Skip to content

HKJC Guru is an independent statistics service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to The Hong Kong Jockey Club.

Happy Valley · 2026-05-20 · 13:10

DENDROBIUM HANDICAP

Race 6

Class 4 GOOD 1200m Course A 12 runners

Race 6 ("DENDROBIUM HANDICAP") at Happy Valley on 2026-05-20 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. THE HEIR, ridden by J Moreira and trained by C Fownes, won, with SUPERB KING second and ARGENTO OCEAN third. The 3.4 favourite THUNDER PRINCE finished 11th.

Track detail
Penetrometer 2.7199999999999998

Result

Official · 1:09.53
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 THE HEIR 1:09.53 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J Moreira · C Fownes 4 6.9
2 3 SUPERB KING CP/XB H Bowman · K W Lui 3 3.7 1-1/2
3 1 ARGENTO OCEAN CP-/B1 B Avdulla · D J Whyte 12 20.0 3
4 6 VIRTUS GLORY TT E Brown · P F Yiu 5 7.6 3-1/4
5 7 FATAL BLOW V/TT C L Chau · M Newnham 6 14.0 4
6 2 MEOWTH CP-/SR-/B1/TT L Ferraris · W K Mo 10 8.8 4-1/2
7 10 GOR GOR C Y Ho · B Crawford 11 65.0 5
8 12 YEUX DE LIFELINE B/TT K Teetan · J Size 8 52.0 5-1/2
9 4 EVERSTAR CP/XB1 J Orman · Y S Tsui 7 23.0 8
10 9 STARRY SHOW B H Bentley · D A Hayes 9 135.0 9-3/4
11 8 THUNDER PRINCE Z Purton · J Richards 1 3.4 13-1/4
12 11 FALCON HUNTER B1/TT A Badel · C H Yip 2 15.0 13-1/2
0 CALIFORNIA BAY V/TT · A S Cruz
0 Z PRINCE · D J Hall

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. THE HEIR2. SUPERB KING+1.5L3. ARGENTO OCEAN+3L4. VIRTUS GLORY+3.25L5. FATAL BLOW+4L6. MEOWTH+4.5L7. GOR GOR+5L8. YEUX DE LIFELINE+5.5L9. EVERSTAR+8L10. STARRY SHOW+9.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick SUPERB KING (27.0%) finished 2nd — the winner THE HEIR was rated #2. 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 3 SUPERB KING 27.0% 3.70 2
2 5 THE HEIR 21.6% 4.64 1
3 8 THUNDER PRINCE 19.2% 5.20 11
4 2 MEOWTH 7.9% 12.67 6
5 7 FATAL BLOW 5.0% 20.00 5
6 6 VIRTUS GLORY 4.3% 23.49 4
7 12 YEUX DE LIFELINE 3.6% 28.12 8
8 1 ARGENTO OCEAN 3.4% 29.82 3
9 9 STARRY SHOW 2.4% 42.46 10
10 10 GOR GOR 2.1% 47.69 7
11 11 FALCON HUNTER 2.1% 48.11 12
12 4 EVERSTAR 1.6% 62.99 9
SUPERB KINGTHE HEIR — wonTHUNDER PRINCEMEOWTHFATAL BLOWVIRTUS GLORYYEUX DE LIFELINEARGENTO OCEANSTARRY SHOWGOR GORFALCON HUNTEREVERSTAR

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 69.5

PLACE

1 47.5

3 15.5

5 19.5

QUINELLA

3,5 128

QUINELLA PLACE

1,3 112

1,5 182

3,5 45

FORECAST

5,3 301

TIERCE

5,3,1 2,482

TRIO

1,3,5 396

FIRST 4

1,3,5,6 1,411

QUARTET

5,3,1,6 29,453

All pools (1 more)

5TH DOUBLE

2/3 10.5

2/5 104