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Happy Valley · 2019-10-23

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD TO FIRM 1650m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2019-10-23 was Class 5 over 1650m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. WONDERFUL TIGER, ridden by K Teetan and trained by W Y So, won by 1/2, with CALLING THE SHOTS second and MUTUAL JOY third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.8 favourite LUCKY SHINY DAY finished 4th.

Result

Official · 1.39.68
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 11 WONDERFUL TIGER Closed strongly H/XB/TT 1.39.68 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K Teetan · W Y So 5 8.6 1/2
2 1 CALLING THE SHOTS B/TT A Domeyer · A S Cruz 4 6.4 1/2
3 10 MUTUAL JOY B/H G van Niekerk · P O'Sullivan 1 5.7 1-3/4
4 5 LUCKY SHINY DAY Closed strongly CP J Moreira · L Ho 8 2.8 1-3/4
5 9 KWAICHUNG BROTHERS Closed strongly XB-/B N Callan · R Gibson 2 19.0 2-1/2
6 2 THE JOY OF GIVING Closed strongly B Z Purton · C W Chang 12 14.0 3
7 6 VIRTUS STAR Closed strongly L Hewitson · D J Hall 10 38.0 3-3/4
8 12 ROCKAGE Closed strongly B/H/XB2/TT M Chadwick · K W Lui 7 38.0 4
9 3 DOCTORS DELIGHT H/TT K C Leung · K H Ting 3 6.8 4-1/4
10 7 LET'S COME BACK Led early CP/TT H T Mo · C Fownes 11 23.0 8-1/2
11 4 LITTLE ISLAND B2 C Schofield · K L Man 9 29.0 9-1/4
12 8 SUNNY MAJOR B-/V2 A Sanna · D E Ferraris 6 49.0 11-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. WONDERFUL TIGER2. CALLING THE SHOTS+0.5L3. MUTUAL JOY+1.75L4. LUCKY SHINY DAY+1.75L5. KWAICHUNG BROTHERS+2.5L6. THE JOY OF GIVING+3L7. VIRTUS STAR+3.75L8. ROCKAGE+4L9. DOCTORS DELIGHT+4.25L10. LET'S COME BACK+8.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick LUCKY SHINY DAY (29.8%) finished 4th — the winner WONDERFUL TIGER 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 5 LUCKY SHINY DAY 29.8% 3.36 4
2 3 DOCTORS DELIGHT 10.3% 9.70 9
3 7 LET'S COME BACK 9.4% 10.66 10
4 1 CALLING THE SHOTS 8.8% 11.33 2
5 11 WONDERFUL TIGER 7.8% 12.81 1
6 2 THE JOY OF GIVING 6.9% 14.53 6
7 10 MUTUAL JOY 6.7% 14.91 3
8 9 KWAICHUNG BROTHERS 5.8% 17.24 5
9 6 VIRTUS STAR 4.2% 24.00 7
10 4 LITTLE ISLAND 4.1% 24.44 11
11 12 ROCKAGE 3.9% 25.74 8
12 8 SUNNY MAJOR 2.4% 42.33 12
LUCKY SHINY DAYDOCTORS DELIGHTLET'S COME BACKCALLING THE SHOTSWONDERFUL TIGER — wonTHE JOY OF GIVINGMUTUAL JOYKWAICHUNG BROTHERSVIRTUS STARLITTLE ISLANDROCKAGESUNNY MAJOR

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

11 86.5

PLACE

1 21

10 19

11 23

QUINELLA

1,11 288.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,10 67

1,11 98

10,11 79.5

TIERCE

11,1,10 3,660

TRIO

1,10,11 513

FIRST 4

1,5,10,11 279

QUARTET

11,1,10,5 10,307

3 PICK 1

A3

A1

A2 23