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Happy Valley · 2026-02-25 · 14:50

WAN CHAI GAP HANDICAP

Race 9

Class 3 GOOD 1200m Course B 12 runners

Race 9 ("WAN CHAI GAP HANDICAP") at Happy Valley on 2026-02-25 was Class 3 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. OUTGATE, ridden by Y L Chung and trained by A S Cruz, won, with BIENVENUE second and CALIFORNIA BLITZ third. The 4.6 favourite FRIENDS OF SHAJING finished 7th.

Track detail & race-day changes (1)
Penetrometer 2.71 #8 FRIENDS OF SHAJING — Weight Change

Result

Official · 1:09.47
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 12 OUTGATE TT 1:09.47 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Y L Chung · A S Cruz 5 9.8
2 5 BIENVENUE B Z Purton · D A Hayes 11 9.1 3/4
3 6 CALIFORNIA BLITZ B/TT M Chadwick · W K Mo 12 9.3 1
4 11 NEVER TOO SOON B M F Poon · D J Hall 3 19.0 1-1/2
5 4 WONDER KIT V-/B2 L Hewitson · Y S Tsui 6 65.0 1-3/4
6 9 STORMING DRAGON V-/TT A Badel · J Richards 10 13.0 1-3/4
7 8 FRIENDS OF SHAJING CP/TT C L Chau · C S Shum 2 4.6 1-3/4
8 3 LOVE TOGETHER TT E C W Wong · C Fownes 9 5.8 2-1/4
9 7 REFUSETOBEENGLISH B/TT A Atzeni · P C Ng 7 5.9 2-3/4
10 2 RED ELEGANCE B L Ferraris · D J Whyte 8 45.0 3-3/4
11 1 TRIUMPHANT MORE V H Bowman · F C Lor 1 12.0 4
12 10 ENDEARED XB M Guyon · J Size 4 11.0 8-1/2
0 CHIU CHOW SPIRIT TT · K L Man
0 TOGETHER WE VALUE · C H Yip

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. OUTGATE2. BIENVENUE+0.75L3. CALIFORNIA BLITZ+1L4. NEVER TOO SOON+1.5L5. WONDER KIT+1.75L6. STORMING DRAGON+1.75L7. FRIENDS OF SHAJING+1.75L8. LOVE TOGETHER+2.25L9. REFUSETOBEENGLISH+2.75L10. RED ELEGANCE+3.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick FRIENDS OF SHAJING (23.2%) finished 7th — the winner OUTGATE was rated #8. 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 8 FRIENDS OF SHAJING 23.2% 4.31 7
2 7 REFUSETOBEENGLISH 16.1% 6.21 9
3 6 CALIFORNIA BLITZ 14.3% 6.99 3
4 3 LOVE TOGETHER 13.9% 7.19 8
5 5 BIENVENUE 6.4% 15.54 2
6 10 ENDEARED 5.4% 18.55 12
7 1 TRIUMPHANT MORE 5.0% 20.13 11
8 12 OUTGATE 4.4% 22.76 1
9 11 NEVER TOO SOON 4.1% 24.49 4
10 9 STORMING DRAGON 3.3% 30.48 6
11 2 RED ELEGANCE 2.1% 48.29 10
12 4 WONDER KIT 1.9% 52.62 5
FRIENDS OF SHAJINGREFUSETOBEENGLISHCALIFORNIA BLITZLOVE TOGETHERBIENVENUEENDEAREDTRIUMPHANT MOREOUTGATE — wonNEVER TOO SOONSTORMING DRAGONRED ELEGANCEWONDER KIT

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

12 98.5

PLACE

5 32

6 26

12 32.5

QUINELLA

5,12 436

QUINELLA PLACE

5,6 118.5

5,12 138.5

6,12 152.5

FORECAST

12,5 954

TIERCE

12,5,6 11,331

TRIO

5,6,12 1,953

FIRST 4

5,6,11,12 5,487

QUARTET

12,5,6,11 131,896

All pools (4 more)

2ND TREBLE

7/10/5 2,173

7/10/12 23,744

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

6,10,11/5,6,12 922,117

8TH DOUBLE

10/5 524

10/12 4,139

SIX UP

2,12/2,8/1,5/7,10/10,11/5,12 337,661

11 [Y L Chung]

1 [C Fownes]