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Happy Valley · 2019-10-23

Race 1

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

Result

Official · 1.39.68
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 0 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 0 CALLING THE SHOTS B/TT A Domeyer · A S Cruz 4 6.4 1/2
3 0 MUTUAL JOY B/H G van Niekerk · P O'Sullivan 1 5.7 1-3/4
4 0 LUCKY SHINY DAY Closed strongly CP J Moreira · L Ho 8 2.8 1-3/4
5 0 KWAICHUNG BROTHERS Closed strongly XB-/B N Callan · R Gibson 2 19.0 2-1/2
6 0 THE JOY OF GIVING Closed strongly B Z Purton · C W Chang 12 14.0 3
7 0 VIRTUS STAR Closed strongly L Hewitson · D J Hall 10 38.0 3-3/4
8 0 ROCKAGE Closed strongly B/H/XB2/TT M Chadwick · K W Lui 7 38.0 4
9 0 DOCTORS DELIGHT H/TT K C Leung · K H Ting 3 6.8 4-1/4
10 0 LET'S COME BACK Led early CP/TT H T Mo · C Fownes 11 23.0 8-1/2
11 0 LITTLE ISLAND B2 C Schofield · K L Man 9 29.0 9-1/4
12 0 SUNNY MAJOR B-/V2 A Sanna · D E Ferraris 6 49.0 11-3/4

This site does not show odds as they change: the odds here are final prices after a race, or overnight prices before it.

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.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. WONDERFUL TIGER—2. 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 0 LUCKY SHINY DAY 29.8% 3.36 4
2 0 DOCTORS DELIGHT 10.3% 9.70 9
3 0 LET'S COME BACK 9.4% 10.66 10
4 0 CALLING THE SHOTS 8.8% 11.33 2
5 0 WONDERFUL TIGER 7.8% 12.81 1
6 0 THE JOY OF GIVING 6.9% 14.53 6
7 0 MUTUAL JOY 6.7% 14.91 3
8 0 KWAICHUNG BROTHERS 5.8% 17.24 5
9 0 VIRTUS STAR 4.2% 24.00 7
10 0 LITTLE ISLAND 4.1% 24.44 11
11 0 ROCKAGE 3.9% 25.74 8
12 0 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

A1 —

A3 —

A2 23