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Happy Valley · 2020-03-18

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD 2200m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2020-03-18 was Class 5 over 2200m, run on GOOD going. GARLIC YEAH, ridden by Z Purton and trained by C H Yip, won by N, with YOUNG GLORY second and VICTORIOUS SEEKER third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.7 favourite SKY GEM finished 5th.

Result

Official · 2.16.43
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 2 GARLIC YEAH Closed strongly V 2.16.43 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · C H Yip 7 6.8 N
2 10 YOUNG GLORY Closed strongly B G van Niekerk · D E Ferraris 2 8.7 N
3 3 VICTORIOUS SEEKER Closed strongly B J Moreira · P O'Sullivan 12 6.1 3/4
4 5 MCMUNIGAL B/TT M F Poon · D J Hall 1 6.5 1-1/4
5 6 SKY GEM Closed strongly P/TT C Y Ho · C Fownes 5 3.7 2
6 1 FORTUNE PATROL Closed strongly B/XB C Schofield · A T Millard 4 8.7 3-3/4
7 11 ROMANTIC JOURNEY Closed strongly B-/H/TT M L Yeung · C W Chang 11 25.0 3-3/4
8 7 REEVE'S MUNTJAC Closed strongly B/XB/TT M Chadwick · C H Yip 8 35.0 5-1/2
9 9 WICKER B N Callan · R Gibson 10 21.0 6-1/2
10 8 ART OF RAW H/TT B Shinn · C W Chang 6 9.1 6-1/2
11 4 ASSOCIATION FANS Led early H/SR C Wong · L Ho 9 49.0 10
12 12 SUNNY MAJOR B2 V Borges · D E Ferraris 3 110.0 10-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. GARLIC YEAH2. YOUNG GLORY+0.05L3. VICTORIOUS SEEKER+0.75L4. MCMUNIGAL+1.25L5. SKY GEM+2L6. FORTUNE PATROL+3.75L7. ROMANTIC JOURNEY+3.75L8. REEVE'S MUNTJAC+5.5L9. WICKER+6.5L10. ART OF RAW+6.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick VICTORIOUS SEEKER (21.7%) finished 3rd — the winner GARLIC YEAH was rated #8. 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 3 VICTORIOUS SEEKER 21.7% 4.61 3
2 6 SKY GEM 11.7% 8.56 5
3 8 ART OF RAW 11.4% 8.79 10
4 5 MCMUNIGAL 9.7% 10.33 4
5 9 WICKER 8.4% 11.85 9
6 1 FORTUNE PATROL 8.0% 12.55 6
7 4 ASSOCIATION FANS 7.9% 12.61 11
8 2 GARLIC YEAH 7.9% 12.62 1
9 7 REEVE'S MUNTJAC 4.3% 23.28 8
10 10 YOUNG GLORY 4.2% 23.96 2
11 11 ROMANTIC JOURNEY 3.8% 26.37 7
12 12 SUNNY MAJOR 1.1% 94.22 12
VICTORIOUS SEEKERSKY GEMART OF RAWMCMUNIGALWICKERFORTUNE PATROLASSOCIATION FANSGARLIC YEAH — wonREEVE'S MUNTJACYOUNG GLORYROMANTIC JOURNEYSUNNY MAJOR

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

2 68

PLACE

2 22

3 22

10 27.5

QUINELLA

2,10 384.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,3 68.5

2,10 121.5

3,10 94.5

TIERCE

2,10,3 3,190

TRIO

2,3,10 556

FIRST 4

2,3,5,10 984

QUARTET

2,10,3,5 21,554

3 PICK 1

A3

A1 24

A2