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Happy Valley · 2020-01-29

Race 8

Class 2 GOOD 1200m Course B 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2020-01-29 was Class 2 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. AMAZING STAR, ridden by Z Purton and trained by K H Ting, won by 1-3/4, with WALDORF second and JOYFUL UNION third. Victory came as the 1.4 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.08.99
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 9 AMAZING STAR 1.08.99 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · K H Ting 12 1.4 1-3/4
2 5 WALDORF B/TT G van Niekerk · A S Cruz 8 44.0 1-3/4
3 6 JOYFUL UNION N Callan · T P Yung 2 14.0 2-1/2
4 12 SUNSET WATCH XB/TT C Y Ho · C H Yip 11 139.0 2-1/2
5 3 MR CROISSANT CP B Shinn · W Y So 4 10.0 3-1/4
6 8 LOVING A BOOM B/TT S De Sousa · R Gibson 1 6.7 3-1/4
7 1 GUNNISON J Moreira · J Size 10 33.0 3-1/2
8 2 GENTLE BREEZE B M Chadwick · P F Yiu 9 28.0 3-3/4
9 4 GRACEANDMERCY XB/H1 M F Poon · A T Millard 7 147.0 4
10 11 BEAUTY AMIGO CP A Badel · J Moore 3 26.0 4
11 10 MR SO AND SO TT K H Chan · C W Chang 5 158.0 4-3/4
12 7 CUE THE MUSIC SR/TT K Teetan · D E Ferraris 6 13.0 7-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. AMAZING STAR2. WALDORF+1.75L3. JOYFUL UNION+2.5L4. SUNSET WATCH+2.5L5. MR CROISSANT+3.25L6. LOVING A BOOM+3.25L7. GUNNISON+3.5L8. GENTLE BREEZE+3.75L9. GRACEANDMERCY+4L10. BEAUTY AMIGO+4L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick AMAZING STAR (42.8%) 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 9 AMAZING STAR 42.8% 2.34 1
2 3 MR CROISSANT 11.4% 8.80 5
3 6 JOYFUL UNION 9.6% 10.37 3
4 8 LOVING A BOOM 8.9% 11.27 6
5 2 GENTLE BREEZE 8.0% 12.48 8
6 7 CUE THE MUSIC 6.9% 14.55 12
7 1 GUNNISON 3.5% 28.35 7
8 5 WALDORF 3.2% 31.67 2
9 11 BEAUTY AMIGO 1.8% 55.17 10
10 4 GRACEANDMERCY 1.7% 57.48 9
11 10 MR SO AND SO 1.1% 87.16 11
12 12 SUNSET WATCH 1.0% 95.74 4
AMAZING STAR — wonMR CROISSANTJOYFUL UNIONLOVING A BOOMGENTLE BREEZECUE THE MUSICGUNNISONWALDORFBEAUTY AMIGOGRACEANDMERCYMR SO AND SOSUNSET WATCH

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

9 14.5

PLACE

5 71.5

6 26

9 12

QUINELLA

5,9 250

QUINELLA PLACE

5,6 332.5

5,9 91.5

6,9 32.5

TIERCE

9,5,6 1,605

TRIO

5,6,9 634

FIRST 4

5,6,9,12 8,231

QUARTET

9,5,6,12 56,180

3 PICK 1

A1 12

A2

A3

All pools (1 more)

7TH DOUBLE

5/5 404

5/9 126.5