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Happy Valley · 2026-01-28 · 13:45

SOUTHORN HANDICAP

Race 7

Class 3 GOOD TO FIRM 1200m Course C 12 runners

Race 7 ("SOUTHORN HANDICAP") at Happy Valley on 2026-01-28 was Class 3 over 1200m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. ROMANTIC SON, ridden by D B McMonagle and trained by D A Hayes, won, with LUCKY PLANET second and PERFECT GENERAL third. The 4.4 favourite SPIRIT OF PEACE finished 5th.

Track detail & race-day changes (3)
Penetrometer 2.71 #8 ANOTHER ZONDA — Code 96 #8 ANOTHER ZONDA — Jockey Change #8 ANOTHER ZONDA — Weight Change

Result

Official · 1:09.32
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 3 ROMANTIC SON CP 1:09.32 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) D B McMonagle · D A Hayes 1 5.5
2 5 LUCKY PLANET B/TT M F Poon · W K Mo 10 9.2 1/2
3 6 PERFECT GENERAL H/P/TT C Y Ho · C Fownes 6 5.2 1
4 4 SYMBOL OF STRENGTH L Ferraris · F C Lor 4 13.0 1-1/4
5 12 SPIRIT OF PEACE A Atzeni · J Size 7 4.4 1-1/4
6 8 ANOTHER ZONDA B M Guyon · Y S Tsui 2 4.8 2
7 2 WINGS OF WAR B/XB B Avdulla · D J Whyte 5 15.0 2-1/2
8 9 BEAUTY GLORY TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 12 67.0 2-3/4
9 1 GRACIOUS EXPRESS V/TT E C W Wong · P F Yiu 11 13.0 3-1/2
10 10 GAZELEY L Hewitson · K W Lui 3 64.0 3-3/4
11 11 GOLDENTRONICMIGHTY B/TT M L Yeung · J Richards 8 23.0 5
12 7 DOUBLE MONEY H T Mo · C S Shum 9 62.0 15-1/2
0 TOURBILLON PRINCE CP/TT · C W Chang
8 PRESTIGE ALWAYS B/TT H Bentley · P C Ng 2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. ROMANTIC SON2. LUCKY PLANET+0.5L3. PERFECT GENERAL+1L4. SYMBOL OF STRENGTH+1.25L5. SPIRIT OF PEACE+1.25L6. ANOTHER ZONDA+2L7. WINGS OF WAR+2.5L8. BEAUTY GLORY+2.75L9. GRACIOUS EXPRESS+3.5L10. GAZELEY+3.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick PERFECT GENERAL (30.9%) finished 3rd — the winner ROMANTIC SON 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 6 PERFECT GENERAL 30.9% 3.24 3
2 3 ROMANTIC SON 10.3% 9.68 1
3 12 SPIRIT OF PEACE 10.0% 9.98 5
4 5 LUCKY PLANET 9.4% 10.66 2
5 11 GOLDENTRONICMIGHTY 7.7% 12.91 11
6 4 SYMBOL OF STRENGTH 6.9% 14.58 4
7 8 ANOTHER ZONDA 5.9% 16.87 6
8 2 WINGS OF WAR 5.6% 18.01 7
9 1 GRACIOUS EXPRESS 4.5% 22.01 9
10 9 BEAUTY GLORY 4.1% 24.49 8
11 7 DOUBLE MONEY 3.0% 33.65 12
12 10 GAZELEY 1.7% 57.85 10
PERFECT GENERALROMANTIC SON — wonSPIRIT OF PEACELUCKY PLANETGOLDENTRONICMIGHTYSYMBOL OF STRENGTHANOTHER ZONDAWINGS OF WARGRACIOUS EXPRESSBEAUTY GLORYDOUBLE MONEYGAZELEY

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

3 55.5

PLACE

3 19

5 31

6 20.5

QUINELLA

3,5 291.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,5 92.5

3,6 55.5

5,6 62.5

FORECAST

3,5 531

TIERCE

3,5,6 1,826

TRIO

3,5,6 237

FIRST 4

3,4,5,6 796

QUARTET

3,5,6,4 17,934

All pools (4 more)

3RD DOUBLE TRIO

1,5,10/3,5,6 3,908

6TH DOUBLE

5/3 279

5/5 51

TRIPLE TRIO

5,10,11/1,5,10/3,5,6 57,374

TRIPLE TRIO (CONSOLATION)

5,10,11/1,5,10/Any Combination 323