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Happy Valley · 2026-05-20 · 21:45

HYACINTH HANDICAP

Race 7

Class 3 GOOD 1650m Course A 12 runners
Track detail
Penetrometer 2.7199999999999998

Result

Official · 1:39.75
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 11 VIOLET STAR Closed strongly SR/TT 1:39.75 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K Teetan · D J Whyte 4 4.4 —
2 4 POWER OF VITAM Closed strongly J Orman · D J Hall 6 7.6 3/4
3 5 DO YOUR PART Led early XB/TT C L Chau · K W Lui 11 5.6 1
4 2 RIDING TOGETHER Closed strongly V-/TT L Ferraris · D Eustace 10 40.0 2-1/4
5 9 CASA ROCHESTER Closed strongly M F Poon · M Newnham 12 23.0 3
6 1 SKY VINO TT J Moreira · C Fownes 1 5.4 3-1/2
7 8 CALIFORNIA MOXIE Closed strongly B/TT A Badel · A S Cruz 2 8.8 4-1/4
8 12 WIN METHOD TT L Hewitson · C S Shum 9 10.0 4-3/4
9 3 LOVERO Z Purton · B Crawford 3 5.3 5-1/4
10 6 ANOTHER WORLD C Y Ho · C H Yip 7 85.0 5-1/2
11 7 HOTT SHOTT H/XB2/TT K C Leung · P C Ng 5 109.0 15-1/4
12 10 MAGNEMITE SR/XB/TT M Chadwick · W K Mo 8 122.0 20-3/4
— 0 CONTINENT EXPRESS XB · D Eustace — — —
— 0 TITAN PEGASUS TT1 · D Eustace — — —

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

Race 7 ("HYACINTH HANDICAP") at Happy Valley on 2026-05-20 was Class 3 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. VIOLET STAR, ridden by K Teetan and trained by D J Whyte, won, with POWER OF VITAM second and DO YOUR PART third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 4.4 favourite.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. VIOLET STAR—2. POWER OF VITAM+0.75L3. DO YOUR PART+1L4. RIDING TOGETHER+2.25L5. CASA ROCHESTER+3L6. SKY VINO+3.5L7. CALIFORNIA MOXIE+4.25L8. WIN METHOD+4.75L9. LOVERO+5.25L10. ANOTHER WORLD+5.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick SKY VINO (25.2%) finished 6th — the winner VIOLET STAR 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 1 SKY VINO 25.2% 3.97 6
2 3 LOVERO 18.3% 5.47 9
3 12 WIN METHOD 15.7% 6.37 8
4 5 DO YOUR PART 13.1% 7.62 3
5 4 POWER OF VITAM 6.9% 14.48 2
6 11 VIOLET STAR 5.7% 17.43 1
7 8 CALIFORNIA MOXIE 5.5% 18.10 7
8 9 CASA ROCHESTER 3.1% 31.79 5
9 2 RIDING TOGETHER 2.6% 37.91 4
10 6 ANOTHER WORLD 1.7% 60.39 10
11 10 MAGNEMITE 1.2% 84.62 12
12 7 HOTT SHOTT 0.9% 112.48 11
SKY VINOLOVEROWIN METHODDO YOUR PARTPOWER OF VITAMVIOLET STAR — wonCALIFORNIA MOXIECASA ROCHESTERRIDING TOGETHERANOTHER WORLDMAGNEMITEHOTT SHOTT

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

11 44

PLACE

4 25.5

5 22

11 17.5

QUINELLA

4,11 197.5

QUINELLA PLACE

4,5 80

4,11 69

5,11 49

FORECAST

11,4 414

TIERCE

11,4,5 1,798

TRIO

4,5,11 371

FIRST 4

2,4,5,11 2,154

QUARTET

11,4,5,2 36,650

All pools (4 more)

3RD DOUBLE TRIO

1,3,5/4,5,11 25,040

6TH DOUBLE

5/4 82

5/11 421.5

TRIPLE TRIO

2,5,7/1,3,5/4,5,11 1,768,820

TRIPLE TRIO (CONSOLATION)

2,5,7/1,3,5/Any Combination 3,716