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Happy Valley Form Guide (Race 4) | Speed Map

Wednesday, 17th December 2025

4
07:10 ET

LARK HANDICAP

WT: 115lbs Type: RST60-40 Fastest Time: 1:37.90 Woodfire Bro 10 Jul 2024 RST95-75 SOT:GF
1 m TURF GOOD
4
07:10
(local)
HKD $1,170,000
1 m GOOD

LARK HANDICAP

WT: 115lbs Type: RST60-40 Fastest Time: 1:37.90 Woodfire Bro 10 Jul 2024 RST95-75 SOT:GF

#5 Made For Life takes a sharp rise in trip, from 1200m at Sha Tin on debut to Happy Valley’s extended mile, which looks odd on paper, but his debut fourth, grinding to the line like a horse wanting further, suggests it’s the right move. #1 Top Time was beaten by circumstance last start, snagged back from a wide draw and forced to defy the race shape, finishing best of the rest in second. He’s been building the right way all campaign with three placings from four runs, and that latest effort sets him up to go one better. #4 Fighting Machine has turned in a more encouraging trial since his last run and, now fifth-up and on his fourth run back in Class 4, has the foundation to rebound. #8 Smart City was only fair in eighth last start despite seeming to have his chance. His fourth-up profile says he’s entitled to another look.

Print
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3 . COLOURFUL KNIGHT (15.3m/s)
12 . METAL KING (15.3m/s)
4 . FIGHTING MACHINE (16.4m/s)
1 . TOP TIME (15.8m/s)
10 . SUPERB GUY
9 . ICONICAL (16.5m/s)
6 . CALIFORNIA MOXIE (16.6m/s)
7 . UP WITH CHARM
5 . MADE FOR LIFE
2 . GLORIOUS JOURNEY (16.5m/s)
8 . SMART CITY (16.4m/s)
11 . HAPPY ACTION (16m/s)
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Tab Horse WT Jockey JR BP AES AFS
1 TOP TIME TIME TEST (GB) - NEEDLLY (NZ) 9-9
61.0
ZAC PURTON 3.5 9 15.8 17.5
2 GLORIOUS JOURNEY SACRED FALLS (NZ) - LA PRALINE (AUS) 9-5
59.5
VINCENT HO 2.1 3 16.5 17.4
3 COLOURFUL KNIGHT FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - ENNERDALE (GB) 9-2
58.0
ANGUS CHUNG (a1kg) 1.4 12 15.3 16.0
4 FIGHTING MACHINE WAR DECREE (USA) - UDIDITAGAIN (NZ) 9-2
58.0
MAXIME GUYON 2.9 10 16.4 18.0
5 MADE FOR LIFE PIERATA (AUS) - NOVA ROCHA (AUS) 9-1
57.5
BRENTON AVDULLA 1.9 4 - -
6 CALIFORNIA MOXIE MEHMAS (IRE) - OBAMA RULE (IRE) 8-13
56.5
HUGH BOWMAN 2.9 6 16.6 17.3
7 UP WITH CHARM CHARM SPIRIT (IRE) - ATAAHUA DAYDREAM (NZ) 8-12
56.0
DEREK LEUNG 1.7 5 - -
8 SMART CITY LONHRO (AUS) - WORDS ARE WEAPONS (AUS) 8-11
56.0
HOLLIE DOYLE 1.5 2 16.4 17.4
9 ICONICAL NEEDS FURTHER (AUS) - PLEATS (FR) 8-10
55.5
ANDREA ATZENI 2.3 7 16.5 16.7
10 SUPERB GUY MAGNA GRECIA (IRE) - CAT'S WISH (AUS) 8-9
55.0
JERRY CHAU (a1kg) 2.5 8 - -
11 HAPPY ACTION DEEP FIELD (AUS) - ANYAAS (AUS) 8-6
53.5
M YEUNG 1.6 1 16.0 17.0
12 METAL KING DUBIOUS (AUS) - AYSGARTH (AUS) 8-3
52.0
MATTHEW POON 1.8 11 15.3 16.7

Sky Racing World Speed Map facility

Welcome to the Sky Racing World Speed Mapping facility. This feature has been designed to provide you with an easy-to-use handicapping tool for Speed Mapping races.

The mapping of a race could not be any easier. Enter your own values or just simply rely on the computer generated running styles values already in place. Just click “Submit?to generate the map.

The Sky Racing World computers will provide you with a starting point on the likely running style for each horse under today’s race conditions. The computers analyse a horse’s full career at today’s distance and determine whether it leads or is a backmarker etc.

If you prefer to input your own running style predictions for each runner then just change the computer values in in RunS column. When complete submit your values to automatically generate a Speed map for the race under consideration.

Examples of Running Styles

The Running Style (RunS) categories used by the R&S computer are;

For ease of Race Mapping each category has been broken up into two sub categories eg L1 and L2.

In addition to the Running Style for each horse, the Sky Racing World Computers also calculate the average early speed (AES) for most runners (where information is available) at approximately the distance of today’s race.

Similarly the computers also calculate an average finishing speed (AFS) for each runner.

These values are in metres/second and provide another useful guide for developing an accurate speed map.

Sometimes a running style will be at “odds? with the early speed of a runner, more so where two runners have the same running style.

For example, two leaders may have different AES figures which allows you to decide which of the two may race more forward.

Conversely the AFS gives an indication of which runners are the big finishers in the race, supposing of course they do not get too far out of their ground early.

Moving the Horses on the Grid

Sky Racing World has now developed software which enables the user to “fine tune?the Speed Map by actually moving the horses around the grid.

To move a horse to a new grid location, use your mouse and click on the horse and drag it to a new position as below.

To retain your new Speed Map remember to click the save button.

Explanation

BP Barrier Postion
RunS Running Style
AES Average Early Speed
AFS Average Final Speed