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Happy Valley · 2020-01-15

Race 5

Class 3 GOOD 1650m Course C+3 11 runners

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2020-01-15 was Class 3 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. VIGOR FAME, ridden by S De Sousa and trained by K H Ting, won by N, with BIG BANG BONG second and SURREALISM third. The winner led throughout. The 2.7 favourite SURREALISM finished 3rd.

Result

Official · 1.39.31
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 VIGOR FAME Wire to wire XB-/H2/TT 1.39.31 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) S De Sousa · K H Ting 2 4.8 N
2 10 BIG BANG BONG Closed strongly TT G van Niekerk · C W Chang 9 14.0 N
3 7 SURREALISM Closed strongly H K Teetan · D E Ferraris 3 2.7 1/2
4 2 NAMJONG PLUS Closed strongly M L Yeung · Y S Tsui 5 10.0 2
5 8 GAYSON Closed strongly B/XB B Shinn · J Moore 8 48.0 2-3/4
6 9 TOP SCORE B/TT C Y Ho · K W Lui 4 15.0 3-1/4
7 3 PLANET STAR B K C Leung · P O'Sullivan 1 11.0 3-1/4
8 11 CHUNG WAH SPIRIT Closed strongly TT T H So · C H Yip 11 116.0 3-3/4
9 4 SUPERBELLA A Badel · F C Lor 6 36.0 4-3/4
10 6 PICKEN J Moreira · J Size 10 4.4 6-1/2
11 1 EPIC CP1/TT- N Callan · R Gibson 7 24.0 9-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. VIGOR FAME2. BIG BANG BONG+0.05L3. SURREALISM+0.5L4. NAMJONG PLUS+2L5. GAYSON+2.75L6. TOP SCORE+3.25L7. PLANET STAR+3.25L8. CHUNG WAH SPIRIT+3.75L9. SUPERBELLA+4.75L10. PICKEN+6.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick SURREALISM (23.2%) finished 3rd — the winner VIGOR FAME 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 SURREALISM 23.2% 4.32 3
2 5 VIGOR FAME 17.2% 5.81 1
3 6 PICKEN 15.0% 6.66 10
4 9 TOP SCORE 10.6% 9.44 6
5 2 NAMJONG PLUS 9.5% 10.51 4
6 3 PLANET STAR 8.1% 12.40 7
7 4 SUPERBELLA 6.6% 15.06 9
8 1 EPIC 3.1% 32.04 11
9 10 BIG BANG BONG 2.7% 36.68 2
10 8 GAYSON 2.5% 40.39 5
11 11 CHUNG WAH SPIRIT 1.5% 67.15 8
SURREALISMVIGOR FAME — wonPICKENTOP SCORENAMJONG PLUSPLANET STARSUPERBELLAEPICBIG BANG BONGGAYSONCHUNG WAH SPIRIT

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 48.5

PLACE

5 19

7 12.5

10 25

QUINELLA

5,10 268.5

QUINELLA PLACE

5,7 29.5

5,10 87.5

7,10 59

TIERCE

5,10,7 1,392

TRIO

5,7,10 224

FIRST 4

2,5,7,10 269

QUARTET

5,10,7,2 8,544

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

2,5,11/5,7,10 10,330

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A2 27.5

A1

A3

4TH DOUBLE

5/5 372

5/10 154