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Happy Valley · 2020-02-12

Race 1

Class 4 GOOD 1200m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2020-02-12 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. AMAZING, ridden by Z Purton and trained by T P Yung, won by SH, with SUPER LUCKY second and VICTORY FOR ALL third. The 3.6 favourite EXCEPTIONAL DESIRE finished 4th.

Result

Official · 1.09.73
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 AMAZING TT 1.09.73 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · T P Yung 9 6.7 SH
2 1 SUPER LUCKY B/H/XB B Shinn · C Fownes 2 7.0 SH
3 8 VICTORY FOR ALL B1 G van Niekerk · Y S Tsui 12 90.0 1/2
4 11 EXCEPTIONAL DESIRE B J Moreira · W Y So 6 3.6 1/2
5 9 VICTORY MASTERY B-/PC1 K Teetan · J Size 11 128.0 3/4
6 10 WOOD ON FIRE H/CP1 M Chadwick · L Ho 4 6.9 1
7 3 JOLLY CONVERGENCE CP-/B2 N Callan · R Gibson 5 15.0 1-3/4
8 7 FLYING GODSPELL SR M F Poon · K H Ting 10 13.0 2-1/4
9 6 THIS IS CHARISMA H C Y Ho · K W Lui 1 4.0 3-1/2
10 12 GRAND HARBOUR H/TT H N Wong · C W Chang 3 48.0 4-1/2
11 4 WINNING STRIKES A Badel · P O'Sullivan 7 107.0 9
12 2 NOBLE DESIRE B/XB L Hewitson · D J Whyte 8 15.0 10-1/2
0 CHAMPION PRIDE B Shinn · D E Ferraris

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. AMAZING2. SUPER LUCKY+0.1L3. VICTORY FOR ALL+0.5L4. EXCEPTIONAL DESIRE+0.5L5. VICTORY MASTERY+0.75L6. WOOD ON FIRE+1L7. JOLLY CONVERGENCE+1.75L8. FLYING GODSPELL+2.25L9. THIS IS CHARISMA+3.5L10. GRAND HARBOUR+4.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick EXCEPTIONAL DESIRE (20.6%) finished 4th — the winner AMAZING 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 11 EXCEPTIONAL DESIRE 20.6% 4.86 4
2 5 AMAZING 16.1% 6.21 1
3 1 SUPER LUCKY 13.2% 7.59 2
4 7 FLYING GODSPELL 10.8% 9.23 8
5 6 THIS IS CHARISMA 10.4% 9.61 9
6 10 WOOD ON FIRE 9.3% 10.76 6
7 2 NOBLE DESIRE 6.7% 14.84 12
8 3 JOLLY CONVERGENCE 5.4% 18.39 7
9 4 WINNING STRIKES 2.7% 37.71 11
10 12 GRAND HARBOUR 2.1% 47.10 10
11 9 VICTORY MASTERY 1.5% 68.12 5
12 8 VICTORY FOR ALL 1.2% 81.57 3
EXCEPTIONAL DESIREAMAZING — wonSUPER LUCKYFLYING GODSPELLTHIS IS CHARISMAWOOD ON FIRENOBLE DESIREJOLLY CONVERGENCEWINNING STRIKESGRAND HARBOURVICTORY MASTERYVICTORY FOR ALL

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

5 67

PLACE

1 24

5 20.5

8 206.5

QUINELLA

1,5 250

QUINELLA PLACE

1,5 82.5

1,8 1,076.5

5,8 800.5

TIERCE

5,1,8 26,028

TRIO

1,5,8 6,976

FIRST 4

1,5,8,11 6,258

QUARTET

5,1,8,11 198,997

3 PICK 1

A2

A1 23.5

A3