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Happy Valley · 2026-04-29 · 13:45

SEOUL HANDICAP

Race 7

Class 2 GOOD 1000m Course C 10 runners

Race 7 ("SEOUL HANDICAP") at Happy Valley on 2026-04-29 was Class 2 over 1000m, run on GOOD going. BOTTOMUPTOGETHER, ridden by L Ferraris and trained by F C Lor, won, with GLOWING PRAISES second and COLOURFUL KING third. The 3.2 favourite COLOURFUL KING finished 3rd.

Track detail & race-day changes (1)
Penetrometer 2.7199999999999998 #5 BRAVE STAR — Jockey Change

Result

Official · 0:56.81
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 3 BOTTOMUPTOGETHER TT 0:56.81 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) L Ferraris · F C Lor 4 6.0
2 8 GLOWING PRAISES TT P N Wong · C W Chang 8 11.0 3/4
3 2 COLOURFUL KING CP1/TT Z Purton · D Eustace 5 3.2 1-1/2
4 10 CANDLELIGHT DINNER H A Badel · Y S Tsui 2 7.2 1-1/2
5 4 MAGIC CONTROL B2/TT K Teetan · W K Mo 1 7.1 2
6 1 STELLAR EXPRESS B B Avdulla · J Size 9 13.0 2
7 6 AKASHVANI B H Bentley · D A Hayes 7 8.9 5
8 5 BRAVE STAR XB M L Yeung · K W Lui 3 18.0 5-1/4
9 7 SON PAK FU B/TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 10 42.0 5-3/4
10 9 YOUTHFUL SPIRITS SR/V/TT M Chadwick · M Newnham 6 10.0 7

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. BOTTOMUPTOGETHER2. GLOWING PRAISES+0.75L3. COLOURFUL KING+1.5L4. CANDLELIGHT DINNER+1.5L5. MAGIC CONTROL+2L6. STELLAR EXPRESS+2L7. AKASHVANI+5L8. BRAVE STAR+5.25L9. SON PAK FU+5.75L10. YOUTHFUL SPIRITS+7L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick COLOURFUL KING (24.7%) finished 3rd — the winner BOTTOMUPTOGETHER was rated #6. 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 2 COLOURFUL KING 24.7% 4.05 3
2 8 GLOWING PRAISES 19.7% 5.09 2
3 10 CANDLELIGHT DINNER 10.0% 10.01 4
4 9 YOUTHFUL SPIRITS 8.9% 11.23 10
5 1 STELLAR EXPRESS 8.2% 12.23 6
6 3 BOTTOMUPTOGETHER 6.5% 15.35 1
7 5 BRAVE STAR 6.5% 15.43 8
8 6 AKASHVANI 6.4% 15.68 7
9 4 MAGIC CONTROL 5.0% 19.95 5
10 7 SON PAK FU 4.2% 23.63 9
COLOURFUL KINGGLOWING PRAISESCANDLELIGHT DINNERYOUTHFUL SPIRITSSTELLAR EXPRESSBOTTOMUPTOGETHER — wonBRAVE STARAKASHVANIMAGIC CONTROLSON PAK FU

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

3 60

PLACE

2 13.5

3 18.5

8 32

QUINELLA

3,8 507.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,3 37

2,8 81

3,8 152

FORECAST

3,8 982

TIERCE

3,8,2 2,983

TRIO

2,3,8 409

FIRST 4

2,3,8,10 517

QUARTET

3,8,2,10 17,154

All pools (3 more)

3RD DOUBLE TRIO

1,4,6/2,3,8 366,820

6TH DOUBLE

4/3 815

4/8 155

TRIPLE TRIO (CONSOLATION)

2,8,12/1,4,6/Any Combination 24,824