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Happy Valley · 2020-07-08

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD 1650m Course A 11 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2020-07-08 was Class 5 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. HAPPY ICHIBAN, ridden by C Y Ho and trained by D J Whyte, won by 1-3/4, with MISCHIEVOUS SUNDAE second and WINNERS BROTHER third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.7 favourite MISCHIEVOUS SUNDAE finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.40.20
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 3 HAPPY ICHIBAN Closed strongly P-/B1 1.40.20 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C Y Ho · D J Whyte 10 6.7 1-3/4
2 10 MISCHIEVOUS SUNDAE Led early P K Teetan · J Size 5 3.7 1-3/4
3 7 WINNERS BROTHER B M L Yeung · K L Man 1 6.9 2-1/2
4 11 GOLDEN CANNON Closed strongly B/H/XB K C Leung · K W Lui 9 21.0 3
5 9 VIRTUS STAR Closed strongly B/TT A Hamelin · F C Lor 4 4.4 3-3/4
6 12 MONEY WINNER Closed strongly V-/B2 H T Mo · Y S Tsui 2 19.0 4-1/2
7 6 GOLDEN GENERAL Closed strongly CP/XB1 M Chadwick · K H Ting 8 11.0 5-3/4
8 8 KWAICHUNG BROTHERS B V Borges · R Gibson 7 18.0 6
9 2 GREEN ENVY TT N Callan · C Fownes 11 8.0 8
10 4 HAPPY HOUR E/TT M F Poon · C H Yip 3 17.0 8-1/4
11 5 DASHING GRACE B- H N Wong · T P Yung 6 144.0 21-1/4
1 BREAK RECORD C Wong · C S Shum

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. HAPPY ICHIBAN2. MISCHIEVOUS SUNDAE+1.75L3. WINNERS BROTHER+2.5L4. GOLDEN CANNON+3L5. VIRTUS STAR+3.75L6. MONEY WINNER+4.5L7. GOLDEN GENERAL+5.75L8. KWAICHUNG BROTHERS+6L9. GREEN ENVY+8L10. HAPPY HOUR+8.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick MISCHIEVOUS SUNDAE (21.0%) finished 2nd — the winner HAPPY ICHIBAN was rated #6. 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 10 MISCHIEVOUS SUNDAE 21.0% 4.75 2
2 7 WINNERS BROTHER 15.2% 6.60 3
3 8 KWAICHUNG BROTHERS 15.1% 6.64 8
4 9 VIRTUS STAR 14.5% 6.90 5
5 6 GOLDEN GENERAL 9.9% 10.07 7
6 3 HAPPY ICHIBAN 7.2% 13.85 1
7 2 GREEN ENVY 7.0% 14.26 9
8 4 HAPPY HOUR 4.0% 25.26 10
9 11 GOLDEN CANNON 2.7% 36.62 4
10 12 MONEY WINNER 2.6% 38.73 6
11 5 DASHING GRACE 0.8% 124.50 11
MISCHIEVOUS SUNDAEWINNERS BROTHERKWAICHUNG BROTHERSVIRTUS STARGOLDEN GENERALHAPPY ICHIBAN — wonGREEN ENVYHAPPY HOURGOLDEN CANNONMONEY WINNERDASHING GRACE

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

3 67

PLACE

3 26.5

7 18

10 16

QUINELLA

3,10 172

QUINELLA PLACE

3,7 108.5

3,10 67

7,10 51.5

TIERCE

3,10,7 2,702

TRIO

3,7,10 395

FIRST 4

3,7,10,11 1,775

QUARTET

3,10,7,11 38,195

3 PICK 1

A1

A3 23

A2