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Happy Valley · 2026-01-28 · 14:50

SOUTHORN HANDICAP

Race 9

Class 3 GOOD TO FIRM 1200m Course C 12 runners

Race 9 ("SOUTHORN HANDICAP") at Happy Valley on 2026-01-28 was Class 3 over 1200m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. GREATER BAE, ridden by Z Purton and trained by D Eustace, won, with REFUSETOBEENGLISH second and TOURBILLON GOLFER third. The 3.0 favourite MY DAY MY WAY finished 10th.

Track detail & race-day changes (1)
Penetrometer 2.71 #10 GREATER BAE — Weight Change

Result

Official · 1:09.36
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 10 GREATER BAE TT 1:09.36 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · D Eustace 7 4.9
2 7 REFUSETOBEENGLISH B/TT A Atzeni · P C Ng 10 26.0 1-1/4
3 11 TOURBILLON GOLFER TT A Badel · P F Yiu 9 5.2 1-1/4
4 3 MIGHTY COMMANDER TT E C W Wong · C Fownes 8 8.5 1-1/4
5 5 STORMING DRAGON V/TT B Avdulla · J Richards 12 35.0 3-1/4
6 9 EVERSTAR CP Y L Chung · Y S Tsui 4 45.0 4-1/4
7 1 TRIUMPHANT MORE V H Bowman · F C Lor 11 30.0 4-1/4
8 2 SPICY GOLD P/TT D B McMonagle · M Newnham 1 20.0 4-1/2
9 8 BUNDLE OF CHARM H Bentley · J Size 3 8.2 5
10 12 MY DAY MY WAY CP/TT M F Poon · C S Shum 2 3.0 5-1/2
11 4 SUPER JOY N FUN XB/TT M Chadwick · C W Chang 6 29.0 6-1/2
12 6 YOUNG ARROW CP M Guyon · D J Whyte 5 24.0 8
0 RED ELEGANCE B · D J Whyte
0 STARRY SHOW · D A Hayes

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. GREATER BAE2. REFUSETOBEENGLISH+1.25L3. TOURBILLON GOLFER+1.25L4. MIGHTY COMMANDER+1.25L5. STORMING DRAGON+3.25L6. EVERSTAR+4.25L7. TRIUMPHANT MORE+4.25L8. SPICY GOLD+4.5L9. BUNDLE OF CHARM+5L10. MY DAY MY WAY+5.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick MY DAY MY WAY (22.3%) finished 10th — the winner GREATER BAE 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 12 MY DAY MY WAY 22.3% 4.49 10
2 10 GREATER BAE 14.5% 6.88 1
3 3 MIGHTY COMMANDER 10.0% 10.05 4
4 11 TOURBILLON GOLFER 9.4% 10.68 3
5 7 REFUSETOBEENGLISH 7.4% 13.53 2
6 8 BUNDLE OF CHARM 7.3% 13.62 9
7 2 SPICY GOLD 6.3% 15.88 8
8 1 TRIUMPHANT MORE 5.6% 17.70 7
9 4 SUPER JOY N FUN 5.4% 18.67 11
10 6 YOUNG ARROW 4.2% 23.92 12
11 9 EVERSTAR 4.1% 24.26 6
12 5 STORMING DRAGON 3.5% 28.31 5
MY DAY MY WAYGREATER BAE — wonMIGHTY COMMANDERTOURBILLON GOLFERREFUSETOBEENGLISHBUNDLE OF CHARMSPICY GOLDTRIUMPHANT MORESUPER JOY N FUNYOUNG ARROWEVERSTARSTORMING DRAGON

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

10 49.5

PLACE

7 69

10 19

11 19

QUINELLA

7,10 738.5

QUINELLA PLACE

7,10 240

7,11 234.5

10,11 59.5

FORECAST

10,7 917

TIERCE

10,7,11 5,266

TRIO

7,10,11 1,315

FIRST 4

3,7,10,11 1,646

QUARTET

10,7,11,3 30,288

All pools (4 more)

2ND TREBLE

3/12/7 880

3/12/10 746

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

4,6,12/7,10,11 28,998

8TH DOUBLE

12/7 158.5

12/10 106

SIX UP

4/5/5/3/12/10 251,420

4,6/5,10/1,5/3,5/4,12/7,10 4,534

1 [Z Purton]

7 [D A Hayes], 11 [D Eustace]