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Happy Valley · 2026-04-22 · 11:45

GERANIUM HANDICAP

Race 3

Class 4 GOOD TO FIRM 1650m Course B 12 runners

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.

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

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SHOOTING TO TOP2. 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