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Happy Valley · 2026-03-18 · 12:10

SHAMROCK HANDICAP

Race 4

Class 4 GOOD TO FIRM 1200m Course A 12 runners

Race 4 ("SHAMROCK HANDICAP") at Happy Valley on 2026-03-18 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. WORLD HERO, ridden by H Bentley and trained by D A Hayes, won, with SUPERB KING second and FREE PONY third. The 2.9 favourite SUPERB KING finished 2nd.

Track detail & race-day changes (1)
Penetrometer 2.71 #3 QUARTZ LEGEND — Jockey Change

Result

Official · 1:09.24
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 12 WORLD HERO 1:09.24 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bentley · D A Hayes 4 4.0
2 2 SUPERB KING CP/XB Z Purton · K W Lui 12 2.9 1-3/4
3 4 FREE PONY P J Orman · C W Chang 8 18.0 2
4 3 QUARTZ LEGEND TT H Bowman · C Fownes 6 6.0 2-1/4
5 5 GOKO WIN B B Avdulla · D J Whyte 2 7.2 2-1/2
6 6 MARVEL AND GOLD E/TT K Teetan · C H Yip 1 54.0 3-3/4
7 9 LEGEND STAR B/TT Y L Chung · C S Shum 10 18.0 4-3/4
8 7 TRENDY RUSH A Badel · J Richards 11 43.0 6
9 10 ZEPHYR TT L Hewitson · M Newnham 3 20.0 6
10 1 VERY GRATEFUL TT C L Chau · W K Mo 7 13.0 7
11 11 MAGIC SUPER M L Yeung · K L Man 9 185.0 8-1/4
12 8 FORTUNE SUPERNOVA B/TT R Kingscote · K H Ting 5 32.0 8-3/4
0 CELESTIAL STRIDER TT · W Y So
0 GREEN FIELD PEARL XB1/TT- · K W Lui

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. WORLD HERO2. SUPERB KING+1.75L3. FREE PONY+2L4. QUARTZ LEGEND+2.25L5. GOKO WIN+2.5L6. MARVEL AND GOLD+3.75L7. LEGEND STAR+4.75L8. TRENDY RUSH+6L9. ZEPHYR+6L10. VERY GRATEFUL+7L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick SUPERB KING (20.0%) finished 2nd — the winner WORLD HERO 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 2 SUPERB KING 20.0% 5.00 2
2 12 WORLD HERO 14.6% 6.84 1
3 3 QUARTZ LEGEND 14.4% 6.96 4
4 1 VERY GRATEFUL 10.2% 9.77 10
5 9 LEGEND STAR 9.2% 10.83 7
6 8 FORTUNE SUPERNOVA 6.4% 15.51 12
7 5 GOKO WIN 6.1% 16.37 5
8 4 FREE PONY 5.9% 16.92 3
9 6 MARVEL AND GOLD 4.6% 21.58 6
10 7 TRENDY RUSH 4.2% 24.01 8
11 10 ZEPHYR 3.0% 33.25 9
12 11 MAGIC SUPER 1.3% 78.02 11
SUPERB KINGWORLD HERO — wonQUARTZ LEGENDVERY GRATEFULLEGEND STARFORTUNE SUPERNOVAGOKO WINFREE PONYMARVEL AND GOLDTRENDY RUSHZEPHYRMAGIC SUPER

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 40

PLACE

2 15.5

4 40

12 16

QUINELLA

2,12 55

QUINELLA PLACE

2,4 161.5

2,12 23.5

4,12 168

FORECAST

12,2 115

TIERCE

12,2,4 2,036

TRIO

2,4,12 491

FIRST 4

2,3,4,12 518

QUARTET

12,2,4,3 10,641

All pools (1 more)

3RD DOUBLE

5/2 223

5/12 1,254.5