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Happy Valley · 2026-03-18 · 22:50

SNAPDRAGON HANDICAP

Race 9

Class 3 GOOD TO FIRM 1650m Course A 12 runners
Track detail & race-day changes (5)
Penetrometer 2.71 #10 GRATIFIDE — Weight Change #7 VIOLET STAR — Code 96 #7 VIOLET STAR — Jockey Change #7 VIOLET STAR — Weight Change #9 STORMI — Weight Change

Result

Official · 1:38.72
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 12 WIN BEAUTY VIVA Closed strongly B1 1:38.72 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Atzeni · J Size 2 7.1 —
2 3 DO YOUR PART Closed strongly XB/TT L Ferraris · K W Lui 4 7.0 N
3 1 MAX QUE Closed strongly TT Z Purton · M Newnham 5 2.5 N
4 8 SO YOU WILL TT A Badel · C Fownes 9 24.0 1/2
5 7 VIOLET STAR Closed strongly SR/TT H Bentley · D J Whyte 3 17.0 1-3/4
6 9 STORMI CP/TT C L Chau · W K Mo 6 9.4 2
7 11 WITHALLMYFAITH Led early XB-/B/TT1 M L Yeung · D A Hayes 1 4.9 2-3/4
8 10 GRATIFIDE Closed strongly XB R Kingscote · D Eustace 12 105.0 3
9 5 VIVA GRACIOUSNESS TT M Chadwick · A S Cruz 7 21.0 3-1/4
10 6 FORTUNATE SON TT M F Poon · W K Mo 10 24.0 3-1/2
11 2 NOISY BOY TT K Teetan · C H Yip 11 88.0 3-3/4
12 4 TOURBILLON PRINCE CP/TT J Orman · C W Chang 8 88.0 5
— 0 AKERMANIS GOLD · D Eustace — — —
— 7 SAMARKAND L Hewitson · J Richards 3 — —

This site does not show odds as they change: the odds here are final prices after a race, or overnight prices before it.

Race 9 ("SNAPDRAGON HANDICAP") at Happy Valley on 2026-03-18 was Class 3 over 1650m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. WIN BEAUTY VIVA, ridden by A Atzeni and trained by J Size, won, with DO YOUR PART second and MAX QUE third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.5 favourite MAX QUE finished 3rd.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. WIN BEAUTY VIVA—2. DO YOUR PART+0.05L3. MAX QUE+0.05L4. SO YOU WILL+0.5L5. VIOLET STAR+1.75L6. STORMI+2L7. WITHALLMYFAITH+2.75L8. GRATIFIDE+3L9. VIVA GRACIOUSNESS+3.25L10. FORTUNATE SON+3.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick MAX QUE (26.0%) finished 3rd — the winner WIN BEAUTY VIVA was rated #3. 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 1 MAX QUE 26.0% 3.85 3
2 11 WITHALLMYFAITH 21.8% 4.59 7
3 12 WIN BEAUTY VIVA 14.4% 6.95 1
4 9 STORMI 12.2% 8.23 6
5 3 DO YOUR PART 6.0% 16.56 2
6 6 FORTUNATE SON 5.8% 17.20 10
7 5 VIVA GRACIOUSNESS 4.1% 24.46 9
8 2 NOISY BOY 2.4% 42.47 11
9 4 TOURBILLON PRINCE 2.3% 43.79 12
10 7 VIOLET STAR 2.0% 49.02 5
11 8 SO YOU WILL 1.9% 51.30 4
12 10 GRATIFIDE 1.1% 87.06 8
MAX QUEWITHALLMYFAITHWIN BEAUTY VIVA — wonSTORMIDO YOUR PARTFORTUNATE SONVIVA GRACIOUSNESSNOISY BOYTOURBILLON PRINCEVIOLET STARSO YOU WILLGRATIFIDE

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 71.5

PLACE

1 12.5

3 23.5

12 21.5

QUINELLA

3,12 228

QUINELLA PLACE

1,3 37

1,12 33.5

3,12 73

FORECAST

12,3 510

TIERCE

12,3,1 1,777

TRIO

1,3,12 214

FIRST 4

1,3,8,12 802

QUARTET

12,3,1,8 19,759

All pools (4 more)

2ND TREBLE

6/7/3 185

6/7/12 760

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

7,10,11/1,3,12 4,689

8TH DOUBLE

7/3 45.5

7/12 210

SIX UP

2,12/5,6/3,12/4,6/7,10/3,12 996

12/6/3/6/7/12 24,738

1 [M Newnham] —

1 [Z Purton] —