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Happy Valley · 2020-02-05

Race 7

Class 3 GOOD 1650m Course C 12 runners

Race 7 at Happy Valley on 2020-02-05 was Class 3 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. NABOO STAR, ridden by C Y Ho and trained by C Fownes, won by 1-1/2, with FLYING QUEST second and JOLLY HONOUR third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.5 favourite BEAR AGAIN finished 5th.

Result

Official · 1.38.97
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 11 NABOO STAR Closed strongly V/TT 1.38.97 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C Y Ho · C Fownes 6 8.0 1-1/2
2 1 FLYING QUEST Closed strongly B M F Poon · D J Hall 1 10.0 1-1/2
3 7 JOLLY HONOUR Closed strongly B/TT G van Niekerk · Y S Tsui 2 6.1 1-3/4
4 9 TRIUMPHANT HORSE Closed strongly B H N Wong · K H Ting 9 27.0 4-1/4
5 3 BEAR AGAIN SR J Moreira · D E Ferraris 8 2.5 4-3/4
6 10 MIGHTY POWER M L Yeung · T P Yung 7 145.0 5-1/2
7 8 HAR HAR HEART Closed strongly L Hewitson · J Size 12 82.0 5-3/4
8 6 SMART LEADER B/TT T Piccone · A S Cruz 10 34.0 6
9 2 MAGNIFICENT Led early Z Purton · L Ho 11 5.5 6
10 5 EARTH TRILOGY CP/XB/TT N Callan · J Moore 3 81.0 6-1/4
11 4 HORSESAIN BOLT CP K Teetan · D J Whyte 4 6.4 9-3/4
12 12 JOYFUL MOMENTS H T Mo · R Gibson 5 217.0 9-3/4
0 PLANET STAR N Callan · P O'Sullivan

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. NABOO STAR2. FLYING QUEST+1.5L3. JOLLY HONOUR+1.75L4. TRIUMPHANT HORSE+4.25L5. BEAR AGAIN+4.75L6. MIGHTY POWER+5.5L7. HAR HAR HEART+5.75L8. SMART LEADER+6L9. MAGNIFICENT+6L10. EARTH TRILOGY+6.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick HORSESAIN BOLT (25.1%) finished 11th — the winner NABOO STAR was rated #2. 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 4 HORSESAIN BOLT 25.1% 3.98 11
2 11 NABOO STAR 19.2% 5.21 1
3 3 BEAR AGAIN 13.6% 7.36 5
4 2 MAGNIFICENT 10.1% 9.85 9
5 7 JOLLY HONOUR 8.1% 12.33 3
6 1 FLYING QUEST 7.1% 14.14 2
7 6 SMART LEADER 5.2% 19.09 8
8 9 TRIUMPHANT HORSE 3.5% 28.28 4
9 10 MIGHTY POWER 2.3% 42.97 6
10 8 HAR HAR HEART 2.1% 47.10 7
11 5 EARTH TRILOGY 1.9% 52.97 10
12 12 JOYFUL MOMENTS 1.7% 60.45 12
HORSESAIN BOLTNABOO STAR — wonBEAR AGAINMAGNIFICENTJOLLY HONOURFLYING QUESTSMART LEADERTRIUMPHANT HORSEMIGHTY POWERHAR HAR HEARTEARTH TRILOGYJOYFUL MOMENTS

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

11 80

PLACE

1 27.5

7 19

11 21

QUINELLA

1,11 312.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,7 76

1,11 85

7,11 63

TIERCE

11,1,7 2,973

TRIO

1,7,11 486

FIRST 4

1,7,9,11 1,567

QUARTET

11,1,7,9 32,529

3 PICK 1

A1 19.5

A3

A2

All pools (1 more)

6TH DOUBLE

5/1 247.5

5/11 803