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Happy Valley · 2020-01-22

Race 5

Class 4 GOOD 1000m Course A 12 runners

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2020-01-22 was Class 4 over 1000m, run on GOOD going. VERY SWEET ORANGE, ridden by K H Chan and trained by Y S Tsui, won by SH, with DR PROACTIVE second and WINNER'S HEART third. The 2.9 favourite SUPER WINNER finished 6th.

Result

Official · 0.57.24
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 2 VERY SWEET ORANGE V 0.57.24 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K H Chan · Y S Tsui 10 5.1 SH
2 7 DR PROACTIVE H N Wong · K H Ting 2 13.0 SH
3 3 WINNER'S HEART Z Purton · F C Lor 6 5.1 SH
4 4 SKY FIELD TT1 C Y Ho · C Fownes 11 15.0 N
5 8 SMART OF YOUTH TT J Moreira · C S Shum 9 17.0 1-3/4
6 9 SUPER WINNER H/SR1/TT K Teetan · C H Yip 1 2.9 2-1/4
7 11 EXCEL DELIGHT H S De Sousa · J Size 4 8.1 3-1/4
8 10 ISLAND WINNER CP/XB/TT K C Leung · P F Yiu 8 7.7 4-3/4
9 5 WINNING STRIKES B Shinn · P O'Sullivan 12 58.0 6
10 6 CHUNGHWA JINGSHEN T H So · L Ho 3 282.0 6-3/4
11 12 HUMBLE STEED H T Mo · T P Yung 5 146.0 7
12 1 SMART THINKER B1/XB1 N Callan · R Gibson 7 234.0 7-3/4
0 BRAVE POWER T Piccone · A S Cruz

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. VERY SWEET ORANGE2. DR PROACTIVE+0.1L3. WINNER'S HEART+0.1L4. SKY FIELD+0.05L5. SMART OF YOUTH+1.75L6. SUPER WINNER+2.25L7. EXCEL DELIGHT+3.25L8. ISLAND WINNER+4.75L9. WINNING STRIKES+6L10. CHUNGHWA JINGSHEN+6.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick SUPER WINNER (19.2%) finished 6th — the winner VERY SWEET ORANGE was rated #8. 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 SUPER WINNER 19.2% 5.20 6
2 8 SMART OF YOUTH 17.7% 5.65 5
3 11 EXCEL DELIGHT 16.3% 6.14 7
4 3 WINNER'S HEART 13.0% 7.68 3
5 10 ISLAND WINNER 11.6% 8.62 8
6 4 SKY FIELD 7.6% 13.22 4
7 7 DR PROACTIVE 4.1% 24.65 2
8 2 VERY SWEET ORANGE 3.4% 29.05 1
9 5 WINNING STRIKES 3.1% 32.08 9
10 1 SMART THINKER 2.6% 38.28 12
11 12 HUMBLE STEED 0.9% 111.08 11
12 6 CHUNGHWA JINGSHEN 0.5% 216.07 10
SUPER WINNERSMART OF YOUTHEXCEL DELIGHTWINNER'S HEARTISLAND WINNERSKY FIELDDR PROACTIVEVERY SWEET ORANGE — wonWINNING STRIKESSMART THINKERHUMBLE STEEDCHUNGHWA JINGSHEN

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 51.5

PLACE

2 17.5

3 17.5

7 27.5

QUINELLA

2,7 283.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,3 66

2,7 87

3,7 94

TIERCE

2,7,3 2,450

TRIO

2,3,7 672

FIRST 4

2,3,4,7 1,695

QUARTET

2,7,3,4 30,987

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

2,8,10/2,3,7 50,544

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A1

A2 25

A3

4TH DOUBLE

2/2 206.5

2/7 72.5