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Happy Valley · 2020-01-22

Race 2

Class 4 GOOD 1200m Course A 12 runners

Race 2 at Happy Valley on 2020-01-22 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. COMPASSION STAR, ridden by S De Sousa and trained by K L Man, won by 2-1/2, with WAYFOONG CHARMER second and NAVAS third. Victory came as the 3.3 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.09.72
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 12 COMPASSION STAR 1.09.72 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) S De Sousa · K L Man 2 3.3 2-1/2
2 11 WAYFOONG CHARMER BO K Teetan · P O'Sullivan 4 12.0 2-1/2
3 2 NAVAS B/XB H T Mo · R Gibson 1 9.1 3
4 3 NOBLE DESIRE B/XB L Hewitson · D J Whyte 3 15.0 3
5 10 ALL TIMES GRATEFUL Z Purton · C H Yip 11 3.3 3-3/4
6 9 FOCUS B/TT1 T Piccone · P F Yiu 12 8.9 5
7 6 EURO LAGO B1 B Shinn · C W Chang 6 45.0 5
8 7 GENERAL CASTLEDALE TT N Callan · D E Ferraris 9 216.0 6
9 4 SPLENDID TIMING B/TT- M F Poon · C H Yip 7 25.0 7-1/2
10 1 E MASTER V-/XB C Y Ho · C Fownes 10 7.9 9-1/4
11 5 DIAMOND STAR J Moreira · J Size 5 24.0 11-1/4
12 8 SPARKLING LIFE B H W Lai · Y S Tsui 8 134.0 16-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. COMPASSION STAR2. WAYFOONG CHARMER+2.5L3. NAVAS+3L4. NOBLE DESIRE+3L5. ALL TIMES GRATEFUL+3.75L6. FOCUS+5L7. EURO LAGO+5L8. GENERAL CASTLEDALE+6L9. SPLENDID TIMING+7.5L10. E MASTER+9.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick DIAMOND STAR (16.8%) finished 11th — the winner COMPASSION STAR 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 5 DIAMOND STAR 16.8% 5.95 11
2 10 ALL TIMES GRATEFUL 16.7% 6.00 5
3 12 COMPASSION STAR 15.8% 6.31 1
4 2 NAVAS 15.1% 6.60 3
5 9 FOCUS 11.6% 8.61 6
6 11 WAYFOONG CHARMER 6.8% 14.72 2
7 3 NOBLE DESIRE 5.6% 17.90 4
8 4 SPLENDID TIMING 5.2% 19.30 9
9 6 EURO LAGO 2.6% 37.84 7
10 1 E MASTER 2.0% 49.13 10
11 8 SPARKLING LIFE 1.1% 94.83 12
12 7 GENERAL CASTLEDALE 0.6% 156.05 8
DIAMOND STARALL TIMES GRATEFULCOMPASSION STAR — wonNAVASFOCUSWAYFOONG CHARMERNOBLE DESIRESPLENDID TIMINGEURO LAGOE MASTERSPARKLING LIFEGENERAL CASTLEDALE

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

12 33

PLACE

2 22.5

11 32

12 15

QUINELLA

11,12 180

QUINELLA PLACE

2,11 203.5

2,12 45

11,12 61

TIERCE

12,11,2 2,629

TRIO

2,11,12 678

FIRST 4

2,3,11,12 1,210

QUARTET

12,11,2,3 19,442

1ST DOUBLE

10/11 408.5

10/12 413.5

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A3

A1 16.5

A2