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Happy Valley · 2020-01-15

Race 4

Class 4 GOOD 1650m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 4 at Happy Valley on 2020-01-15 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. PLAY WISE, ridden by M F Poon and trained by C H Yip, won by N, with HEAVENLY THOUGHT second and LIGHTNING STEED third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 4.0 favourite HEAVENLY THOUGHT finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.39.30
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 PLAY WISE Closed strongly B 1.39.30 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) M F Poon · C H Yip 1 8.4 N
2 2 HEAVENLY THOUGHT Closed strongly H J Moreira · F C Lor 11 4.0 N
3 11 LIGHTNING STEED TT M Chadwick · C Fownes 2 7.3 1/2
4 7 INDIGENOUS STAR Closed strongly H W Lai · P F Yiu 5 27.0 3-1/4
5 3 PRETTY BAUHINIA Closed strongly B K Teetan · Y S Tsui 9 8.8 4
6 1 HARRIER JET Closed strongly V/TT S De Sousa · P O'Sullivan 10 27.0 4-1/4
7 9 MANAGEMENT STAR Closed strongly B/TT A Badel · K W Lui 3 4.3 4-1/2
8 4 CHARITY WINGS B T Piccone · C S Shum 4 7.2 4-3/4
9 8 MISTER MONTE B G van Niekerk · C W Chang 7 10.0 4-3/4
10 6 TUNG WAH GLORY Closed strongly P1 M L Yeung · T P Yung 12 98.0 5-1/2
11 10 ELECTRIC LIGHTNING Led early B/TT K H Chan · D E Ferraris 8 24.0 7
12 12 GREEN GENERATION B T H So · D J Hall 6 253.0 7-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. PLAY WISE2. HEAVENLY THOUGHT+0.05L3. LIGHTNING STEED+0.5L4. INDIGENOUS STAR+3.25L5. PRETTY BAUHINIA+4L6. HARRIER JET+4.25L7. MANAGEMENT STAR+4.5L8. CHARITY WINGS+4.75L9. MISTER MONTE+4.75L10. TUNG WAH GLORY+5.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick HEAVENLY THOUGHT (25.7%) finished 2nd — the winner PLAY WISE 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 2 HEAVENLY THOUGHT 25.7% 3.90 2
2 4 CHARITY WINGS 19.5% 5.12 8
3 9 MANAGEMENT STAR 12.8% 7.81 7
4 5 PLAY WISE 8.0% 12.50 1
5 11 LIGHTNING STEED 7.8% 12.82 3
6 8 MISTER MONTE 6.5% 15.42 9
7 1 HARRIER JET 5.4% 18.64 6
8 3 PRETTY BAUHINIA 4.4% 22.85 5
9 10 ELECTRIC LIGHTNING 3.7% 26.76 11
10 7 INDIGENOUS STAR 2.9% 34.17 4
11 6 TUNG WAH GLORY 2.7% 37.40 10
12 12 GREEN GENERATION 0.6% 155.29 12
HEAVENLY THOUGHTCHARITY WINGSMANAGEMENT STARPLAY WISE — wonLIGHTNING STEEDMISTER MONTEHARRIER JETPRETTY BAUHINIAELECTRIC LIGHTNINGINDIGENOUS STARTUNG WAH GLORYGREEN GENERATION

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 84.5

PLACE

2 18

5 30

11 24.5

QUINELLA

2,5 194.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,5 69.5

2,11 65.5

5,11 105

TIERCE

5,2,11 2,783

TRIO

2,5,11 445

FIRST 4

2,5,7,11 2,580

QUARTET

5,2,11,7 69,115

3 PICK 1

A3

A1

A2 20.5

All pools (1 more)

3RD DOUBLE

12/2 61

12/5 656.5