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Happy Valley · 2020-01-29

Race 2

Class 5 GOOD 1650m Course B 12 runners

Result

Official · 1.41.09
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 0 BLOOMING SPIRIT Closed strongly B/TT 1.41.09 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J Moreira · F C Lor 1 2.0 1/2
2 0 ASSOCIATION FANS Led early V-/H/SR M Chadwick · L Ho 9 24.0 1/2
3 0 VIRTUS STAR Closed strongly L Hewitson · D J Hall 2 6.5 1-3/4
4 0 WONDERFUL TIGER Closed strongly H/XB/TT T Piccone · W Y So 10 16.0 2-1/4
5 0 HIDDEN SPIRIT Closed strongly B/TT K Teetan · P O'Sullivan 4 26.0 3-1/4
6 0 FORTUNE WAY TT M L Yeung · T P Yung 8 140.0 3-1/2
7 0 BREAK RECORD Closed strongly B-/CP1/TT B Shinn · C S Shum 12 35.0 4
8 0 KEEP WINNING TT K C Leung · C W Chang 3 6.9 4
9 0 THE FULL BLOOM M F Poon · C H Yip 11 12.0 4-1/4
10 0 LITTLE ISLAND B-/V1 C Y Ho · K L Man 6 18.0 4-3/4
11 0 MONEY WINNER B G van Niekerk · Y S Tsui 5 10.0 5-1/2
12 0 LUCKY STORM B/H H T Mo · R Gibson 7 53.0 7

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Race 2 at Happy Valley on 2020-01-29 was Class 5 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. BLOOMING SPIRIT, ridden by J Moreira and trained by F C Lor, won by 1/2, with ASSOCIATION FANS second and VIRTUS STAR third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 2.0 favourite.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. BLOOMING SPIRIT—2. ASSOCIATION FANS+0.5L3. VIRTUS STAR+1.75L4. WONDERFUL TIGER+2.25L5. HIDDEN SPIRIT+3.25L6. FORTUNE WAY+3.5L7. BREAK RECORD+4L8. KEEP WINNING+4L9. THE FULL BLOOM+4.25L10. LITTLE ISLAND+4.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick BLOOMING SPIRIT (40.5%) 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 0 BLOOMING SPIRIT 40.5% 2.47 1
2 0 KEEP WINNING 13.5% 7.41 8
3 0 VIRTUS STAR 7.5% 13.38 3
4 0 WONDERFUL TIGER 6.3% 15.91 4
5 0 MONEY WINNER 6.1% 16.36 11
6 0 HIDDEN SPIRIT 5.6% 17.77 5
7 0 ASSOCIATION FANS 4.8% 20.90 2
8 0 THE FULL BLOOM 4.5% 22.34 9
9 0 BREAK RECORD 3.9% 25.51 7
10 0 LUCKY STORM 2.5% 39.53 12
11 0 FORTUNE WAY 2.5% 39.68 6
12 0 LITTLE ISLAND 2.3% 43.01 10
BLOOMING SPIRIT — wonKEEP WINNINGVIRTUS STARWONDERFUL TIGERMONEY WINNERHIDDEN SPIRITASSOCIATION FANSTHE FULL BLOOMBREAK RECORDLUCKY STORMFORTUNE WAYLITTLE ISLAND

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

1 20

PLACE

1 11.5

4 60.5

10 19.5

QUINELLA

1,4 218.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,4 88

1,10 35.5

4,10 179

TIERCE

1,4,10 1,570

TRIO

1,4,10 399

FIRST 4

1,4,6,10 1,355

QUARTET

1,4,10,6 18,081

1ST DOUBLE

3/1 40

3/4 110.5

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A2 —

A1 17

A3 —