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Happy Valley · 2020-01-22

Race 4

Class 4 GOOD 1650m Course A 12 runners

Race 4 at Happy Valley on 2020-01-22 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. FLASH FAMOUS, ridden by J Moreira and trained by F C Lor, won by 1/2, with ROYAL RACER second and NITRO EXPRESS third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 3.5 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.40.12
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 2 FLASH FAMOUS Closed strongly B/TT 1.40.12 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J Moreira · F C Lor 6 3.5 1/2
2 8 ROYAL RACER Closed strongly C Y Ho · C Fownes 9 4.9 1/2
3 10 NITRO EXPRESS Closed strongly B/TT S De Sousa · D E Ferraris 12 11.0 2-1/4
4 3 LET'S TAKE IT EASY Closed strongly CP/H K C Leung · L Ho 11 11.0 2-1/2
5 12 TURF BRILLIANT Closed strongly H N Wong · W Y So 8 174.0 3-3/4
6 4 CIRCUIT NUMBER ONE Led early H/TT H T Mo · A S Cruz 5 35.0 4
7 1 STAR MAJESTIC B T H So · P O'Sullivan 2 11.0 4
8 5 ENJOY LIFE Closed strongly B2 K Teetan · Y S Tsui 7 7.9 4-1/4
8 9 HAPPY HOUR E/TT M F Poon · C H Yip 4 5.1 4-1/4
10 6 MERIDIAN TALENT B/H N Callan · R Gibson 1 92.0 6-1/4
11 7 KANBEKI MOLLY SR L Hewitson · P F Yiu 10 21.0 12-1/2
12 11 SHANGHAI DRAGON B H W Lai · T P Yung 3 17.0 17-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. FLASH FAMOUS2. ROYAL RACER+0.5L3. NITRO EXPRESS+2.25L4. LET'S TAKE IT EASY+2.5L5. TURF BRILLIANT+3.75L6. CIRCUIT NUMBER ONE+4L7. STAR MAJESTIC+4L8. ENJOY LIFE+4.25L8. HAPPY HOUR+4.25L10. MERIDIAN TALENT+6.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick FLASH FAMOUS (27.0%) won this race. 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 FLASH FAMOUS 27.0% 3.71 1
2 11 SHANGHAI DRAGON 13.1% 7.62 12
3 9 HAPPY HOUR 12.4% 8.07 8
4 8 ROYAL RACER 12.2% 8.20 2
5 5 ENJOY LIFE 9.1% 11.00 8
6 10 NITRO EXPRESS 5.5% 18.05 3
7 7 KANBEKI MOLLY 4.9% 20.53 11
8 4 CIRCUIT NUMBER ONE 4.8% 20.63 6
9 3 LET'S TAKE IT EASY 4.4% 22.77 4
10 1 STAR MAJESTIC 2.8% 35.64 7
11 6 MERIDIAN TALENT 2.1% 48.34 10
12 12 TURF BRILLIANT 1.7% 59.34 5
FLASH FAMOUS — wonSHANGHAI DRAGONHAPPY HOURROYAL RACERENJOY LIFENITRO EXPRESSKANBEKI MOLLYCIRCUIT NUMBER ONELET'S TAKE IT EASYSTAR MAJESTICMERIDIAN TALENTTURF BRILLIANT

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

2 35.5

PLACE

2 15

8 20

10 33.5

QUINELLA

2,8 100

QUINELLA PLACE

2,8 36.5

2,10 81.5

8,10 124

TIERCE

2,8,10 1,627

TRIO

2,8,10 429

FIRST 4

2,3,8,10 983

QUARTET

2,8,10,3 15,519

3 PICK 1

A3

A2

A1 20.5

All pools (1 more)

3RD DOUBLE

4/2 201

4/8 35.5