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Happy Valley · 2026-05-27 · 12:10

CIRON HANDICAP

Race 4

Class 4 GOOD TO FIRM 1200m Course B 12 runners

Race 4 ("CIRON HANDICAP") at Happy Valley on 2026-05-27 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. BRIGHT DAY, ridden by K C Leung and trained by K L Man, won, with LOVING VIBES second and KWAI CHUNG TALENTS third. Victory came as the 2.1 favourite.

Track detail
Penetrometer 2.71

Result

Official · 1:09.70
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 BRIGHT DAY V/TT 1:09.70 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K C Leung · K L Man 1 2.1
2 11 LOVING VIBES TT A Atzeni · M Newnham 12 22.0 1-1/4
3 9 KWAI CHUNG TALENTS H1 M L Yeung · C W Chang 6 27.0 2
4 8 GRACEFUL HEART CP/XB L Hewitson · K W Lui 9 80.0 2-3/4
5 7 THE PERFECT MATCH TT C L Chau · C S Shum 8 13.0 3
6 12 GOLDEN FRIENDSHIP B/TT H T Mo · K H Ting 7 15.0 3-1/4
7 10 LIGHTNING ACE H/TT M Chadwick · W K Mo 3 47.0 4
8 3 SMART FIGHTER E Brown · P F Yiu 4 11.0 4-3/4
9 1 FIND MY LOVE B/TT H Bowman · D J Whyte 5 6.2 6
10 2 NATURAL HIGH V C Y Ho · C H Yip 2 38.0 7-1/4
11 6 JUSTIFYING XB1/TT- J Moreira · C Fownes 11 12.0 9-3/4
12 4 COUNTRY PRIDE K Teetan · J Size 10 7.3 9-3/4
0 SPIRITED STEED · K W Lui
0 SUPREME FEELING B/TT1 · D A Hayes

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. BRIGHT DAY2. LOVING VIBES+1.25L3. KWAI CHUNG TALENTS+2L4. GRACEFUL HEART+2.75L5. THE PERFECT MATCH+3L6. GOLDEN FRIENDSHIP+3.25L7. LIGHTNING ACE+4L8. SMART FIGHTER+4.75L9. FIND MY LOVE+6L10. NATURAL HIGH+7.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick BRIGHT DAY (25.2%) 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 5 BRIGHT DAY 25.2% 3.97 1
2 1 FIND MY LOVE 19.2% 5.20 9
3 4 COUNTRY PRIDE 11.0% 9.11 12
4 11 LOVING VIBES 9.4% 10.59 2
5 6 JUSTIFYING 7.6% 13.12 11
6 7 THE PERFECT MATCH 6.8% 14.66 5
7 2 NATURAL HIGH 5.7% 17.45 10
8 12 GOLDEN FRIENDSHIP 5.3% 18.74 6
9 3 SMART FIGHTER 4.4% 22.68 8
10 9 KWAI CHUNG TALENTS 2.1% 47.92 3
11 8 GRACEFUL HEART 1.8% 55.69 4
12 10 LIGHTNING ACE 1.4% 73.85 7
BRIGHT DAY — wonFIND MY LOVECOUNTRY PRIDELOVING VIBESJUSTIFYINGTHE PERFECT MATCHNATURAL HIGHGOLDEN FRIENDSHIPSMART FIGHTERKWAI CHUNG TALENTSGRACEFUL HEARTLIGHTNING ACE

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 21.5

PLACE

5 11.5

9 58.5

11 49

QUINELLA

5,11 232.5

QUINELLA PLACE

5,9 108

5,11 87.5

9,11 564.5

FORECAST

5,11 435

TIERCE

5,11,9 5,386

TRIO

5,9,11 1,625

FIRST 4

5,8,9,11 11,317

QUARTET

5,11,9,8 139,315

All pools (1 more)

3RD DOUBLE

3/5 203.5

3/11 202.5