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Happy Valley · 2020-06-24

Race 3

Class 4 GOOD TO FIRM 1650m Course C 12 runners

Result

Official · 1.39.19
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 0 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 0 STARLIT KNIGHT B T H So · Y S Tsui 11 6.0 1/2
3 0 KING DRAGON V/XB Z Purton · K L Man 2 4.2 2-1/4
4 0 LUCKY MISSILE Closed strongly M F Poon · D J Hall 6 18.0 4-1/2
5 0 MANAGEMENT STAR B-/TT- C Y Ho · K W Lui 1 6.5 4-1/2
6 0 ORIENTAL ELITE B1 N Callan · P O'Sullivan 7 9.6 6-1/4
7 0 LASTING FRIENDSHIP Closed strongly A Hamelin · L Ho 12 40.0 8-1/4
8 0 THE SHOW B- C Schofield · C W Chang 9 51.0 8-1/2
9 0 NUREMBERG B/TT H T Mo · A S Cruz 4 62.0 9-1/4
10 0 PLAY WISE Closed strongly B2 K H Chan · C H Yip 3 8.0 9-1/2
11 0 FOCUS Led early K Teetan · P F Yiu 10 7.8 11-3/4
12 0 LUCKY QUALITY H-/P- J Moreira · C Fownes 5 9.5 12-1/4

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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.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SMILING CITY—2. 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 0 LUCKY QUALITY 20.9% 4.78 12
2 0 KING DRAGON 14.2% 7.03 3
3 0 MANAGEMENT STAR 12.8% 7.80 5
4 0 FOCUS 12.1% 8.26 11
5 0 ORIENTAL ELITE 9.0% 11.11 6
6 0 LUCKY MISSILE 7.1% 14.10 4
7 0 SMILING CITY 6.9% 14.51 1
8 0 STARLIT KNIGHT 4.8% 20.80 2
9 0 LASTING FRIENDSHIP 4.2% 24.01 7
10 0 PLAY WISE 4.1% 24.59 10
11 0 THE SHOW 2.7% 36.89 8
12 0 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

A2 —

A1 —

A3 18.5