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Happy Valley · 2020-03-04

Race 4

Class 4 GOOD 1650m Course B 12 runners

Race 4 at Happy Valley on 2020-03-04 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. TANGMERE, ridden by Z Purton and trained by C Fownes, won by N, with METHANE second and GREEN DISPATCH third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 2.9 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.40.58
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 8 TANGMERE Closed strongly TT 1.40.58 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · C Fownes 2 2.9 N
2 9 METHANE Closed strongly C Schofield · D E Ferraris 10 5.9 N
3 5 GREEN DISPATCH Closed strongly TT B Shinn · C S Shum 5 29.0 1-1/4
4 6 CASA DE FORCA Closed strongly CP-/B1 J Moreira · A S Cruz 7 3.5 1-3/4
5 3 ALL YOU KNOW Closed strongly B/H/TT G van Niekerk · R Gibson 6 11.0 2-1/4
6 4 UNIVERSAL GO GO C Y Ho · K W Lui 9 13.0 2-3/4
7 10 PLIKCLONE Closed strongly H M F Poon · D J Hall 12 46.0 2-3/4
8 12 HAPPY HOUR E/TT H N Wong · C H Yip 1 65.0 3
9 1 FLAME LILY TT K C Leung · F C Lor 8 15.0 3
10 2 MIGHTY POWER M L Yeung · T P Yung 3 28.0 3-1/4
11 7 STARLIT KNIGHT K Teetan · Y S Tsui 11 22.0 7
12 11 KANBEKI MOLLY Led early SR-/XB1 C Wong · P F Yiu 4 26.0 8-1/4
0 ORIENTAL ELITE N Callan · P O'Sullivan

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. TANGMERE2. METHANE+0.05L3. GREEN DISPATCH+1.25L4. CASA DE FORCA+1.75L5. ALL YOU KNOW+2.25L6. UNIVERSAL GO GO+2.75L7. PLIKCLONE+2.75L8. HAPPY HOUR+3L9. FLAME LILY+3L10. MIGHTY POWER+3.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick CASA DE FORCA (27.2%) finished 4th — the winner TANGMERE 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 6 CASA DE FORCA 27.2% 3.68 4
2 8 TANGMERE 23.8% 4.20 1
3 1 FLAME LILY 7.3% 13.74 9
4 5 GREEN DISPATCH 6.8% 14.68 3
5 7 STARLIT KNIGHT 6.6% 15.20 11
6 3 ALL YOU KNOW 5.8% 17.12 5
7 4 UNIVERSAL GO GO 5.2% 19.30 6
8 9 METHANE 4.7% 21.06 2
9 2 MIGHTY POWER 3.8% 26.13 10
10 11 KANBEKI MOLLY 3.6% 27.66 12
11 12 HAPPY HOUR 2.7% 36.61 8
12 10 PLIKCLONE 2.4% 41.80 7
CASA DE FORCATANGMERE — wonFLAME LILYGREEN DISPATCHSTARLIT KNIGHTALL YOU KNOWUNIVERSAL GO GOMETHANEMIGHTY POWERKANBEKI MOLLYHAPPY HOURPLIKCLONE

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

8 29.5

PLACE

5 67

8 10.5

9 21

QUINELLA

8,9 100.5

QUINELLA PLACE

5,8 132.5

5,9 210

8,9 35

TIERCE

8,9,5 3,289

TRIO

5,8,9 752

FIRST 4

5,6,8,9 498

QUARTET

8,9,5,6 12,420

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

2,5,9/5,8,9 32,345

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A1 16

A2

A3

3RD DOUBLE

5/8 176.5

5/9 41.5