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Happy Valley · 2020-01-22

Race 8

Class 3 GOOD 1200m Course A 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2020-01-22 was Class 3 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. SPARKLING DRAGON, ridden by T Piccone and trained by A T Millard, won by 3/4, with THIS IS CLASS second and BEAUTY SPARK third. The 3.6 favourite WINNING FEELING finished 5th.

Result

Official · 1.09.11
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 2 SPARKLING DRAGON TT 1.09.11 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) T Piccone · A T Millard 4 9.6 3/4
2 11 THIS IS CLASS CP/H C Y Ho · K W Lui 11 9.6 3/4
3 7 BEAUTY SPARK B/TT K H Chan · F C Lor 3 7.6 2
4 5 LARSON CP N Callan · J Moore 7 61.0 3
5 12 WINNING FEELING B S De Sousa · D E Ferraris 1 3.6 3
6 6 FLYING SWORD M F Poon · Y S Tsui 9 36.0 3-1/2
7 3 PRIVATE ROCKET CP/XB K Teetan · D J Whyte 5 5.2 3-1/2
8 9 MONKEY JEWELLERY J Moreira · J Size 2 7.3 4-3/4
9 10 STARLIGHT B K C Leung · C H Yip 6 17.0 5-1/4
10 8 JADE THEATRE B H W Lai · K L Man 8 51.0 6-3/4
11 1 LE TERROIR CP/H/XB B Shinn · L Ho 10 49.0 10-1/4
12 4 BALTIC SUCCESS H-/TT Z Purton · C S Shum 12 7.9 14

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SPARKLING DRAGON2. THIS IS CLASS+0.75L3. BEAUTY SPARK+2L4. LARSON+3L5. WINNING FEELING+3L6. FLYING SWORD+3.5L7. PRIVATE ROCKET+3.5L8. MONKEY JEWELLERY+4.75L9. STARLIGHT+5.25L10. JADE THEATRE+6.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick THIS IS CLASS (20.4%) finished 2nd — the winner SPARKLING DRAGON 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 11 THIS IS CLASS 20.4% 4.90 2
2 12 WINNING FEELING 15.4% 6.50 5
3 4 BALTIC SUCCESS 11.1% 9.04 12
4 3 PRIVATE ROCKET 10.5% 9.51 7
5 7 BEAUTY SPARK 9.2% 10.88 3
6 9 MONKEY JEWELLERY 8.9% 11.25 8
7 10 STARLIGHT 6.9% 14.47 9
8 2 SPARKLING DRAGON 5.9% 16.84 1
9 1 LE TERROIR 4.6% 21.73 11
10 5 LARSON 4.4% 22.94 4
11 6 FLYING SWORD 1.6% 60.82 6
12 8 JADE THEATRE 1.1% 92.96 10
THIS IS CLASSWINNING FEELINGBALTIC SUCCESSPRIVATE ROCKETBEAUTY SPARKMONKEY JEWELLERYSTARLIGHTSPARKLING DRAGON — wonLE TERROIRLARSONFLYING SWORDJADE THEATRE

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 96.5

PLACE

2 35.5

7 23

11 30.5

QUINELLA

2,11 426

QUINELLA PLACE

2,7 135

2,11 136.5

7,11 117

TIERCE

2,11,7 5,271

TRIO

2,7,11 777

FIRST 4

2,5,7,11 12,534

QUARTET

2,11,7,5 235,805

3 PICK 1

A1

A2 29

A3

All pools (1 more)

7TH DOUBLE

10/2 2,576.5

10/11 572.5