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Happy Valley · 2019-11-20

Race 5

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

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2019-11-20 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. NABOO STAR, ridden by C Y Ho and trained by C Fownes, won by 1-1/4, with FOREVER BRIGHT second and CITY LEGEND third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.6 favourite CASA DE FORCA finished 5th.

Result

Official · 1.40.32
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 NABOO STAR Closed strongly V/TT 1.40.32 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C Y Ho · C Fownes 1 6.3 1-1/4
2 10 FOREVER BRIGHT Closed strongly B- L Hewitson · P F Yiu 3 30.0 1-1/4
3 4 CITY LEGEND Closed strongly B B Shinn · T P Yung 4 6.7 2-1/2
4 3 FLAME LILY TT Z Purton · F C Lor 11 4.3 2-3/4
5 1 CASA DE FORCA Led early CP K H Chan · A S Cruz 2 3.6 3-1/2
6 7 PRESIDENT STAR B/TT M Chadwick · C S Shum 10 43.0 4-1/4
7 11 MANAGEMENT STAR Closed strongly B/TT K Teetan · K W Lui 5 5.1 4-3/4
8 2 MAGNETISM Closed strongly B/TT A Sanna · D E Ferraris 9 21.0 5-1/2
9 8 TURF BRILLIANT Closed strongly K C Leung · W Y So 12 147.0 6
10 9 DASHING DART B/TT R Bayliss · P O'Sullivan 6 62.0 7-3/4
11 6 ENJOY LIFE B U Rispoli · Y S Tsui 8 14.0 15-1/2
12 12 MULTIMAX B2/TT H W Lai · L Ho 7 83.0 17

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. NABOO STAR2. FOREVER BRIGHT+1.25L3. CITY LEGEND+2.5L4. FLAME LILY+2.75L5. CASA DE FORCA+3.5L6. PRESIDENT STAR+4.25L7. MANAGEMENT STAR+4.75L8. MAGNETISM+5.5L9. TURF BRILLIANT+6L10. DASHING DART+7.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick CASA DE FORCA (26.8%) finished 5th — the winner NABOO STAR 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 1 CASA DE FORCA 26.8% 3.73 5
2 3 FLAME LILY 20.6% 4.86 4
3 11 MANAGEMENT STAR 15.6% 6.41 7
4 4 CITY LEGEND 13.4% 7.44 3
5 5 NABOO STAR 5.5% 18.27 1
6 6 ENJOY LIFE 5.0% 20.07 11
7 7 PRESIDENT STAR 3.8% 26.60 6
8 2 MAGNETISM 3.4% 29.18 8
9 9 DASHING DART 2.6% 38.86 10
10 12 MULTIMAX 1.5% 67.67 12
11 8 TURF BRILLIANT 1.1% 87.98 9
12 10 FOREVER BRIGHT 0.8% 130.07 2
CASA DE FORCAFLAME LILYMANAGEMENT STARCITY LEGENDNABOO STAR — wonENJOY LIFEPRESIDENT STARMAGNETISMDASHING DARTMULTIMAXTURF BRILLIANTFOREVER BRIGHT

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

5 63.5

PLACE

4 22

5 21.5

10 115.5

QUINELLA

5,10 1,415

QUINELLA PLACE

4,5 69.5

4,10 643

5,10 403

TIERCE

5,10,4 16,789

TRIO

4,5,10 3,849

FIRST 4

3,4,5,10 2,866

QUARTET

5,10,4,3 77,301

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

5,10,12/4,5,10 1,374,833

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A2 18.5

A1

A3

4TH DOUBLE

12/5 1,907

12/10 1,505