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Happy Valley · 2019-12-18

Race 7

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

Race 7 at Happy Valley on 2019-12-18 was Class 3 over 1650m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. BEAR AGAIN, ridden by A Badel and trained by D E Ferraris, won by 4, with PARTY TOGETHER second and ACCLAIMED LIGHT third. The winner led throughout. The 3.7 favourite GIFT OF LIFELINE finished 8th.

Result

Official · 1.38.85
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 10 BEAR AGAIN Wire to wire SR 1.38.85 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Badel · D E Ferraris 2 5.8 4
2 4 PARTY TOGETHER S De Sousa · L Ho 7 5.6 4
3 12 ACCLAIMED LIGHT Closed strongly B M Chadwick · P O'Sullivan 9 35.0 4-1/2
4 3 HAR HAR HEART Closed strongly K Teetan · J Size 5 13.0 4-3/4
5 9 PERFECT PAIR Closed strongly CP1 J Moreira · W Y So 4 5.7 5
6 6 CHUNG WAH SPIRIT P-/TT T H So · C H Yip 1 81.0 5-1/2
7 11 TRAVEL FIRST B/TT K C Leung · C W Chang 6 41.0 6
8 7 GIFT OF LIFELINE B C Schofield · A T Millard 8 3.7 6-1/4
9 2 JOLLY HONOUR B/TT B Shinn · Y S Tsui 11 6.8 7
10 8 LOOKING GOOD B G van Niekerk · F C Lor 3 8.2 8-1/4
11 1 CHAMP PATROL Closed strongly N Callan · R Gibson 12 228.0 8-3/4
12 5 ENZEMBLE XB/H1 L Hewitson · D J Whyte 10 97.0 9-1/2
0 JOLLY GENE · A S Cruz

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. BEAR AGAIN2. PARTY TOGETHER+4L3. ACCLAIMED LIGHT+4.5L4. HAR HAR HEART+4.75L5. PERFECT PAIR+5L6. CHUNG WAH SPIRIT+5.5L7. TRAVEL FIRST+6L8. GIFT OF LIFELINE+6.25L9. JOLLY HONOUR+7L10. LOOKING GOOD+8.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick PERFECT PAIR (28.1%) finished 5th — the winner BEAR AGAIN 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 9 PERFECT PAIR 28.1% 3.56 5
2 7 GIFT OF LIFELINE 16.6% 6.03 8
3 4 PARTY TOGETHER 12.7% 7.89 2
4 8 LOOKING GOOD 11.6% 8.62 10
5 10 BEAR AGAIN 9.9% 10.11 1
6 3 HAR HAR HEART 6.9% 14.48 4
7 2 JOLLY HONOUR 6.3% 15.91 9
8 12 ACCLAIMED LIGHT 3.4% 29.31 3
9 11 TRAVEL FIRST 2.4% 42.07 7
10 6 CHUNG WAH SPIRIT 1.1% 87.47 6
11 5 ENZEMBLE 0.5% 184.53 12
12 1 CHAMP PATROL 0.5% 195.96 11
PERFECT PAIRGIFT OF LIFELINEPARTY TOGETHERLOOKING GOODBEAR AGAIN — wonHAR HAR HEARTJOLLY HONOURACCLAIMED LIGHTTRAVEL FIRSTCHUNG WAH SPIRITENZEMBLECHAMP PATROL

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

10 58.5

PLACE

4 20

10 20.5

12 73.5

QUINELLA

4,10 141.5

QUINELLA PLACE

4,10 50.5

4,12 283

10,12 309.5

TIERCE

10,4,12 6,597

TRIO

4,10,12 1,174

FIRST 4

3,4,10,12 2,435

QUARTET

10,4,12,3 38,205

3 PICK 1

A2 16.5

A3

A1

All pools (3 more)

6TH DOUBLE

10/4 112

10/10 672.5

TRIPLE TRIO

2,5,10/1,7,10/4,10,12 4,456,428

TRIPLE TRIO (CONSOLATION)

2,5,10/1,7,10/Any Combination 9,753