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Happy Valley · 2020-10-21

Race 8

Class 3 GOOD TO FIRM 1200m Course C 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2020-10-21 was Class 3 over 1200m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. GRATEFUL HEART, ridden by A Badel and trained by C S Shum, won by 1/2, with HIGH RISE SOLDIER second and CALIFORNIADEEPSHOT third. The 3.3 favourite PRINCE OF GEMS finished 7th.

Result

Official · 1.08.75
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 11 GRATEFUL HEART CP/TT 1.08.75 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Badel · C S Shum 6 16.0 1/2
2 5 HIGH RISE SOLDIER B Z Purton · K W Lui 5 6.0 1/2
3 1 CALIFORNIADEEPSHOT CP1/TT K H Chan · A S Cruz 2 6.6 1
4 6 FLYING BONUS K Teetan · C H Yip 4 4.8 1
5 2 WIND N GRASS TT N Callan · J Size 3 7.5 3-1/4
6 10 CUE THE MUSIC B/TT J Moreira · D E Ferraris 8 26.0 3-3/4
7 7 PRINCE OF GEMS TT A Hamelin · A T Millard 1 3.3 6-1/2
8 3 BEAUTY SPARK B/TT C Wong · F C Lor 11 61.0 6-1/2
9 9 AMAZING KIWI B/XB M L Yeung · D J Whyte 7 9.7 7-1/2
10 4 LUCKY MARYKNOLL B Shinn · D A Hayes 9 133.0 7-3/4
11 8 SHADOW RUNNER K C Leung · P O'Sullivan 12 110.0 8
12 12 CANTSTOPTHEFEELING B/TT H W Lai · K L Man 10 52.0 8-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. GRATEFUL HEART2. HIGH RISE SOLDIER+0.5L3. CALIFORNIADEEPSHOT+1L4. FLYING BONUS+1L5. WIND N GRASS+3.25L6. CUE THE MUSIC+3.75L7. PRINCE OF GEMS+6.5L8. BEAUTY SPARK+6.5L9. AMAZING KIWI+7.5L10. LUCKY MARYKNOLL+7.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick PRINCE OF GEMS (25.0%) finished 7th — the winner GRATEFUL HEART was rated #9. 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 PRINCE OF GEMS 25.0% 4.00 7
2 1 CALIFORNIADEEPSHOT 18.0% 5.55 3
3 5 HIGH RISE SOLDIER 12.4% 8.04 2
4 2 WIND N GRASS 9.8% 10.20 5
5 6 FLYING BONUS 7.1% 14.15 4
6 9 AMAZING KIWI 6.9% 14.44 9
7 3 BEAUTY SPARK 6.2% 16.24 8
8 10 CUE THE MUSIC 5.0% 20.07 6
9 11 GRATEFUL HEART 3.8% 26.29 1
10 12 CANTSTOPTHEFEELING 3.2% 31.48 12
11 8 SHADOW RUNNER 1.8% 57.11 11
12 4 LUCKY MARYKNOLL 0.9% 112.56 10
PRINCE OF GEMSCALIFORNIADEEPSHOTHIGH RISE SOLDIERWIND N GRASSFLYING BONUSAMAZING KIWIBEAUTY SPARKCUE THE MUSICGRATEFUL HEART — wonCANTSTOPTHEFEELINGSHADOW RUNNERLUCKY MARYKNOLL

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

11 164.5

PLACE

1 21

5 21.5

11 38

QUINELLA

5,11 524.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,5 71

1,11 144.5

5,11 162.5

FORECAST

11,5 969

TIERCE

11,5,1 6,815

TRIO

1,5,11 833

FIRST 4

1,5,6,11 873

QUARTET

11,5,1,6 27,881

All pools (5 more)

3 PICK 1

A2

A1

A3 39.5

3RD DOUBLE TRIO

2,5,7/1,5,11 16,728

7TH DOUBLE

7/5 56

7/11 1,039

SIX UP

10/2/3,8,10/1/7/11 576,687

10,11/1,2/3,8,10,11/1,10/2,7/5,11 4,164

3 [J Moreira]

TREBLE

1/7/5 400

1/7/11 8,854