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Happy Valley · 2020-01-15

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD 1000m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2020-01-15 was Class 5 over 1000m, run on GOOD going. ROMAN ODYSSEY, ridden by M Chadwick and trained by K L Man, won by N, with FLYING MONKEY second and ROYAL CHOCOLATE third. The 3.6 favourite GREAT SON finished 5th.

Result

Official · 0.57.67
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 8 ROMAN ODYSSEY TT 0.57.67 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) M Chadwick · K L Man 4 4.5 N
2 6 FLYING MONKEY TT A Badel · T P Yung 8 18.0 N
3 9 ROYAL CHOCOLATE SR-/B1/TT K Teetan · W Y So 2 7.4 1/2
4 5 DEMONS ROCK B M F Poon · D J Hall 9 14.0 3/4
5 7 GREAT SON B/TT N Callan · P O'Sullivan 5 3.6 1
6 10 JIMSON THE DRAGON B/XB/TT K H Chan · C H Yip 6 25.0 1-1/2
7 4 NICE FANDANGO B-/H/XB B Shinn · C Fownes 11 8.4 1-3/4
8 12 KEEP GOING H N Wong · Y S Tsui 7 27.0 2-1/2
9 1 GOLDEN GENERAL CP1 H T Mo · K H Ting 10 74.0 2-3/4
10 3 MULTIMAX B/TT- H W Lai · L Ho 1 7.3 3
11 11 NASHASHUK P/TT J Moreira · J Size 12 11.0 4-1/2
12 2 PROMISE KEPT XB/TT L Hewitson · A T Millard 3 38.0 5-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. ROMAN ODYSSEY2. FLYING MONKEY+0.05L3. ROYAL CHOCOLATE+0.5L4. DEMONS ROCK+0.75L5. GREAT SON+1L6. JIMSON THE DRAGON+1.5L7. NICE FANDANGO+1.75L8. KEEP GOING+2.5L9. GOLDEN GENERAL+2.75L10. MULTIMAX+3L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick ROYAL CHOCOLATE (37.1%) finished 3rd — the winner ROMAN ODYSSEY was rated #4. 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 ROYAL CHOCOLATE 37.1% 2.70 3
2 11 NASHASHUK 10.9% 9.18 11
3 7 GREAT SON 9.4% 10.67 5
4 8 ROMAN ODYSSEY 7.5% 13.40 1
5 12 KEEP GOING 7.1% 14.12 8
6 10 JIMSON THE DRAGON 5.3% 18.70 6
7 6 FLYING MONKEY 4.7% 21.18 2
8 5 DEMONS ROCK 4.5% 22.37 4
9 4 NICE FANDANGO 4.2% 24.05 7
10 2 PROMISE KEPT 4.0% 24.98 12
11 1 GOLDEN GENERAL 3.2% 31.10 9
12 3 MULTIMAX 2.2% 45.60 10
ROYAL CHOCOLATENASHASHUKGREAT SONROMAN ODYSSEY — wonKEEP GOINGJIMSON THE DRAGONFLYING MONKEYDEMONS ROCKNICE FANDANGOPROMISE KEPTGOLDEN GENERALMULTIMAX

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

8 45

PLACE

6 49.5

8 15

9 23.5

QUINELLA

6,8 443.5

QUINELLA PLACE

6,8 146

6,9 168.5

8,9 51.5

TIERCE

8,6,9 3,545

TRIO

6,8,9 718

FIRST 4

5,6,8,9 1,246

QUARTET

8,6,9,5 28,599

3 PICK 1

A3

A1 28

A2