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Happy Valley · 2020-06-24

Race 3

Class 4 GOOD TO FIRM 1650m Course C 12 runners

Race 3 at Happy Valley on 2020-06-24 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. SMILING CITY, ridden by V Borges and trained by D J Whyte, won by 1/2, with STARLIT KNIGHT second and KING DRAGON third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 4.2 favourite KING DRAGON finished 3rd.

Result

Official · 1.39.19
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 2 SMILING CITY Closed strongly P-/SR2 1.39.19 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) V Borges · D J Whyte 8 12.0 1/2
2 10 STARLIT KNIGHT B T H So · Y S Tsui 11 6.0 1/2
3 8 KING DRAGON V/XB Z Purton · K L Man 2 4.2 2-1/4
4 12 LUCKY MISSILE Closed strongly M F Poon · D J Hall 6 18.0 4-1/2
5 9 MANAGEMENT STAR B-/TT- C Y Ho · K W Lui 1 6.5 4-1/2
6 4 ORIENTAL ELITE B1 N Callan · P O'Sullivan 7 9.6 6-1/4
7 1 LASTING FRIENDSHIP Closed strongly A Hamelin · L Ho 12 40.0 8-1/4
8 11 THE SHOW B- C Schofield · C W Chang 9 51.0 8-1/2
9 5 NUREMBERG B/TT H T Mo · A S Cruz 4 62.0 9-1/4
10 7 PLAY WISE Closed strongly B2 K H Chan · C H Yip 3 8.0 9-1/2
11 3 FOCUS Led early K Teetan · P F Yiu 10 7.8 11-3/4
12 6 LUCKY QUALITY H-/P- J Moreira · C Fownes 5 9.5 12-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SMILING CITY2. STARLIT KNIGHT+0.5L3. KING DRAGON+2.25L4. LUCKY MISSILE+4.5L5. MANAGEMENT STAR+4.5L6. ORIENTAL ELITE+6.25L7. LASTING FRIENDSHIP+8.25L8. THE SHOW+8.5L9. NUREMBERG+9.25L10. PLAY WISE+9.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick LUCKY QUALITY (20.9%) finished 12th — the winner SMILING CITY was rated #7. 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 6 LUCKY QUALITY 20.9% 4.78 12
2 8 KING DRAGON 14.2% 7.03 3
3 9 MANAGEMENT STAR 12.8% 7.80 5
4 3 FOCUS 12.1% 8.26 11
5 4 ORIENTAL ELITE 9.0% 11.11 6
6 12 LUCKY MISSILE 7.1% 14.10 4
7 2 SMILING CITY 6.9% 14.51 1
8 10 STARLIT KNIGHT 4.8% 20.80 2
9 1 LASTING FRIENDSHIP 4.2% 24.01 7
10 7 PLAY WISE 4.1% 24.59 10
11 11 THE SHOW 2.7% 36.89 8
12 5 NUREMBERG 1.2% 82.77 9
LUCKY QUALITYKING DRAGONMANAGEMENT STARFOCUSORIENTAL ELITELUCKY MISSILESMILING CITY — wonSTARLIT KNIGHTLASTING FRIENDSHIPPLAY WISETHE SHOWNUREMBERG

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

2 126

PLACE

2 38

8 19

10 20

QUINELLA

2,10 285

QUINELLA PLACE

2,8 119

2,10 134

8,10 68

TIERCE

2,10,8 5,976

TRIO

2,8,10 702

FIRST 4

2,8,10,12 3,217

QUARTET

2,10,8,12 77,550

2ND DOUBLE

9/2 1,094

9/10 84

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A1

A2

A3 18.5