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Happy Valley · 2026-04-22 · 22:20

ONCIDIUM HANDICAP

Race 8

Class 3 GOOD TO FIRM 1800m Course B 12 runners
Track detail & race-day changes (2)
Penetrometer 2.71 #10 MISSION GIANT — Weight Change #11 ACE WAR — Weight Change

Result

Official · 1:48.50
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 8 THE AUSPICIOUS Closed strongly H 1:48.50 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Badel · Y S Tsui 9 10.0 —
2 11 ACE WAR Closed strongly XB Z Purton · M Newnham 11 3.0 1/2
3 1 LIVEANDLETLIVE TT H Bowman · A S Cruz 3 4.1 1-1/4
4 10 MISSION GIANT Closed strongly V2 E C W Wong · B Crawford 4 205.0 2-1/4
5 3 CHINA WIN Closed strongly M L Yeung · D A Hayes 2 7.7 2-3/4
6 12 PACKING FIGHTER SR/TT A Atzeni · P C Ng 10 7.2 3-1/4
7 4 NEZHA B M F Poon · D J Hall 7 29.0 3-3/4
8 2 HIGHLAND RAHY B/TT P N Wong · K W Lui 1 29.0 4-3/4
9 5 SO YOU WILL Led early TT J Moreira · C Fownes 6 8.9 5
10 9 VIOLET STAR SR/TT H Bentley · D J Whyte 5 15.0 6-3/4
11 6 MIGHTY STRENGTH Closed strongly B2 K Teetan · P F Yiu 12 40.0 7
12 7 EXCELLENCE VALUE CP-/TT L Hewitson · W Y So 8 139.0 24-1/4
— 0 FALLON B/TT · A S Cruz — — —

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

Race 8 ("ONCIDIUM HANDICAP") at Happy Valley on 2026-04-22 was Class 3 over 1800m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. THE AUSPICIOUS, ridden by A Badel and trained by Y S Tsui, won, with ACE WAR second and LIVEANDLETLIVE third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.0 favourite ACE WAR finished 2nd.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. THE AUSPICIOUS—2. ACE WAR+0.5L3. LIVEANDLETLIVE+1.25L4. MISSION GIANT+2.25L5. CHINA WIN+2.75L6. PACKING FIGHTER+3.25L7. NEZHA+3.75L8. HIGHLAND RAHY+4.75L9. SO YOU WILL+5L10. VIOLET STAR+6.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick ACE WAR (44.1%) finished 2nd — the winner THE AUSPICIOUS was rated #8. 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 11 ACE WAR 44.1% 2.27 2
2 3 CHINA WIN 15.5% 6.47 5
3 5 SO YOU WILL 9.8% 10.18 9
4 1 LIVEANDLETLIVE 7.9% 12.73 3
5 9 VIOLET STAR 6.6% 15.25 10
6 12 PACKING FIGHTER 4.1% 24.28 6
7 2 HIGHLAND RAHY 3.1% 32.06 8
8 8 THE AUSPICIOUS 2.8% 35.56 1
9 4 NEZHA 2.3% 44.35 7
10 6 MIGHTY STRENGTH 2.2% 44.76 11
11 7 EXCELLENCE VALUE 1.0% 100.66 12
12 10 MISSION GIANT 0.6% 162.75 4
ACE WARCHINA WINSO YOU WILLLIVEANDLETLIVEVIOLET STARPACKING FIGHTERHIGHLAND RAHYTHE AUSPICIOUS — wonNEZHAMIGHTY STRENGTHEXCELLENCE VALUEMISSION GIANT

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

8 109

PLACE

1 16.5

8 32.5

11 14.5

QUINELLA

8,11 154.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,8 70.5

1,11 28.5

8,11 61

FORECAST

8,11 398

TIERCE

8,11,1 1,847

TRIO

1,8,11 200

FIRST 4

1,8,10,11 9,816

QUARTET

8,11,1,10 157,910

All pools (1 more)

7TH DOUBLE

12/8 4,309.5

12/11 161