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Happy Valley · 2020-02-26

Race 5

Class 1 GOOD 1650m Course A 11 runners

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2020-02-26 was Class 1 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. HARMONY VICTORY, ridden by A Badel and trained by C S Shum, won by 1/2, with HEZTHEWONFORUS second and TIME TO CELEBRATE third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 4.4 favourite FAST MOST FURIOUS finished 4th.

Result

Official · 1.39.14
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 HARMONY VICTORY Closed strongly SR/TT 1.39.14 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Badel · C S Shum 1 4.6 1/2
2 9 HEZTHEWONFORUS SR K Teetan · J Size 7 6.0 1/2
3 6 TIME TO CELEBRATE Closed strongly B C Schofield · J Size 6 56.0 1
4 3 FAST MOST FURIOUS Closed strongly H C Y Ho · D J Hall 3 4.4 1-1/4
5 8 HAPPY DRAGON Closed strongly H M Chadwick · J Moore 5 10.0 1-1/2
6 2 SIMPLY BRILLIANT Closed strongly XB K C Leung · F C Lor 4 13.0 2
7 7 INSAYSHABLE T Piccone · Y S Tsui 9 25.0 2-1/2
8 11 HARMONY HERO Closed strongly B/H/TT M F Poon · R Gibson 10 18.0 2-3/4
9 1 ENCOURAGING B/TT Z Purton · J Moore 11 5.2 3-1/4
10 5 GOOD STANDING Led early B/XB B Shinn · J Moore 2 15.0 4-3/4
11 10 GREEN LUCK B/H L Hewitson · C Fownes 8 16.0 5-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. HARMONY VICTORY2. HEZTHEWONFORUS+0.5L3. TIME TO CELEBRATE+1L4. FAST MOST FURIOUS+1.25L5. HAPPY DRAGON+1.5L6. SIMPLY BRILLIANT+2L7. INSAYSHABLE+2.5L8. HARMONY HERO+2.75L9. ENCOURAGING+3.25L10. GOOD STANDING+4.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick ENCOURAGING (16.2%) finished 9th — the winner HARMONY VICTORY 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 1 ENCOURAGING 16.2% 6.17 9
2 4 HARMONY VICTORY 16.1% 6.21 1
3 3 FAST MOST FURIOUS 15.9% 6.30 4
4 2 SIMPLY BRILLIANT 11.7% 8.56 6
5 9 HEZTHEWONFORUS 7.4% 13.53 2
6 11 HARMONY HERO 6.7% 14.86 8
7 8 HAPPY DRAGON 6.3% 15.84 5
8 7 INSAYSHABLE 5.9% 16.90 7
9 5 GOOD STANDING 5.1% 19.68 10
10 10 GREEN LUCK 4.5% 22.19 11
11 6 TIME TO CELEBRATE 4.2% 23.83 3
ENCOURAGINGHARMONY VICTORY — wonFAST MOST FURIOUSSIMPLY BRILLIANTHEZTHEWONFORUSHARMONY HEROHAPPY DRAGONINSAYSHABLEGOOD STANDINGGREEN LUCKTIME TO CELEBRATE

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

4 46

PLACE

4 17

6 143

9 20.5

QUINELLA

4,9 118

QUINELLA PLACE

4,6 507

4,9 53

6,9 537

TIERCE

4,9,6 10,049

TRIO

4,6,9 2,643

FIRST 4

3,4,6,9 2,651

QUARTET

4,9,6,3 62,255

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

3,5,8/4,6,9 810,544

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A1

A3

A2 25.5

4TH DOUBLE

3/4 519.5

3/9 195.5