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Happy Valley · 2020-03-18

Race 4

Class 4 GOOD 1650m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 4 at Happy Valley on 2020-03-18 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. ALPHA HEDGE, ridden by C Y Ho and trained by K W Lui, won by 1-1/4, with LIGHTNING STEED second and LET'S TAKE IT EASY third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 3.5 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.39.19
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 1 ALPHA HEDGE Closed strongly CP 1.39.19 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C Y Ho · K W Lui 2 3.5 1-1/4
2 9 LIGHTNING STEED Led early TT C Wong · C Fownes 9 9.5 1-1/4
3 4 LET'S TAKE IT EASY Closed strongly CP Z Purton · L Ho 5 4.9 1-1/2
4 3 HAR HAR HEART Closed strongly G van Niekerk · J Size 6 16.0 2-3/4
5 7 CASIMIRO Closed strongly K Teetan · P O'Sullivan 7 9.5 3
6 2 TRIUMPHANT HORSE Closed strongly B/TT J Moreira · K H Ting 11 5.9 3
7 8 BULB ELITE C Schofield · C H Yip 3 9.7 4-1/4
8 11 MEGATRON B/TT M Chadwick · P F Yiu 10 35.0 5-1/2
9 12 ELECTRIC LIGHTNING Closed strongly B/TT K C Leung · D E Ferraris 12 77.0 6-1/4
10 10 ENJOY LIFE B V Borges · Y S Tsui 8 30.0 8-1/4
11 6 CALIFORNIA LEGEND TT N Callan · A S Cruz 1 10.0 9
12 5 YOU HAVE MY WORD M L Yeung · T P Yung 4 181.0 17-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. ALPHA HEDGE2. LIGHTNING STEED+1.25L3. LET'S TAKE IT EASY+1.5L4. HAR HAR HEART+2.75L5. CASIMIRO+3L6. TRIUMPHANT HORSE+3L7. BULB ELITE+4.25L8. MEGATRON+5.5L9. ELECTRIC LIGHTNING+6.25L10. ENJOY LIFE+8.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick TRIUMPHANT HORSE (24.8%) finished 6th — the winner ALPHA HEDGE was rated #6. 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 2 TRIUMPHANT HORSE 24.8% 4.04 6
2 6 CALIFORNIA LEGEND 12.8% 7.81 11
3 4 LET'S TAKE IT EASY 12.6% 7.95 3
4 7 CASIMIRO 11.6% 8.60 5
5 8 BULB ELITE 9.4% 10.60 7
6 1 ALPHA HEDGE 7.4% 13.56 1
7 11 MEGATRON 5.8% 17.36 8
8 3 HAR HAR HEART 4.8% 20.99 4
9 10 ENJOY LIFE 3.8% 26.13 10
10 9 LIGHTNING STEED 3.6% 27.44 2
11 12 ELECTRIC LIGHTNING 2.4% 42.43 9
12 5 YOU HAVE MY WORD 1.0% 95.65 12
TRIUMPHANT HORSECALIFORNIA LEGENDLET'S TAKE IT EASYCASIMIROBULB ELITEALPHA HEDGE — wonMEGATRONHAR HAR HEARTENJOY LIFELIGHTNING STEEDELECTRIC LIGHTNINGYOU HAVE MY WORD

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

1 35

PLACE

1 15

4 17.5

9 30

QUINELLA

1,9 204

QUINELLA PLACE

1,4 36

1,9 85

4,9 97.5

TIERCE

1,9,4 1,503

TRIO

1,4,9 333

FIRST 4

1,3,4,9 1,132

QUARTET

1,9,4,3 19,214

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

3,9,11/1,4,9 211,800

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A3

A1 20.5

A2

3RD DOUBLE

11/1 283.5

11/9 136