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Happy Valley · 2019-09-25

Race 8

Class 3 GOOD TO FIRM 1650m Course A 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2019-09-25 was Class 3 over 1650m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. CLEMENT LEGEND, ridden by G van Niekerk and trained by C S Shum, won by 1-1/4, with JENERATOR second and HEAVENLY THOUGHT third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.2 favourite LAST KINGDOM finished 6th.

Result

Official · 1.39.66
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 10 CLEMENT LEGEND Closed strongly B/TT 1.39.66 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) G van Niekerk · C S Shum 3 21.0 1-1/4
2 9 JENERATOR Closed strongly J Moreira · C Fownes 6 6.0 1-1/4
3 11 HEAVENLY THOUGHT H K H Chan · F C Lor 8 28.0 1-1/2
4 7 XIANG BAI QI Closed strongly N Callan · D E Ferraris 7 7.3 1-1/2
5 2 RACING LUCK Closed strongly C Y Ho · K W Lui 4 9.6 1-1/2
6 5 LAST KINGDOM Led early XB A Sanna · D J Whyte 2 3.2 2-1/4
7 6 LUCKY TIME B M F Poon · D J Hall 5 10.0 3-1/4
8 3 WIN WIN Closed strongly B Z Purton · T P Yung 10 5.1 4-1/4
9 12 HO HO FEEL Closed strongly H/XB H T Mo · C H Yip 9 131.0 5
10 1 SICHUAN DAR TT K Teetan · A T Millard 1 14.0 6-1/4
11 8 PRETTY BAUHINIA B L Hewitson · Y S Tsui 12 99.0 9-3/4
12 4 SUMSTREETSUMWHERE H/V U Rispoli · L Ho 11 23.0 10-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. CLEMENT LEGEND2. JENERATOR+1.25L3. HEAVENLY THOUGHT+1.5L4. XIANG BAI QI+1.5L5. RACING LUCK+1.5L6. LAST KINGDOM+2.25L7. LUCKY TIME+3.25L8. WIN WIN+4.25L9. HO HO FEEL+5L10. SICHUAN DAR+6.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick JENERATOR (18.3%) finished 2nd — the winner CLEMENT LEGEND was rated #5. 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 9 JENERATOR 18.3% 5.46 2
2 5 LAST KINGDOM 16.7% 5.98 6
3 3 WIN WIN 15.9% 6.29 8
4 2 RACING LUCK 9.6% 10.46 5
5 10 CLEMENT LEGEND 8.2% 12.18 1
6 7 XIANG BAI QI 6.2% 16.03 4
7 4 SUMSTREETSUMWHERE 5.5% 18.33 12
8 6 LUCKY TIME 5.0% 19.88 7
9 8 PRETTY BAUHINIA 4.1% 24.61 11
10 1 SICHUAN DAR 3.7% 26.94 10
11 11 HEAVENLY THOUGHT 3.6% 27.73 3
12 12 HO HO FEEL 3.2% 31.23 9
JENERATORLAST KINGDOMWIN WINRACING LUCKCLEMENT LEGEND — wonXIANG BAI QISUMSTREETSUMWHERELUCKY TIMEPRETTY BAUHINIASICHUAN DARHEAVENLY THOUGHTHO HO FEEL

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

10 216

PLACE

9 19

10 54.5

11 75

QUINELLA

9,10 684

QUINELLA PLACE

9,10 172.5

9,11 266.5

10,11 600.5

TIERCE

10,9,11 26,500

TRIO

9,10,11 5,146

FIRST 4

7,9,10,11 5,310

QUARTET

10,9,11,7 137,135

2ND DOUBLE TRIO

2,3,4/9,10,11 465,623

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A1

A3 33

A2

7TH DOUBLE

2/9 71

2/10 2,420