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Happy Valley · 2020-05-20

Race 3

Class 4 GOOD TO FIRM 1650m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 3 at Happy Valley on 2020-05-20 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. LIGHTNING STEED, ridden by J Moreira and trained by C Fownes, won by 1-1/4, with FOCUS second and SEIZE THE SPIRIT third. The winner led throughout. Victory came as the 2.5 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.39.23
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 6 LIGHTNING STEED Wire to wire TT 1.39.23 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J Moreira · C Fownes 6 2.5 1-1/4
2 3 FOCUS Closed strongly K Teetan · P F Yiu 3 5.8 1-1/4
3 10 SEIZE THE SPIRIT Closed strongly C Y Ho · Y S Tsui 4 7.4 2-3/4
4 12 V CHEVALIERS Closed strongly H/P V Borges · L Ho 9 13.0 3-3/4
5 5 BLOOMING SPIRIT Closed strongly B/TT C Schofield · F C Lor 5 9.0 4-1/4
6 11 PLIKCLONE H T Mo · D J Hall 1 14.0 4-1/2
7 4 UNIVERSAL GO GO B H N Wong · K W Lui 2 17.0 4-1/2
8 8 HAPPY WIN WIN T H So · C H Yip 7 37.0 6
9 9 NITRO EXPRESS Closed strongly B/TT M Chadwick · D E Ferraris 8 23.0 6-1/2
10 2 AMAZING LUCK B/SR/TT Z Purton · P O'Sullivan 12 12.0 7-1/4
11 7 FAITHFUL TRINITY H/P/TT M F Poon · R Gibson 10 26.0 9-1/4
12 1 THE DRIVE TT K H Chan · T P Yung 11 129.0 16-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. LIGHTNING STEED2. FOCUS+1.25L3. SEIZE THE SPIRIT+2.75L4. V CHEVALIERS+3.75L5. BLOOMING SPIRIT+4.25L6. PLIKCLONE+4.5L7. UNIVERSAL GO GO+4.5L8. HAPPY WIN WIN+6L9. NITRO EXPRESS+6.5L10. AMAZING LUCK+7.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick FOCUS (23.2%) finished 2nd — the winner LIGHTNING STEED 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 3 FOCUS 23.2% 4.32 2
2 6 LIGHTNING STEED 21.4% 4.68 1
3 5 BLOOMING SPIRIT 12.5% 7.98 5
4 2 AMAZING LUCK 11.4% 8.77 10
5 4 UNIVERSAL GO GO 5.2% 19.06 7
6 10 SEIZE THE SPIRIT 4.9% 20.27 3
7 11 PLIKCLONE 4.3% 23.38 6
8 7 FAITHFUL TRINITY 4.0% 24.85 11
9 9 NITRO EXPRESS 4.0% 24.95 9
10 12 V CHEVALIERS 3.8% 26.00 4
11 1 THE DRIVE 3.2% 31.45 12
12 8 HAPPY WIN WIN 2.0% 49.74 8
FOCUSLIGHTNING STEED — wonBLOOMING SPIRITAMAZING LUCKUNIVERSAL GO GOSEIZE THE SPIRITPLIKCLONEFAITHFUL TRINITYNITRO EXPRESSV CHEVALIERSTHE DRIVEHAPPY WIN WIN

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

6 25

PLACE

3 19

6 13

10 20.5

QUINELLA

3,6 89

QUINELLA PLACE

3,6 35.5

3,10 59

6,10 46

TIERCE

6,3,10 560

TRIO

3,6,10 145

FIRST 4

3,6,10,12 332

QUARTET

6,3,10,12 5,077

2ND DOUBLE

9/3 21

9/6 102.5

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A2

A1 17.5

A3