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Happy Valley · 2020-04-15

Race 3

Class 4 GOOD 1650m Course C 12 runners

Race 3 at Happy Valley on 2020-04-15 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. LASTING FRIENDSHIP, ridden by A Hamelin and trained by L Ho, won by N, with TUNG WAH GLORY second and METHANE third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.8 favourite TRIUMPHANT HORSE finished 6th.

Result

Official · 1.40.11
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 7 LASTING FRIENDSHIP Closed strongly P- 1.40.11 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Hamelin · L Ho 2 12.0 N
2 3 TUNG WAH GLORY Closed strongly P Z Purton · T P Yung 10 4.6 N
3 5 METHANE Closed strongly B N Callan · D E Ferraris 9 5.0 N
4 1 ORIENTAL ELITE K C Leung · P O'Sullivan 11 36.0 1
5 11 FAITHFUL TRINITY Led early H/P/TT M F Poon · R Gibson 3 23.0 1-1/2
6 2 TRIUMPHANT HORSE Closed strongly B/TT J Moreira · K H Ting 4 2.8 2-1/2
7 12 COURAGEOUS DRAGON B/TT K Teetan · W Y So 8 10.0 2-3/4
8 9 BULB ELITE C Schofield · C H Yip 5 8.8 3-3/4
9 8 SPEED FORCE Closed strongly B/XB/H1 B Shinn · D J Whyte 1 192.0 4
10 10 PERFECT HARMONY B/TT C Y Ho · A S Cruz 6 15.0 5
11 4 FRESH POWER Closed strongly B/TT H N Wong · Y S Tsui 12 240.0 8
12 6 BREEDERS' SKY B-/H2 V Borges · C W Chang 7 77.0 8-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. LASTING FRIENDSHIP2. TUNG WAH GLORY+0.05L3. METHANE+0.05L4. ORIENTAL ELITE+1L5. FAITHFUL TRINITY+1.5L6. TRIUMPHANT HORSE+2.5L7. COURAGEOUS DRAGON+2.75L8. BULB ELITE+3.75L9. SPEED FORCE+4L10. PERFECT HARMONY+5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick TRIUMPHANT HORSE (22.5%) finished 6th — the winner LASTING FRIENDSHIP was rated #4. 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 22.5% 4.45 6
2 3 TUNG WAH GLORY 18.0% 5.55 2
3 9 BULB ELITE 13.1% 7.63 8
4 7 LASTING FRIENDSHIP 12.6% 7.95 1
5 12 COURAGEOUS DRAGON 12.1% 8.24 7
6 5 METHANE 8.6% 11.57 3
7 10 PERFECT HARMONY 3.6% 27.96 10
8 1 ORIENTAL ELITE 3.5% 28.58 4
9 6 BREEDERS' SKY 2.2% 45.42 12
10 11 FAITHFUL TRINITY 2.0% 50.34 5
11 4 FRESH POWER 1.2% 81.08 11
12 8 SPEED FORCE 0.6% 171.13 9
TRIUMPHANT HORSETUNG WAH GLORYBULB ELITELASTING FRIENDSHIP — wonCOURAGEOUS DRAGONMETHANEPERFECT HARMONYORIENTAL ELITEBREEDERS' SKYFAITHFUL TRINITYFRESH POWERSPEED FORCE

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

7 120

PLACE

3 17.5

5 19

7 35

QUINELLA

3,7 328.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,5 49

3,7 99.5

5,7 77.5

TIERCE

7,3,5 3,720

TRIO

3,5,7 540

FIRST 4

1,3,5,7 2,989

QUARTET

7,3,5,1 73,516

2ND DOUBLE

10/3 12

10/7 371

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A3 42

A1

A2