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Happy Valley · 2020-05-13

Race 2

Class 4 GOOD 1650m Course C 12 runners

Race 2 at Happy Valley on 2020-05-13 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. INDIGENOUS STAR, ridden by M F Poon and trained by C W Chang, won by HD, with CHARITY WINGS second and COURAGEOUS DRAGON third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.5 favourite SUMSTREETSUMWHERE finished 6th.

Result

Official · 1.39.18
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 8 INDIGENOUS STAR Closed strongly TT 1.39.18 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) M F Poon · C W Chang 2 21.0 HD
2 1 CHARITY WINGS Closed strongly B B Shinn · C S Shum 6 19.0 HD
3 11 COURAGEOUS DRAGON Closed strongly B/TT J Moreira · W Y So 3 3.2 1
4 10 SMILING SUCCESS Led early B/TT C Wong · K H Ting 1 13.0 2-1/2
5 7 ELECTRIC LIGHTNING Closed strongly B/TT A Hamelin · D E Ferraris 5 12.0 2-3/4
6 6 SUMSTREETSUMWHERE H/V Z Purton · L Ho 4 2.5 3
7 4 RIGHTEOUS MATE Closed strongly K C Leung · A T Millard 11 29.0 3-3/4
8 3 ROMAN IMPERO B C Schofield · C H Yip 7 11.0 4
9 5 STAR MAJESTIC B N Callan · P O'Sullivan 8 19.0 5-1/4
10 2 HOME MADE B/XB/TT H T Mo · Y S Tsui 10 26.0 6-1/4
11 9 DOUBLE TAKE Closed strongly M Chadwick · C Fownes 12 143.0 11-1/2
12 12 GALAXY EMPEROR CP/H/TT V Borges · A S Cruz 9 30.0 20-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. INDIGENOUS STAR2. CHARITY WINGS+0.2L3. COURAGEOUS DRAGON+1L4. SMILING SUCCESS+2.5L5. ELECTRIC LIGHTNING+2.75L6. SUMSTREETSUMWHERE+3L7. RIGHTEOUS MATE+3.75L8. ROMAN IMPERO+4L9. STAR MAJESTIC+5.25L10. HOME MADE+6.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick COURAGEOUS DRAGON (35.3%) finished 3rd — the winner INDIGENOUS STAR was rated #11. 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 11 COURAGEOUS DRAGON 35.3% 2.83 3
2 6 SUMSTREETSUMWHERE 17.1% 5.85 6
3 10 SMILING SUCCESS 10.1% 9.91 4
4 7 ELECTRIC LIGHTNING 9.3% 10.74 5
5 2 HOME MADE 5.7% 17.61 10
6 3 ROMAN IMPERO 5.3% 19.02 8
7 5 STAR MAJESTIC 3.9% 25.58 9
8 12 GALAXY EMPEROR 3.8% 26.15 12
9 4 RIGHTEOUS MATE 3.3% 30.41 7
10 1 CHARITY WINGS 3.0% 33.43 2
11 8 INDIGENOUS STAR 2.2% 45.83 1
12 9 DOUBLE TAKE 1.1% 94.88 11
COURAGEOUS DRAGONSUMSTREETSUMWHERESMILING SUCCESSELECTRIC LIGHTNINGHOME MADEROMAN IMPEROSTAR MAJESTICGALAXY EMPERORRIGHTEOUS MATECHARITY WINGSINDIGENOUS STAR — wonDOUBLE TAKE

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

8 213.5

PLACE

1 46.5

8 42

11 13.5

QUINELLA

1,8 1,664.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,8 364

1,11 92.5

8,11 108.5

TIERCE

8,1,11 15,287

TRIO

1,8,11 1,407

FIRST 4

1,8,10,11 3,401

QUARTET

8,1,11,10 132,598

1ST DOUBLE

11/1 746.5

11/8 3,042.5

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A2

A3 33

A1