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Happy Valley · 2019-12-18

Race 4

Class 3 GOOD TO FIRM 1200m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 4 at Happy Valley on 2019-12-18 was Class 3 over 1200m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. CALIFORNIA TURBO, ridden by K Teetan and trained by A S Cruz, won by N, with RED DESERT second and ROMAN IMPERO third. The 3.5 favourite BALLISTIC KING finished 4th.

Result

Official · 1.09.94
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 9 CALIFORNIA TURBO B/TT 1.09.94 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K Teetan · A S Cruz 7 7.4 N
2 1 RED DESERT A Badel · J Size 11 16.0 N
3 12 ROMAN IMPERO B H W Lai · C H Yip 4 35.0 1-1/4
4 4 BALLISTIC KING Z Purton · K H Ting 10 3.5 1-1/4
5 10 RIGHT HONOURABLE H/P/TT H T Mo · R Gibson 9 84.0 1-1/4
6 3 FEARLESS FIRE XB-/B1 J Moreira · C Fownes 1 3.9 1-3/4
7 5 HOME MADE B/TT M F Poon · Y S Tsui 6 167.0 2
8 2 PRANCE DRAGON B S De Sousa · A T Millard 2 4.3 2-1/2
9 7 TOTAL POWER T H So · D J Hall 5 108.0 2-1/2
10 6 LONDON LUCKYSTAR B/SR1 L Hewitson · D J Whyte 12 67.0 3-1/2
11 11 HAPPY WARRIOR CP M Chadwick · J Moore 3 6.3 3-1/2
12 8 HARD PROMISE M L Yeung · T P Yung 8 57.0 5

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. CALIFORNIA TURBO2. RED DESERT+0.05L3. ROMAN IMPERO+1.25L4. BALLISTIC KING+1.25L5. RIGHT HONOURABLE+1.25L6. FEARLESS FIRE+1.75L7. HOME MADE+2L8. PRANCE DRAGON+2.5L9. TOTAL POWER+2.5L10. LONDON LUCKYSTAR+3.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick FEARLESS FIRE (28.5%) finished 6th — the winner CALIFORNIA TURBO was rated #3. 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 FEARLESS FIRE 28.5% 3.51 6
2 4 BALLISTIC KING 23.3% 4.28 4
3 9 CALIFORNIA TURBO 13.6% 7.33 1
4 11 HAPPY WARRIOR 9.9% 10.12 11
5 2 PRANCE DRAGON 8.5% 11.79 8
6 1 RED DESERT 5.7% 17.55 2
7 10 RIGHT HONOURABLE 3.0% 33.61 5
8 12 ROMAN IMPERO 2.8% 36.02 3
9 7 TOTAL POWER 1.6% 61.95 9
10 8 HARD PROMISE 1.5% 65.17 12
11 5 HOME MADE 0.9% 111.31 7
12 6 LONDON LUCKYSTAR 0.7% 152.61 10
FEARLESS FIREBALLISTIC KINGCALIFORNIA TURBO — wonHAPPY WARRIORPRANCE DRAGONRED DESERTRIGHT HONOURABLEROMAN IMPEROTOTAL POWERHARD PROMISEHOME MADELONDON LUCKYSTAR

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

9 74

PLACE

1 38.5

9 24

12 66

QUINELLA

1,9 294.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,9 99.5

1,12 470.5

9,12 226.5

TIERCE

9,1,12 11,033

TRIO

1,9,12 2,547

FIRST 4

1,4,9,12 1,682

QUARTET

9,1,12,4 41,852

3 PICK 1

A1

A2 19

A3

All pools (1 more)

3RD DOUBLE

11/1 1,261

11/9 3,961.5