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Happy Valley · 2026-02-25 · 14:15

WAN CHAI GAP HANDICAP

Race 8

Class 3 GOOD 1200m Course B 12 runners

Race 8 ("WAN CHAI GAP HANDICAP") at Happy Valley on 2026-02-25 was Class 3 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. MY DAY MY WAY, ridden by L Hewitson and trained by C S Shum, won, with SPIRIT OF PEACE second and SUGAR SUGAR third. The 2.9 favourite GREATER BAE finished 5th.

Track detail & race-day changes (4)
Penetrometer 2.71 #11 SPIRIT OF PEACE — Weight Change #12 CAMP LAND — Weight Change #6 SUGAR SUGAR — Weight Change #8 STRAIGHT TO GLORY — Weight Change

Result

Official · 1:09.27
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 10 MY DAY MY WAY CP/TT 1:09.27 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) L Hewitson · C S Shum 6 30.0
2 11 SPIRIT OF PEACE M Guyon · J Size 3 5.4 1/2
3 6 SUGAR SUGAR V/TT B Avdulla · C Fownes 4 21.0 3/4
4 9 IGOR STRAVINSKY B/TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 1 12.0 1
5 4 GREATER BAE TT Z Purton · D Eustace 7 2.9 1-1/2
6 8 STRAIGHT TO GLORY H/TT K C Leung · C W Chang 2 6.1 1-3/4
7 5 PRESTIGE ALWAYS B/TT H Bentley · P C Ng 8 17.0 2-1/4
8 3 SOVEREIGN FUND K Teetan · B Crawford 5 4.6 3-1/2
9 2 HARMONY N BLESSED B/TT E C W Wong · D A Hayes 12 53.0 3-3/4
10 7 CHARMING BABE B C Y Ho · P F Yiu 9 48.0 4-1/4
11 1 CANDLELIGHT DINNER H J Orman · Y S Tsui 10 27.0 4-1/4
12 12 CAMP LAND XB1/TT A Badel · J Richards 11 140.0 27-1/4
0 WINGS OF WAR B/XB · D J Whyte
0 EVERSTAR CP · Y S Tsui

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. MY DAY MY WAY2. SPIRIT OF PEACE+0.5L3. SUGAR SUGAR+0.75L4. IGOR STRAVINSKY+1L5. GREATER BAE+1.5L6. STRAIGHT TO GLORY+1.75L7. PRESTIGE ALWAYS+2.25L8. SOVEREIGN FUND+3.5L9. HARMONY N BLESSED+3.75L10. CHARMING BABE+4.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick GREATER BAE (28.0%) finished 5th — the winner MY DAY MY WAY was rated #6. 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 4 GREATER BAE 28.0% 3.57 5
2 11 SPIRIT OF PEACE 19.6% 5.09 2
3 8 STRAIGHT TO GLORY 16.6% 6.01 6
4 1 CANDLELIGHT DINNER 6.7% 15.03 11
5 3 SOVEREIGN FUND 6.1% 16.32 8
6 10 MY DAY MY WAY 4.5% 22.26 1
7 6 SUGAR SUGAR 4.1% 24.43 3
8 9 IGOR STRAVINSKY 4.1% 24.65 4
9 7 CHARMING BABE 3.4% 29.27 10
10 5 PRESTIGE ALWAYS 3.0% 32.93 7
11 2 HARMONY N BLESSED 2.9% 34.18 9
12 12 CAMP LAND 0.9% 109.31 12
GREATER BAESPIRIT OF PEACESTRAIGHT TO GLORYCANDLELIGHT DINNERSOVEREIGN FUNDMY DAY MY WAY — wonSUGAR SUGARIGOR STRAVINSKYCHARMING BABEPRESTIGE ALWAYSHARMONY N BLESSEDCAMP LAND

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

10 306

PLACE

6 47.5

10 64.5

11 19

QUINELLA

10,11 491.5

QUINELLA PLACE

6,10 630.5

6,11 113

10,11 164

FORECAST

10,11 1,926

TIERCE

10,11,6 20,427

TRIO

6,10,11 2,911

FIRST 4

6,9,10,11 5,964

QUARTET

10,11,6,9 165,312

All pools (1 more)

7TH DOUBLE

7/10 1,487.5

7/11 68