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Happy Valley · 2026-04-22 · 19:45

GERANIUM HANDICAP

Race 3

Class 4 GOOD TO FIRM 1650m Course B 12 runners
Track detail
Penetrometer 2.71

Result

Official · 1:40.42
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 SHOOTING TO TOP Closed strongly B/TT 1:40.42 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) E Brown · W K Mo 7 6.2 —
2 1 GLORIOUS JOURNEY Closed strongly TT C Y Ho · F C Lor 5 7.7 SH
3 7 SURE JOYFUL Led early TT C L Chau · P F Yiu 9 23.0 SH
4 11 OUR LUCKY GLORY TT K Teetan · W Y So 12 11.0 1-1/4
5 4 FORTUNE STAR Closed strongly B/TT A Atzeni · M Newnham 6 5.9 2-1/4
6 6 STAR ELEGANCE XB-/B K C Leung · D J Whyte 1 7.4 2-1/2
7 10 APOLAR FIGHTER Closed strongly B/TT R Kingscote · D Eustace 10 41.0 4
8 3 VERMILION TEMPEST Closed strongly PC-/TT J Moreira · C Fownes 11 10.0 5
9 8 TO INFINITY B2 L Hewitson · J Richards 2 17.0 5-1/2
10 9 YIU CHEUNG VICTORY A Badel · C H Yip 3 6.9 6-1/2
11 2 GAZELEY XB1 L Ferraris · K W Lui 8 51.0 8
12 12 GOOD LUCK WIN B-/CP1/TT Y L Chung · K H Ting 4 6.5 22-1/2
— 0 BEAUTY VIVA CP1/TT · A S Cruz — — —
— 0 JOLTIN CP · D A Hayes — — —

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

Race 3 ("GERANIUM HANDICAP") at Happy Valley on 2026-04-22 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. SHOOTING TO TOP, ridden by E Brown and trained by W K Mo, won, with GLORIOUS JOURNEY second and SURE JOYFUL third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 5.9 favourite FORTUNE STAR finished 5th.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SHOOTING TO TOP—2. GLORIOUS JOURNEY+0.1L3. SURE JOYFUL+0.1L4. OUR LUCKY GLORY+1.25L5. FORTUNE STAR+2.25L6. STAR ELEGANCE+2.5L7. APOLAR FIGHTER+4L8. VERMILION TEMPEST+5L9. TO INFINITY+5.5L10. YIU CHEUNG VICTORY+6.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick FORTUNE STAR (17.7%) finished 5th — the winner SHOOTING TO TOP was rated #7. 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 4 FORTUNE STAR 17.7% 5.64 5
2 3 VERMILION TEMPEST 17.0% 5.90 8
3 6 STAR ELEGANCE 12.2% 8.18 6
4 12 GOOD LUCK WIN 11.0% 9.10 12
5 9 YIU CHEUNG VICTORY 8.5% 11.79 10
6 1 GLORIOUS JOURNEY 7.3% 13.79 2
7 5 SHOOTING TO TOP 6.7% 14.92 1
8 11 OUR LUCKY GLORY 5.6% 17.96 4
9 7 SURE JOYFUL 5.3% 18.76 3
10 8 TO INFINITY 4.2% 23.96 9
11 10 APOLAR FIGHTER 2.6% 37.74 7
12 2 GAZELEY 1.9% 51.76 11
FORTUNE STARVERMILION TEMPESTSTAR ELEGANCEGOOD LUCK WINYIU CHEUNG VICTORYGLORIOUS JOURNEYSHOOTING TO TOP — wonOUR LUCKY GLORYSURE JOYFULTO INFINITYAPOLAR FIGHTERGAZELEY

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 62.5

PLACE

1 26

5 23

7 60.5

QUINELLA

1,5 268

QUINELLA PLACE

1,5 89

1,7 359.5

5,7 238.5

FORECAST

5,1 618

TIERCE

5,1,7 10,558

TRIO

1,5,7 2,450

FIRST 4

1,5,7,11 5,716

QUARTET

5,1,7,11 112,641

All pools (2 more)

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

7,11>2,6/1,5,7 92,449

2ND DOUBLE

7/1 92.5

7/5 626.5