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Happy Valley · 2026-04-22 · 11:10

FREESIA HANDICAP

Race 2

Class 5 GOOD TO FIRM 1650m Course B 11 runners

Race 2 ("FREESIA HANDICAP") at Happy Valley on 2026-04-22 was Class 5 over 1650m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. PODIUM, ridden by C L Chau and trained by D Eustace, won, with SOARING BRONCO second and SMILING EMPEROR third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.7 favourite SOARING BRONCO finished 2nd.

Track detail & race-day changes (1)
Penetrometer 2.71 #6 DOUBLE BINGO — Code 92

Result

Official · 1:39.66
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 7 PODIUM Closed strongly B/TT 1:39.66 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C L Chau · D Eustace 1 5.0
2 2 SOARING BRONCO Closed strongly J Orman · M Newnham 9 2.7 3/4
3 11 SMILING EMPEROR Closed strongly CP/XB M L Yeung · K H Ting 3 17.0 2-1/4
4 8 VERBIER Closed strongly B/TT J Moreira · C Fownes 2 3.7 4-1/4
5 3 NOBLE FANS Closed strongly B/TT R Kingscote · J Size 7 28.0 4-3/4
6 12 CASA LEGEND Closed strongly B/TT M Chadwick · C W Chang 11 23.0 6-1/4
7 1 LUCKY BLESSING Led early CP/TT E C W Wong · W K Mo 12 67.0 6-1/4
8 5 SPARKLE AND GOLD TT B Avdulla · C H Yip 5 26.0 7-1/2
9 9 DOUBLE SHOW V K Teetan · B Crawford 6 20.0 11-1/4
10 4 TELECOM POWER B E Brown · Y S Tsui 10 9.7 12-1/2
11 10 ATOMIC BEAUTY V/TT A Atzeni · A S Cruz 8 23.0 13
0 FRANTANCK TT · P C Ng
0 ORIENTAL SURPRISE B/TT · D A Hayes
6 DOUBLE BINGO M F Poon · P F Yiu

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. PODIUM2. SOARING BRONCO+0.75L3. SMILING EMPEROR+2.25L4. VERBIER+4.25L5. NOBLE FANS+4.75L6. CASA LEGEND+6.25L7. LUCKY BLESSING+6.25L8. SPARKLE AND GOLD+7.5L9. DOUBLE SHOW+11.25L10. TELECOM POWER+12.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick VERBIER (37.8%) finished 4th — the winner PODIUM 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 8 VERBIER 37.8% 2.64 4
2 7 PODIUM 18.8% 5.33 1
3 10 ATOMIC BEAUTY 7.9% 12.62 11
4 4 TELECOM POWER 7.6% 13.21 10
5 2 SOARING BRONCO 6.9% 14.42 2
6 9 DOUBLE SHOW 4.8% 20.65 9
7 11 SMILING EMPEROR 3.9% 25.83 3
8 1 LUCKY BLESSING 3.8% 26.55 7
9 5 SPARKLE AND GOLD 3.3% 29.89 8
10 12 CASA LEGEND 3.0% 33.02 6
11 3 NOBLE FANS 2.1% 47.18 5
VERBIERPODIUM — wonATOMIC BEAUTYTELECOM POWERSOARING BRONCODOUBLE SHOWSMILING EMPERORLUCKY BLESSINGSPARKLE AND GOLDCASA LEGENDNOBLE FANS

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

7 50

PLACE

2 12.5

7 15.5

11 44

QUINELLA

2,7 67

QUINELLA PLACE

2,7 27

2,11 73.5

7,11 115

FORECAST

7,2 162

TIERCE

7,2,11 1,971

TRIO

2,7,11 367

FIRST 4

2,7,8,11 215

QUARTET

7,2,11,8 5,845

All pools (1 more)

1ST DOUBLE

4/2,6 19

4/7 409.5