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Happy Valley · 2019-11-20

Race 4

Class 4 GOOD TO FIRM 1650m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 4 at Happy Valley on 2019-11-20 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. INDIGENOUS STAR, ridden by H W Lai and trained by P F Yiu, won by 1/2, with RIGHTEOUS MATE second and CHARITY WINGS third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.5 favourite STARLIT KNIGHT finished 8th.

Result

Official · 1.39.63
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 12 INDIGENOUS STAR Closed strongly 1.39.63 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H W Lai · P F Yiu 1 28.0 1/2
2 10 RIGHTEOUS MATE Closed strongly K Teetan · A T Millard 9 8.7 1/2
3 5 CHARITY WINGS Closed strongly B G van Niekerk · C S Shum 7 12.0 3/4
4 4 DREAM WARRIORS Closed strongly CP/H/TT S De Sousa · A S Cruz 3 3.6 1-1/4
5 1 LET'S TAKE IT EASY CP/H K C Leung · L Ho 4 13.0 1-3/4
6 9 DOR DOR Closed strongly H U Rispoli · J Size 5 5.4 2-1/4
7 11 SPEEDY WALLY Closed strongly TT N Callan · C Fownes 8 19.0 2-1/4
8 3 STARLIT KNIGHT Led early Z Purton · Y S Tsui 2 3.5 2-1/2
9 7 THOU SHALL SING TT C Y Ho · W Y So 6 28.0 3-1/4
10 2 PLAY WISE Closed strongly B M F Poon · C H Yip 12 35.0 4-1/4
11 6 DARE TO DREAM B1 M Chadwick · P O'Sullivan 11 85.0 7-1/4
12 8 ELECTRIC LIGHTNING B/TT L Hewitson · D E Ferraris 10 24.0 15

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. INDIGENOUS STAR2. RIGHTEOUS MATE+0.5L3. CHARITY WINGS+0.75L4. DREAM WARRIORS+1.25L5. LET'S TAKE IT EASY+1.75L6. DOR DOR+2.25L7. SPEEDY WALLY+2.25L8. STARLIT KNIGHT+2.5L9. THOU SHALL SING+3.25L10. PLAY WISE+4.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick STARLIT KNIGHT (25.8%) finished 8th — the winner INDIGENOUS STAR was rated #10. 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 3 STARLIT KNIGHT 25.8% 3.88 8
2 4 DREAM WARRIORS 18.2% 5.50 4
3 10 RIGHTEOUS MATE 11.4% 8.81 2
4 9 DOR DOR 10.6% 9.46 6
5 5 CHARITY WINGS 7.4% 13.57 3
6 11 SPEEDY WALLY 7.3% 13.69 7
7 6 DARE TO DREAM 4.2% 23.62 11
8 2 PLAY WISE 4.2% 23.96 10
9 7 THOU SHALL SING 3.4% 29.60 9
10 12 INDIGENOUS STAR 3.0% 33.30 1
11 8 ELECTRIC LIGHTNING 2.6% 37.86 12
12 1 LET'S TAKE IT EASY 2.0% 49.41 5
STARLIT KNIGHTDREAM WARRIORSRIGHTEOUS MATEDOR DORCHARITY WINGSSPEEDY WALLYDARE TO DREAMPLAY WISETHOU SHALL SINGINDIGENOUS STAR — wonELECTRIC LIGHTNINGLET'S TAKE IT EASY

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

12 286

PLACE

5 33.5

10 24.5

12 65

QUINELLA

10,12 1,472.5

QUINELLA PLACE

5,10 136.5

5,12 441.5

10,12 335.5

TIERCE

12,10,5 40,306

TRIO

5,10,12 4,956

FIRST 4

4,5,10,12 3,367

QUARTET

12,10,5,4 150,592

3 PICK 1

A2

A1

A3 36

All pools (1 more)

3RD DOUBLE

3/10 48

3/12 924.5