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Happy Valley · 2020-09-23

Race 8

Class 2 GOOD TO FIRM 1200m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2020-09-23 was Class 2 over 1200m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. AMAZING STAR, ridden by C L Chau and trained by K H Ting, won by 1-1/4, with GOLDEN DASH second and CALIFORNIA RAD third. The 2.2 favourite CALIFORNIA RAD finished 3rd.

Result

Official · 1.08.61
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 1 AMAZING STAR 1.08.61 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C L Chau · K H Ting 11 11.0 1-1/4
2 10 GOLDEN DASH B/TT M F Poon · C S Shum 7 15.0 1-1/4
3 7 CALIFORNIA RAD B/TT K Teetan · A S Cruz 5 2.2 1-3/4
4 5 BEAUTY APPLAUSE TT J Moreira · J Size 10 6.5 3-1/4
5 3 MASSIVE POCKET XB C Y Ho · K W Lui 9 9.3 4
6 4 UGLY WARRIOR V C Wong · Y S Tsui 2 11.0 4-1/2
7 12 TOUCH OF LUCK CP V Borges · D J Whyte 1 11.0 5-1/2
8 8 MEGA HEART XB/TT A Hamelin · C W Chang 6 59.0 6
9 6 MAGNIFICENT H T Mo · L Ho 8 55.0 7-1/2
10 11 TEAM SPIRIT B/TT M L Yeung · W Y So 4 18.0 7-3/4
11 2 WALDORF B/TT K H Chan · A S Cruz 12 37.0 8-3/4
12 9 BEAUTY AMIGO B C Schofield · D A Hayes 3 17.0 10-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. AMAZING STAR2. GOLDEN DASH+1.25L3. CALIFORNIA RAD+1.75L4. BEAUTY APPLAUSE+3.25L5. MASSIVE POCKET+4L6. UGLY WARRIOR+4.5L7. TOUCH OF LUCK+5.5L8. MEGA HEART+6L9. MAGNIFICENT+7.5L10. TEAM SPIRIT+7.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick CALIFORNIA RAD (29.8%) finished 3rd — the winner AMAZING STAR was rated #10. 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 7 CALIFORNIA RAD 29.8% 3.36 3
2 12 TOUCH OF LUCK 15.2% 6.60 7
3 5 BEAUTY APPLAUSE 15.1% 6.60 4
4 8 MEGA HEART 8.4% 11.86 8
5 6 MAGNIFICENT 7.7% 13.03 9
6 3 MASSIVE POCKET 3.9% 25.49 5
7 4 UGLY WARRIOR 3.9% 25.97 6
8 10 GOLDEN DASH 3.4% 29.01 2
9 9 BEAUTY AMIGO 3.4% 29.40 12
10 1 AMAZING STAR 3.2% 31.58 1
11 11 TEAM SPIRIT 3.1% 32.78 10
12 2 WALDORF 3.0% 33.47 11
CALIFORNIA RADTOUCH OF LUCKBEAUTY APPLAUSEMEGA HEARTMAGNIFICENTMASSIVE POCKETUGLY WARRIORGOLDEN DASHBEAUTY AMIGOAMAZING STAR — wonTEAM SPIRITWALDORF

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

1 111

PLACE

1 38

7 12

10 38

QUINELLA

1,10 960.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,7 49.5

1,10 246.5

7,10 59

FORECAST

1,10 2,135

TIERCE

1,10,7 5,092

TRIO

1,7,10 487

FIRST 4

1,5,7,10 636

QUARTET

1,10,7,5 25,031

All pools (5 more)

3 PICK 1

A3 28

A1

A2

3RD DOUBLE TRIO

5,7,12/1,7,10 272,184

7TH DOUBLE

12/1 4,309.5

12/10 1,102

SIX UP

8,9/3,5/1,6/8,12/7,12/1,10 247,421

3 [C Y Ho]

TREBLE

12/12/1 27,198

12/12/10 6,607