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Happy Valley · 2019-10-23

Race 7

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

Race 7 at Happy Valley on 2019-10-23 was Class 3 over 1650m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. JOLLY HONOUR, ridden by G van Niekerk and trained by Y S Tsui, won by N, with SURREALISM second and RELIABLE TEAM third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.6 favourite RELIABLE TEAM finished 3rd.

Result

Official · 1.39.58
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 12 JOLLY HONOUR Closed strongly B/TT 1.39.58 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) G van Niekerk · Y S Tsui 7 15.0 N
2 11 SURREALISM Closed strongly H R Bayliss · D E Ferraris 8 159.0 N
3 6 RELIABLE TEAM Z Purton · F C Lor 6 2.6 2
4 5 JADE FORTUNE Closed strongly B K C Leung · K L Man 4 30.0 3-1/2
5 9 SUMSTREETSUMWHERE H/V B Shinn · L Ho 5 6.7 3-1/2
6 1 COT CAMPBELL Closed strongly B/XB A Domeyer · A T Millard 9 5.9 3-1/2
7 8 BIG BANG BONG TT C Schofield · C W Chang 11 34.0 3-1/2
8 3 SARRI N Callan · C Fownes 2 6.4 4-3/4
9 10 MONSTER KAKA Closed strongly PC-/H/P1 J Moreira · D J Hall 10 10.0 5-1/2
10 4 HIGH VOLATILITY B2 A Sanna · K W Lui 1 15.0 5-3/4
11 7 GO GO FIRST B/TT M Chadwick · P F Yiu 12 75.0 7-1/4
12 2 CALIFORNIA ARGENT Led early H/TT K Teetan · A S Cruz 3 20.0 9-1/2
0 MERRYGOWIN H N Wong · P O'Sullivan

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. JOLLY HONOUR2. SURREALISM+0.05L3. RELIABLE TEAM+2L4. JADE FORTUNE+3.5L5. SUMSTREETSUMWHERE+3.5L6. COT CAMPBELL+3.5L7. BIG BANG BONG+3.5L8. SARRI+4.75L9. MONSTER KAKA+5.5L10. HIGH VOLATILITY+5.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick RELIABLE TEAM (35.6%) finished 3rd — the winner JOLLY HONOUR was rated #9. 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 6 RELIABLE TEAM 35.6% 2.81 3
2 10 MONSTER KAKA 21.6% 4.63 9
3 1 COT CAMPBELL 12.6% 7.93 6
4 3 SARRI 7.9% 12.66 8
5 4 HIGH VOLATILITY 5.5% 18.29 10
6 8 BIG BANG BONG 3.9% 25.51 7
7 7 GO GO FIRST 3.3% 29.89 11
8 2 CALIFORNIA ARGENT 3.0% 33.63 12
9 12 JOLLY HONOUR 2.5% 40.64 1
10 9 SUMSTREETSUMWHERE 2.3% 44.08 5
11 5 JADE FORTUNE 1.2% 80.82 4
12 11 SURREALISM 0.6% 158.15 2
RELIABLE TEAMMONSTER KAKACOT CAMPBELLSARRIHIGH VOLATILITYBIG BANG BONGGO GO FIRSTCALIFORNIA ARGENTJOLLY HONOUR — wonSUMSTREETSUMWHEREJADE FORTUNESURREALISM

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

12 152

PLACE

6 12

11 280.5

12 40

QUINELLA

11,12 9,147.5

QUINELLA PLACE

6,11 715.5

6,12 74

11,12 1,791

TIERCE

12,11,6 79,959

TRIO

6,11,12 9,157

FIRST 4

5,6,11,12 31,964

QUARTET

12,11,6,5 1,640,176

3 PICK 1

A3 38.5

A1

A2

All pools (2 more)

6TH DOUBLE

3/11 555

3/12 368.5

TRIPLE TRIO (CONSOLATION)

1,6,7/3,5,6/Any Combination 220,092