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Happy Valley · 2020-01-08

Race 4

Class 4 GOOD 1200m Course C 12 runners

Race 4 at Happy Valley on 2020-01-08 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. WHAT A LEGEND, ridden by C Schofield and trained by K H Ting, won by 1-3/4, with CONFUCIUS DAY second and CASA DE FORCA third. The 2.2 favourite NOBLE MAN finished 8th.

Result

Official · 1.10.21
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 WHAT A LEGEND B 1.10.21 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C Schofield · K H Ting 3 3.2 1-3/4
2 1 CONFUCIUS DAY B/TT K H Chan · C W Chang 9 15.0 1-3/4
3 4 CASA DE FORCA CP M Chadwick · A S Cruz 10 17.0 1-3/4
4 12 THE ONE B C Y Ho · Y S Tsui 6 8.9 2
5 6 CEREFINO B-/TT Z Purton · W Y So 12 67.0 2-1/4
6 11 SHINING ON H N Wong · K W Lui 8 26.0 2-1/4
7 2 FANTASTIC FABIO K Teetan · C H Yip 4 14.0 5-1/4
8 7 NOBLE MAN J Moreira · J Size 2 2.2 5-1/2
9 9 DRAGON BOLT B L Hewitson · F C Lor 7 273.0 6-3/4
10 8 CHUNGHWA JINGSHEN T H So · L Ho 5 310.0 7-3/4
11 3 JOLLY CONVERGENCE CP N Callan · R Gibson 1 13.0 8-1/2
12 10 E GENERATION XB1 A Badel · K L Man 11 56.0 12-3/4
0 LUCKY QUALITY Z Purton · C Fownes

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. WHAT A LEGEND2. CONFUCIUS DAY+1.75L3. CASA DE FORCA+1.75L4. THE ONE+2L5. CEREFINO+2.25L6. SHINING ON+2.25L7. FANTASTIC FABIO+5.25L8. NOBLE MAN+5.5L9. DRAGON BOLT+6.75L10. CHUNGHWA JINGSHEN+7.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick NOBLE MAN (38.7%) finished 8th — the winner WHAT A LEGEND was rated #2. 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 7 NOBLE MAN 38.7% 2.59 8
2 5 WHAT A LEGEND 21.6% 4.64 1
3 4 CASA DE FORCA 8.2% 12.20 3
4 12 THE ONE 7.0% 14.33 4
5 1 CONFUCIUS DAY 5.1% 19.72 2
6 10 E GENERATION 4.9% 20.50 12
7 3 JOLLY CONVERGENCE 4.3% 23.31 11
8 11 SHINING ON 4.1% 24.39 6
9 2 FANTASTIC FABIO 2.7% 37.20 7
10 6 CEREFINO 1.9% 53.77 5
11 8 CHUNGHWA JINGSHEN 1.0% 100.42 10
12 9 DRAGON BOLT 0.7% 139.54 9
NOBLE MANWHAT A LEGEND — wonCASA DE FORCATHE ONECONFUCIUS DAYE GENERATIONJOLLY CONVERGENCESHINING ONFANTASTIC FABIOCEREFINOCHUNGHWA JINGSHENDRAGON BOLT

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 32

PLACE

1 37.5

4 41.5

5 13

QUINELLA

1,5 289

QUINELLA PLACE

1,4 223.5

1,5 96

4,5 88.5

TIERCE

5,1,4 5,066

TRIO

1,4,5 1,039

FIRST 4

1,4,5,12 1,525

QUARTET

5,1,4,12 33,283

3 PICK 1

A2

A1 13

A3

All pools (1 more)

3RD DOUBLE

11/1 111

11/5 124.5