
7 1 CELTIC TIMES 3.6% 27.68 9
8 6 GENERAL REDWOOD 2.9% 34.29 8
9 3 TO INFINITY 2.7% 36.50 12
10 7 KA YING GLORY 2.6% 38.43 5
11 9 MATSU VICTOR 2.5% 40.17 6
12 8 LUCK SMILES 0.9% 109.71 11
ACE WARRAGGA BOMB — wonSETANTATAKE ACTIONCALIFORNIA BAYTHE AZURECELTIC TIMESGENERAL REDWOODTO INFINITYKA YING GLORYMATSU VICTORLUCK SMILES

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

5 53.5

PLACE

5 19

10 26

11 12.5

QUINELLA

5,10 356

QUINELLA PLACE

5,10 92

5,11 25.5

10,11 46

FORECAST

5,10 683

TIERCE

5,10,11 1,713

TRIO

5,10,11 174

FIRST 4

4,5,10,11 493

QUARTET

5,10,11,4 18,730

All pools (3 more)

1ST TREBLE

3/4/5 3,116

3/4/10 1,268

2ND DOUBLE TRIO

4,5,6/5,10,11 6,790

4TH DOUBLE

4/5 799.5

4/10 312