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Happy Valley · 2020-10-28

Race 5

Class 3 GOOD 1650m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2020-10-28 was Class 3 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. BEST ALLIANCE, ridden by M L Yeung and trained by D J Whyte, won by SH, with CINQUANTE CINQ second and LEAP OF FAITH third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.8 favourite NABOO STAR finished 4th.

Result

Official · 1.39.22
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 12 BEST ALLIANCE Closed strongly XB 1.39.22 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) M L Yeung · D J Whyte 10 33.0 SH
2 3 CINQUANTE CINQ Closed strongly C L Chau · T P Yung 1 6.2 SH
3 7 LEAP OF FAITH Closed strongly J Moreira · J Size 7 4.3 1
4 2 NABOO STAR Closed strongly V/TT C Y Ho · C Fownes 3 3.8 1-1/4
5 5 FLYING SWORD Closed strongly CP/TT Z Purton · A S Cruz 4 5.7 1-3/4
6 11 BRAVE KING Closed strongly SR-/XB/B2 A Badel · D J Whyte 6 11.0 2-1/2
7 9 SUMSTREETSUMWHERE Closed strongly M F Poon · D J Hall 11 10.0 2-1/2
8 6 PRINCE OF FROG Led early H/P/XB M Chadwick · L Ho 9 18.0 3
9 10 SUPERBELLA V K C Leung · F C Lor 5 85.0 3-1/2
10 1 CHAMPION SUPREME Closed strongly B/TT T Piccone · Y S Tsui 12 42.0 5
11 4 REGENCY BO BO B/TT K Teetan · C S Shum 8 16.0 5-1/2
12 8 HELLO BEAUTY B/TT C Schofield · K L Man 2 41.0 12

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. BEST ALLIANCE2. CINQUANTE CINQ+0.1L3. LEAP OF FAITH+1L4. NABOO STAR+1.25L5. FLYING SWORD+1.75L6. BRAVE KING+2.5L7. SUMSTREETSUMWHERE+2.5L8. PRINCE OF FROG+3L9. SUPERBELLA+3.5L10. CHAMPION SUPREME+5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick LEAP OF FAITH (27.8%) finished 3rd — the winner BEST ALLIANCE was rated #11. 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 LEAP OF FAITH 27.8% 3.60 3
2 5 FLYING SWORD 16.3% 6.13 5
3 2 NABOO STAR 12.6% 7.95 4
4 3 CINQUANTE CINQ 10.6% 9.46 2
5 11 BRAVE KING 7.4% 13.46 6
6 4 REGENCY BO BO 6.1% 16.31 11
7 9 SUMSTREETSUMWHERE 5.8% 17.37 7
8 1 CHAMPION SUPREME 4.5% 22.09 10
9 6 PRINCE OF FROG 4.3% 23.13 8
10 8 HELLO BEAUTY 1.9% 52.89 12
11 12 BEST ALLIANCE 1.8% 55.69 1
12 10 SUPERBELLA 0.9% 107.38 9
LEAP OF FAITHFLYING SWORDNABOO STARCINQUANTE CINQBRAVE KINGREGENCY BO BOSUMSTREETSUMWHERECHAMPION SUPREMEPRINCE OF FROGHELLO BEAUTYBEST ALLIANCE — wonSUPERBELLA

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

12 330.5

PLACE

3 21

7 18

12 71.5

QUINELLA

3,12 739.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,7 60.5

3,12 192.5

7,12 198

FORECAST

12,3 2,306

TIERCE

12,3,7 13,516

TRIO

3,7,12 1,003

FIRST 4

2,3,7,12 926

QUARTET

12,3,7,2 36,229

All pools (3 more)

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

1,5,8/3,7,12 318,666

3 PICK 1

A1

A3 33.5

A2

4TH DOUBLE

1/3 92.5

1/12 2,677.5