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Happy Valley · 2019-09-25

Race 5

Class 4 GOOD TO FIRM 1200m Course A 12 runners

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2019-09-25 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. KING'S TROOPER, ridden by J Moreira and trained by P F Yiu, won by 1-1/2, with GIFT OF LIFELINE second and CONFUCIUS DAY third. Victory came as the 3.5 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.10.32
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 9 KING'S TROOPER 1.10.32 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J Moreira · P F Yiu 6 3.5 1-1/2
2 2 GIFT OF LIFELINE B K Teetan · A T Millard 1 3.5 1-1/2
3 3 CONFUCIUS DAY B/TT K C Leung · C W Chang 10 17.0 1-3/4
4 5 GENEROUS HEART P-/XB M F Poon · C H Yip 3 15.0 2-1/2
5 11 LIGHTNING STEED SR C Schofield · C Fownes 2 6.4 3-1/2
6 6 THOU SHALL SING H-/TT C Y Ho · W Y So 9 19.0 4-1/2
7 4 GOLDEN GLORY B/TT U Rispoli · K H Ting 5 45.0 5
8 7 SMART OF YOUTH TT1 Z Purton · C S Shum 7 6.2 6-1/4
9 8 EPTIMUM H-/V1/TT- G van Niekerk · L Ho 11 10.0 7
10 1 SUPREME PATROL B L Hewitson · D E Ferraris 8 136.0 9-1/4
11 10 LAMAROSA B-/TT A Sanna · T P Yung 4 50.0 19
12 12 DRAGON DANCE TT H W Lai · Y S Tsui 12 125.0 26-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. KING'S TROOPER2. GIFT OF LIFELINE+1.5L3. CONFUCIUS DAY+1.75L4. GENEROUS HEART+2.5L5. LIGHTNING STEED+3.5L6. THOU SHALL SING+4.5L7. GOLDEN GLORY+5L8. SMART OF YOUTH+6.25L9. EPTIMUM+7L10. SUPREME PATROL+9.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick GIFT OF LIFELINE (27.7%) finished 2nd — the winner KING'S TROOPER 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 2 GIFT OF LIFELINE 27.7% 3.61 2
2 9 KING'S TROOPER 20.9% 4.78 1
3 7 SMART OF YOUTH 11.2% 8.94 8
4 11 LIGHTNING STEED 10.6% 9.41 5
5 3 CONFUCIUS DAY 7.4% 13.49 3
6 5 GENEROUS HEART 6.0% 16.72 4
7 8 EPTIMUM 4.0% 24.82 9
8 6 THOU SHALL SING 3.9% 25.73 6
9 10 LAMAROSA 3.4% 29.78 11
10 4 GOLDEN GLORY 2.0% 49.05 7
11 1 SUPREME PATROL 1.7% 59.54 10
12 12 DRAGON DANCE 1.2% 84.27 12
GIFT OF LIFELINEKING'S TROOPER — wonSMART OF YOUTHLIGHTNING STEEDCONFUCIUS DAYGENEROUS HEARTEPTIMUMTHOU SHALL SINGLAMAROSAGOLDEN GLORYSUPREME PATROLDRAGON DANCE

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

9 35.5

PLACE

2 14

3 44

9 15

QUINELLA

2,9 75

QUINELLA PLACE

2,3 87.5

2,9 32

3,9 118.5

TIERCE

9,2,3 961

TRIO

2,3,9 264

FIRST 4

2,3,5,9 523

QUARTET

9,2,3,5 7,400

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

5,6,8/2,3,9 31,055

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A3

A2

A1 17.5

4TH DOUBLE

8/2 43

8/9 249.5