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Happy Valley · 2026-04-29 · 12:40

THE KOREA RACING AUTHORITY TROPHY (HANDICAP)

Race 5

Class 4 GOOD 1200m Course C 12 runners

Race 5 ("THE KOREA RACING AUTHORITY TROPHY (HANDICAP)") at Happy Valley on 2026-04-29 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. GAMEPLAYER ELITE, ridden by H Bentley and trained by D J Whyte, won, with SUPERB KING second and VIGOR ELLEEGANT third. The 2.5 favourite THUNDER PRINCE finished 4th.

Track detail & race-day changes (1)
Penetrometer 2.7199999999999998 #3 ORIGIN OF FORM — Jockey Change

Result

Official · 1:09.86
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 8 GAMEPLAYER ELITE SR/TT 1:09.86 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bentley · D J Whyte 1 4.0
2 2 SUPERB KING CP/XB P N Wong · K W Lui 6 3.7 3/4
3 12 VIGOR ELLEEGANT B-/TT M Chadwick · K L Man 2 9.6 1-1/4
4 5 THUNDER PRINCE Z Purton · J Richards 8 2.5 2-1/4
5 4 MIGHTY FIGHTER TT H Bowman · P F Yiu 11 18.0 3-3/4
6 9 LEGEND STAR B/TT Y L Chung · C S Shum 3 16.0 5-1/2
7 7 FORZA LEADER XB1/TT K C Leung · Y S Tsui 7 72.0 6-1/2
8 3 ORIGIN OF FORM CP/H/TT1 E Brown · F C Lor 5 49.0 7-1/2
9 10 SWEET BRIAR B/TT M L Yeung · K H Ting 10 97.0 7-3/4
10 6 KING CANNON XB/CP1 R Kingscote · D Eustace 4 65.0 11-3/4
11 11 QUICK MONEY XB-/TT K Teetan · C H Yip 9 70.0 13-1/4
12 1 LUCKY DOCTOR XB-/B1/TT- J Orman · P C Ng 12 101.0 24
0 FORERUNNER CP/TT · W K Mo
0 CELESTIAL STRIDER TT · W Y So

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. GAMEPLAYER ELITE2. SUPERB KING+0.75L3. VIGOR ELLEEGANT+1.25L4. THUNDER PRINCE+2.25L5. MIGHTY FIGHTER+3.75L6. LEGEND STAR+5.5L7. FORZA LEADER+6.5L8. ORIGIN OF FORM+7.5L9. SWEET BRIAR+7.75L10. KING CANNON+11.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick GAMEPLAYER ELITE (28.7%) won this race. 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 GAMEPLAYER ELITE 28.7% 3.48 1
2 2 SUPERB KING 21.6% 4.64 2
3 5 THUNDER PRINCE 17.4% 5.74 4
4 9 LEGEND STAR 10.0% 10.01 6
5 4 MIGHTY FIGHTER 6.6% 15.22 5
6 12 VIGOR ELLEEGANT 6.1% 16.32 3
7 3 ORIGIN OF FORM 2.3% 43.50 8
8 11 QUICK MONEY 1.7% 58.24 11
9 6 KING CANNON 1.6% 62.46 10
10 7 FORZA LEADER 1.6% 63.00 7
11 10 SWEET BRIAR 1.4% 73.29 9
12 1 LUCKY DOCTOR 1.0% 96.77 12
GAMEPLAYER ELITE — wonSUPERB KINGTHUNDER PRINCELEGEND STARMIGHTY FIGHTERVIGOR ELLEEGANTORIGIN OF FORMQUICK MONEYKING CANNONFORZA LEADERSWEET BRIARLUCKY DOCTOR

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 40.5

PLACE

2 14

8 14

12 24

QUINELLA

2,8 69

QUINELLA PLACE

2,8 26.5

2,12 60.5

8,12 49

FORECAST

8,2 172

TIERCE

8,2,12 835

TRIO

2,8,12 148

FIRST 4

2,5,8,12 77

QUARTET

8,2,12,5 1,818

All pools (3 more)

1ST TREBLE

10/3/2 6,040

10/3/8 24,349

2ND DOUBLE TRIO

1,3,11/2,8,12 1,931

4TH DOUBLE

3/2 31.5

3/8 160.5