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Happy Valley · 2020-01-08

Race 9

Class 3 GOOD 1200m Course C 12 runners

Race 9 at Happy Valley on 2020-01-08 was Class 3 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. BABY, ridden by S De Sousa and trained by K H Ting, won by SH, with VICTORY POWER second and BEAUTY SPARK third. The 2.0 favourite AURORA PEGASUS finished 4th.

Result

Official · 1.10.09
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 BABY B 1.10.09 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) S De Sousa · K H Ting 11 9.1 SH
2 10 VICTORY POWER B/XB A Badel · D J Whyte 4 4.6 SH
3 4 BEAUTY SPARK B/TT K H Chan · F C Lor 3 10.0 3/4
4 2 AURORA PEGASUS TT Z Purton · C Fownes 1 2.0 1-1/4
5 11 HAPPY WARRIOR CP G van Niekerk · J Moore 8 14.0 1-1/4
6 8 MR PICASSO B T H So · D J Hall 2 61.0 1-3/4
7 3 BLOTTING PAPER B1/H2 C Schofield · R Gibson 5 12.0 3-1/2
8 7 FLYING BONUS C Y Ho · C H Yip 12 22.0 3-3/4
9 12 FAIRY TWINS TT M L Yeung · W Y So 9 139.0 5
10 1 SPECIAL STARS J Moreira · J Size 7 20.0 6
11 6 VERY RICH MAN H/TT H T Mo · L Ho 6 41.0 6-1/2
12 9 SHANGHAI MASTER H N Wong · K W Lui 10 131.0 7-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. BABY2. VICTORY POWER+0.1L3. BEAUTY SPARK+0.75L4. AURORA PEGASUS+1.25L5. HAPPY WARRIOR+1.25L6. MR PICASSO+1.75L7. BLOTTING PAPER+3.5L8. FLYING BONUS+3.75L9. FAIRY TWINS+5L10. SPECIAL STARS+6L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick AURORA PEGASUS (33.2%) finished 4th — the winner BABY 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 2 AURORA PEGASUS 33.2% 3.01 4
2 1 SPECIAL STARS 18.8% 5.31 10
3 5 BABY 11.0% 9.09 1
4 10 VICTORY POWER 10.4% 9.62 2
5 6 VERY RICH MAN 5.9% 16.91 11
6 3 BLOTTING PAPER 4.8% 20.83 7
7 11 HAPPY WARRIOR 4.8% 20.83 5
8 7 FLYING BONUS 3.3% 30.30 8
9 4 BEAUTY SPARK 2.9% 34.01 3
10 8 MR PICASSO 1.9% 53.55 6
11 9 SHANGHAI MASTER 1.9% 53.72 12
12 12 FAIRY TWINS 1.1% 94.13 9
AURORA PEGASUSSPECIAL STARSBABY — wonVICTORY POWERVERY RICH MANBLOTTING PAPERHAPPY WARRIORFLYING BONUSBEAUTY SPARKMR PICASSOSHANGHAI MASTERFAIRY TWINS

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 91

PLACE

4 27.5

5 21.5

10 15

QUINELLA

5,10 144

QUINELLA PLACE

4,5 110.5

4,10 64

5,10 49.5

TIERCE

5,10,4 2,484

TRIO

4,5,10 404

FIRST 4

2,4,5,10 147

QUARTET

5,10,4,2 6,061

3 PICK 1

A1

A3

A2 36.5

All pools (4 more)

3RD DOUBLE TRIO

1,2,4/4,5,10 13,249

8TH DOUBLE

1/5 773

1/10 73

SIX UP

1,5/3,12/6,8/4,5,6/1,2/5,10 2,229

5/3/8/4/1/5 217,284

4 [C Y Ho]

TREBLE

4/1/5 2,652

4/1/10 254