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Happy Valley Form Guide (Race 2) | Speed Map

Wednesday, 05th November 2025

2
06:10 ET

NIIGATA HANDICAP

WT: 116lbs Type: RST40-0 Fastest Time: 0:56.08 Glory Elite 30 Apr 2025 RST100-80 SOT:GF
5 f TURF GOOD
2
06:10
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HKD $875,000
5 f GOOD

NIIGATA HANDICAP

WT: 116lbs Type: RST40-0 Fastest Time: 0:56.08 Glory Elite 30 Apr 2025 RST100-80 SOT:GF

#2 Always My Folks makes plenty of appeal dropping into Class 5 for the first time and adding blinkers. His first-up sixth, where he led at a genuine tempo before tiring late, was full of merit, and from barrier 1 he maps to get his chance. #1 Speedy Smartie backs up quickly after a narrow defeat on Sunday when nailed late into second. Barrier 9 isn’t ideal, but he has the early speed to roll forward and make his own luck. #9 Modest Gentleman gets a significant map upgrade after quiet runs in both outings this prep. From a low draw he should settle closer, giving him every chance to feature. #3 Divine Moonlight has transferred to Caspar Fownes and has shown promise in a recent trial. Now dropping to the cellar grade for the first time, he’s well placed to show improvement fresh.

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11 . GLORIOUS EXPERT (17m/s)
8 . CAMP FIRE (17.4m/s)
10 . HAPPY TANGO (17.4m/s)
1 . SPEEDY SMARTIE
3 . DIVINE MOONLIGHT (16.8m/s)
12 . EVER SMART (17m/s)
7 . ORIENTAL SURPRISE
5 . SANTORINI (17m/s)
4 . HAPPY HORSE (17.7m/s)
9 . MODEST GENTLEMAN (16.9m/s)
6 . DRAGON SUNRISE
2 . ALWAYS MY FOLKS
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Tab Horse WT Jockey JR BP AES AFS
1 SPEEDY SMARTIE SATONO ALADDIN (JPN) - LEMONADE (NZ) 9-9
61.0
JERRY CHAU (a1kg) 2.0 9 - -
2 ALWAYS MY FOLKS CAPITALIST (AUS) - MADAME VEUVE (AUS) 9-7
60.5
KARIS TEETAN 1.1 1 - -
3 DIVINE MOONLIGHT VADAMOS (FR) - KAYLEEN (NZ) 9-6
60.0
E C W WONG (a2.5kg) 1.9 8 16.8 18.0
4 HAPPY HORSE ZOUSTAR (AUS) - KISS IN THE RAIN (AUS) 9-3
58.5
BRITNEY WONG (a3kg) 2.2 4 17.7 17.2
5 SANTORINI KODIAC (GB) - FOLEGANDROS ISLAND (FR) 9-3
58.5
M YEUNG 1.7 5 17.0 18.0
6 DRAGON SUNRISE FROSTED (USA) - MY RACHEL (USA) 9-2
58.0
KEAGAN DE MELO 1.9 2 - -
7 ORIENTAL SURPRISE MIKKI ISLE (JPN) - PALATINE HILL (AUS) 9-2
58.0
LYLE HEWITSON 1.8 6 - -
8 CAMP FIRE PER INCANTO (USA) - BELLERAMA (AUS) 8-10
55.5
LUKE FERRARIS 2.3 11 17.4 17.5
9 MODEST GENTLEMAN SLADE POWER (IRE) - PRINCESS KYKA (IRE) 8-9
55.0
MATTHEW CHADWICK 2.8 3 16.9 18.6
10 HAPPY TANGO EAVESDROPPER (USA) - RED DAWN (AUS) 8-8
54.5
ANGUS CHUNG (a1kg) 2.4 10 17.4 17.9
11 GLORIOUS EXPERT GOOD JOURNEY (USA) - SYNCOPATED (AUS) 8-6
53.5
HARRY BENTLEY 3.0 12 17.0 18.0
12 EVER SMART MERCHANT NAVY (AUS) - CRAZYONYOU (AUS) 8-4
52.5
HOLLIE DOYLE 3.0 7 17.0 18.0

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