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Happy Valley · 2019-10-16

Race 5

Class 3 GOOD 1800m Course C 12 runners

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2019-10-16 was Class 3 over 1800m, run on GOOD going. OWNERS' STAR, ridden by N Callan and trained by C S Shum, won by 1/2, with CROWN AVENUE second and RULE THEE third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.8 favourite TASHIDELEK finished 6th.

Result

Official · 1.49.46
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 8 OWNERS' STAR Closed strongly B/TT 1.49.46 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) N Callan · C S Shum 7 20.0 1/2
2 9 CROWN AVENUE Closed strongly V C Y Ho · C H Yip 3 9.4 1/2
3 7 RULE THEE Closed strongly T H So · P O'Sullivan 2 45.0 1
4 3 HUANGSHAN Closed strongly PC-/B2/TT G van Niekerk · J Moore 6 11.0 1
5 1 GIANT TURTLE SR/TT A Domeyer · A T Millard 10 61.0 1-1/2
6 2 TASHIDELEK Closed strongly CP/TT Z Purton · J Moore 4 2.8 2
7 4 XIANG BAI QI J Moreira · D E Ferraris 1 3.1 2-1/4
8 11 HEAVENLY THOUGHT Led early H K H Chan · F C Lor 5 12.0 2-1/2
9 12 TANGMERE Closed strongly V/XB K Teetan · C Fownes 9 10.0 2-3/4
10 5 DEFINING MOMENT Closed strongly B R Bayliss · C Fownes 12 18.0 3-1/4
11 6 MARZOUQ P B Shinn · J Size 11 65.0 7-1/4
12 10 DRAGON COMMANDER B L Hewitson · D E Ferraris 8 120.0 15-1/4
0 JOLLY GENE H T Mo · A S Cruz

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. OWNERS' STAR2. CROWN AVENUE+0.5L3. RULE THEE+1L4. HUANGSHAN+1L5. GIANT TURTLE+1.5L6. TASHIDELEK+2L7. XIANG BAI QI+2.25L8. HEAVENLY THOUGHT+2.5L9. TANGMERE+2.75L10. DEFINING MOMENT+3.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick CROWN AVENUE (27.0%) finished 2nd — the winner OWNERS' STAR was rated #8. 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 CROWN AVENUE 27.0% 3.70 2
2 2 TASHIDELEK 19.1% 5.23 6
3 4 XIANG BAI QI 18.0% 5.57 7
4 5 DEFINING MOMENT 8.6% 11.66 10
5 12 TANGMERE 6.3% 15.78 9
6 11 HEAVENLY THOUGHT 5.8% 17.38 8
7 3 HUANGSHAN 5.2% 19.39 4
8 8 OWNERS' STAR 3.7% 26.92 1
9 6 MARZOUQ 2.0% 49.63 11
10 1 GIANT TURTLE 1.8% 55.74 5
11 7 RULE THEE 1.6% 62.05 3
12 10 DRAGON COMMANDER 0.9% 106.44 12
CROWN AVENUETASHIDELEKXIANG BAI QIDEFINING MOMENTTANGMEREHEAVENLY THOUGHTHUANGSHANOWNERS' STAR — wonMARZOUQGIANT TURTLERULE THEEDRAGON COMMANDER

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

8 202.5

PLACE

7 84.5

8 52

9 27

QUINELLA

8,9 939

QUINELLA PLACE

7,8 511

7,9 381

8,9 249.5

TIERCE

8,9,7 39,746

TRIO

7,8,9 7,159

FIRST 4

3,7,8,9 15,574

QUARTET

8,9,7,3 438,202

3 PICK 1

A1

A2

A3 39.5

All pools (1 more)

4TH DOUBLE

5/8 2,746

5/9 136