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Happy Valley · 2026-05-20 · 19:10

DANDELION HANDICAP

Race 2

Class 4 GOOD 1650m Course A 12 runners
Track detail
Penetrometer 2.7199999999999998

Result

Official · 1:39.21
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 10 VIVACIOUS WIN Closed strongly B/TT 1:39.21 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · D Eustace 5 1.9 —
2 2 GLORIOUS JOURNEY Closed strongly TT C Y Ho · F C Lor 3 8.6 5
3 8 TURIN WARRIOR Closed strongly XB E Brown · K L Man 11 51.0 6-1/4
4 4 VERY GRATEFUL Closed strongly V/TT K C Leung · W K Mo 8 33.0 6-1/2
5 1 IVY LEAGUE SR/TT B Avdulla · D J Whyte 4 9.7 7
6 6 AESTHETICISM Closed strongly C L Chau · P C Ng 2 7.2 8-3/4
7 12 TO INFINITY Closed strongly B- A Badel · J Richards 12 62.0 8-3/4
8 7 DAILY ACCLAIM XB1 J Moreira · C Fownes 6 21.0 9-3/4
9 3 NEVER TOO SOON B H Bowman · D J Hall 10 20.0 11-1/4
10 5 THE ABSOLUTE B/XB/TT L Ferraris · K H Ting 1 22.0 12-1/2
11 11 BULL ATTITUDE B L Hewitson · M Newnham 7 8.3 13-1/2
12 9 BEAUTY GEMINI Led early TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 9 62.0 15-3/4
— 0 THE COSMIC POWER TT · C S Shum — — —
— 0 MAGIC SUPER P- · Y S Tsui — — —

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

Race 2 ("DANDELION HANDICAP") at Happy Valley on 2026-05-20 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. VIVACIOUS WIN, ridden by Z Purton and trained by D Eustace, won, with GLORIOUS JOURNEY second and TURIN WARRIOR third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 1.9 favourite.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. VIVACIOUS WIN—2. GLORIOUS JOURNEY+5L3. TURIN WARRIOR+6.25L4. VERY GRATEFUL+6.5L5. IVY LEAGUE+7L6. AESTHETICISM+8.75L7. TO INFINITY+8.75L8. DAILY ACCLAIM+9.75L9. NEVER TOO SOON+11.25L10. THE ABSOLUTE+12.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick VIVACIOUS WIN (39.2%) 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 10 VIVACIOUS WIN 39.2% 2.55 1
2 11 BULL ATTITUDE 12.4% 8.08 11
3 7 DAILY ACCLAIM 9.6% 10.38 8
4 2 GLORIOUS JOURNEY 7.7% 12.91 2
5 3 NEVER TOO SOON 6.6% 15.26 9
6 5 THE ABSOLUTE 6.2% 16.22 10
7 6 AESTHETICISM 5.1% 19.55 6
8 1 IVY LEAGUE 4.8% 21.01 5
9 4 VERY GRATEFUL 2.9% 34.08 4
10 8 TURIN WARRIOR 2.5% 40.11 3
11 12 TO INFINITY 1.5% 65.99 7
12 9 BEAUTY GEMINI 1.5% 66.66 12
VIVACIOUS WIN — wonBULL ATTITUDEDAILY ACCLAIMGLORIOUS JOURNEYNEVER TOO SOONTHE ABSOLUTEAESTHETICISMIVY LEAGUEVERY GRATEFULTURIN WARRIORTO INFINITYBEAUTY GEMINI

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

10 19.5

PLACE

2 20.5

8 102.5

10 12

QUINELLA

2,10 73.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,8 405

2,10 27.5

8,10 200

FORECAST

10,2 107

TIERCE

10,2,8 2,720

TRIO

2,8,10 816

FIRST 4

2,4,8,10 2,456

QUARTET

10,2,8,4 26,730

All pools (1 more)

1ST DOUBLE

7/2 39

7/10 63.5