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Happy Valley · 2026-03-18 · 11:40

BELLFLOWER HANDICAP

Race 3

Class 4 GOOD TO FIRM 1000m Course A 12 runners

Race 3 ("BELLFLOWER HANDICAP") at Happy Valley on 2026-03-18 was Class 4 over 1000m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. NOTTHESILLYONE, ridden by R Kingscote and trained by M Newnham, won, with BEAUTY THUNDER second and HAPPY UNITED third. The 3.9 favourite BEAUTY THUNDER finished 2nd.

Track detail & race-day changes (1)
Penetrometer 2.71 #4 HARMONY FIRE — Jockey Change

Result

Official · 0:56.57
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 NOTTHESILLYONE TT 0:56.57 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) R Kingscote · M Newnham 12 26.0
2 3 BEAUTY THUNDER CP/TT Z Purton · W K Mo 9 3.9 1-1/4
3 11 HAPPY UNITED P2/TT M Chadwick · J Richards 8 15.0 1-3/4
4 9 GOLDEN FRIENDSHIP B/TT H Bentley · K H Ting 1 10.0 2
5 10 HEROIC MASTER B/TT K Teetan · Y S Tsui 3 12.0 2-1/2
6 12 SAVVY TWINKLE XB/TT A Badel · F C Lor 2 6.4 2-3/4
7 4 HARMONY FIRE B/TT H Bowman · D J Whyte 11 23.0 2-3/4
8 7 HONEST WITNESS B/TT L Ferraris · D A Hayes 5 8.6 3-1/2
9 8 WATCH THIS ONE V/TT A Atzeni · P C Ng 4 8.4 4
10 2 CAPTAIN LINK B2/TT C Y Ho · C Fownes 7 66.0 5-1/4
11 1 PARENTS' LOVE H/TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 6 4.7 6-1/2
12 6 SIR CHARGE H-/B1/TT- B Avdulla · D Eustace 10 67.0 11
0 PACKING PHOENIX TT L Hewitson · K W Lui
0 KWAI CHUNG TALENTS · C W Chang

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. NOTTHESILLYONE2. BEAUTY THUNDER+1.25L3. HAPPY UNITED+1.75L4. GOLDEN FRIENDSHIP+2L5. HEROIC MASTER+2.5L6. SAVVY TWINKLE+2.75L7. HARMONY FIRE+2.75L8. HONEST WITNESS+3.5L9. WATCH THIS ONE+4L10. CAPTAIN LINK+5.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick BEAUTY THUNDER (32.0%) finished 2nd — the winner NOTTHESILLYONE was rated #11. 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 3 BEAUTY THUNDER 32.0% 3.12 2
2 12 SAVVY TWINKLE 10.5% 9.52 6
3 8 WATCH THIS ONE 9.4% 10.66 9
4 1 PARENTS' LOVE 9.2% 10.91 11
5 7 HONEST WITNESS 8.9% 11.18 8
6 10 HEROIC MASTER 7.6% 13.18 5
7 9 GOLDEN FRIENDSHIP 6.1% 16.51 4
8 4 HARMONY FIRE 4.6% 21.96 7
9 11 HAPPY UNITED 4.1% 24.22 3
10 6 SIR CHARGE 3.2% 31.37 12
11 5 NOTTHESILLYONE 3.0% 33.08 1
12 2 CAPTAIN LINK 1.4% 69.67 10
BEAUTY THUNDERSAVVY TWINKLEWATCH THIS ONEPARENTS' LOVEHONEST WITNESSHEROIC MASTERGOLDEN FRIENDSHIPHARMONY FIREHAPPY UNITEDSIR CHARGENOTTHESILLYONE — wonCAPTAIN LINK

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

5 262.5

PLACE

3 15.5

5 75.5

11 42.5

QUINELLA

3,5 689

QUINELLA PLACE

3,5 225

3,11 135.5

5,11 727.5

FORECAST

5,3 1,574

TIERCE

5,3,11 24,554

TRIO

3,5,11 3,447

FIRST 4

3,5,9,11 5,839

QUARTET

5,3,11,9 175,967

All pools (2 more)

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

2,4,9/3,5,11 287,208

2ND DOUBLE

2/3 55.5

2/5 1,169