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Happy Valley · 2019-12-26

Race 8

Class 2 GOOD 1650m Course A 12 runners

Result

Official · 1.39.82
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 0 PRIVATE SECRETARY Closed strongly TT1 1.39.82 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C Y Ho · A S Cruz 1 11.0 1
2 0 HAPPY DRAGON Closed strongly H M Chadwick · J Moore 10 25.0 1
3 0 BAND OF BROTHERS Closed strongly K Teetan · P O'Sullivan 4 3.5 1-1/4
4 0 BUTTERFIELD XB/TT G van Niekerk · C S Shum 8 57.0 1-3/4
5 0 HARMONY HERO Closed strongly B/H/TT A Badel · R Gibson 3 10.0 3
6 0 GOOD OMEN Closed strongly B L Hewitson · D J Whyte 9 24.0 3-1/4
7 0 SUPER OASIS Closed strongly Z Purton · F C Lor 12 6.0 3-1/2
8 0 RACING FIGHTER Closed strongly B-/TT T H So · C H Yip 2 175.0 4-1/2
9 0 THE HULK XB J Moreira · C Fownes 7 4.1 5-1/4
10 0 HEZTHEWONFORUS Led early SR B Shinn · J Size 6 6.5 6-1/4
11 0 SUPER TURBO B M F Poon · D J Hall 11 33.0 10-1/2
12 0 GRACEANDMERCY XB S De Sousa · A T Millard 5 19.0 16

This site does not show odds as they change: the odds here are final prices after a race, or overnight prices before it.

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2019-12-26 was Class 2 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. PRIVATE SECRETARY, ridden by C Y Ho and trained by A S Cruz, won by 1, with HAPPY DRAGON second and BAND OF BROTHERS third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.5 favourite BAND OF BROTHERS finished 3rd.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. PRIVATE SECRETARY—2. HAPPY DRAGON+1L3. BAND OF BROTHERS+1.25L4. BUTTERFIELD+1.75L5. HARMONY HERO+3L6. GOOD OMEN+3.25L7. SUPER OASIS+3.5L8. RACING FIGHTER+4.5L9. THE HULK+5.25L10. HEZTHEWONFORUS+6.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick BAND OF BROTHERS (26.1%) finished 3rd — the winner PRIVATE SECRETARY 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 0 BAND OF BROTHERS 26.1% 3.84 3
2 0 SUPER OASIS 19.7% 5.09 7
3 0 THE HULK 16.0% 6.27 9
4 0 HARMONY HERO 9.2% 10.90 5
5 0 HEZTHEWONFORUS 9.0% 11.11 10
6 0 SUPER TURBO 5.0% 20.07 11
7 0 HAPPY DRAGON 4.8% 20.94 2
8 0 GRACEANDMERCY 3.3% 30.06 12
9 0 PRIVATE SECRETARY 3.3% 30.32 1
10 0 GOOD OMEN 1.5% 65.27 6
11 0 RACING FIGHTER 1.2% 82.30 8
12 0 BUTTERFIELD 1.0% 96.98 4
BAND OF BROTHERSSUPER OASISTHE HULKHARMONY HEROHEZTHEWONFORUSSUPER TURBOHAPPY DRAGONGRACEANDMERCYPRIVATE SECRETARY — wonGOOD OMENRACING FIGHTERBUTTERFIELD

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

6 116.5

PLACE

4 54.5

6 34.5

11 15.5

QUINELLA

4,6 1,088

QUINELLA PLACE

4,6 262.5

4,11 108

6,11 75

TIERCE

6,4,11 6,660

TRIO

4,6,11 1,083

FIRST 4

4,6,7,11 6,510

QUARTET

6,4,11,7 127,633

2ND DOUBLE TRIO

3,5,9/4,6,11 139,933

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A3 —

A1 —

A2 34.5

7TH DOUBLE

9/4 225

9/6 757