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Happy Valley · 2020-11-08

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD 1650m Course A 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2020-11-08 was Class 5 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. VIRTUS STAR, ridden by A Badel and trained by F C Lor, won by N, with TREASURE CHEST second and BULB ELITE third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 4.0 favourite TREASURE CHEST finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.41.03
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 10 VIRTUS STAR Closed strongly TT 1.41.03 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Badel · F C Lor 5 4.2 N
2 9 TREASURE CHEST B/XB V Borges · P F Yiu 3 4.0 N
3 2 BULB ELITE Closed strongly CP1 Z Purton · C H Yip 12 9.4 2-1/2
4 7 NITRO EXPRESS Closed strongly B/TT N Callan · D E Ferraris 8 19.0 3
5 11 WINNERS BROTHER B M L Yeung · K L Man 4 16.0 3-3/4
6 4 WONDERFUL TIGER H/XB/TT C Schofield · W Y So 1 6.1 4-1/4
7 8 WONDER WIN K C Leung · L Ho 6 20.0 4-1/2
8 12 KEEP WINNING Closed strongly TT A Hamelin · C W Chang 7 26.0 4-3/4
9 6 PRESIDENT STAR Closed strongly CP/TT K H Chan · C S Shum 11 38.0 5-1/2
10 1 HUMBLE STEED K Teetan · T P Yung 10 12.0 8-1/4
11 3 STAR WIN CP- C Y Ho · D J Whyte 9 57.0 12-3/4
12 5 SMILING SUCCESS Led early B-/V1/TT M F Poon · K H Ting 2 7.7 16-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. VIRTUS STAR2. TREASURE CHEST+0.05L3. BULB ELITE+2.5L4. NITRO EXPRESS+3L5. WINNERS BROTHER+3.75L6. WONDERFUL TIGER+4.25L7. WONDER WIN+4.5L8. KEEP WINNING+4.75L9. PRESIDENT STAR+5.5L10. HUMBLE STEED+8.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick VIRTUS STAR (18.5%) won this race. 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 VIRTUS STAR 18.5% 5.39 1
2 9 TREASURE CHEST 18.2% 5.51 2
3 2 BULB ELITE 14.6% 6.84 3
4 5 SMILING SUCCESS 13.5% 7.42 12
5 11 WINNERS BROTHER 7.8% 12.81 5
6 4 WONDERFUL TIGER 6.8% 14.70 6
7 12 KEEP WINNING 4.7% 21.38 8
8 1 HUMBLE STEED 4.5% 22.01 10
9 7 NITRO EXPRESS 3.6% 27.50 4
10 8 WONDER WIN 3.3% 30.47 7
11 6 PRESIDENT STAR 3.0% 33.08 9
12 3 STAR WIN 1.4% 69.65 11
VIRTUS STAR — wonTREASURE CHESTBULB ELITESMILING SUCCESSWINNERS BROTHERWONDERFUL TIGERKEEP WINNINGHUMBLE STEEDNITRO EXPRESSWONDER WINPRESIDENT STARSTAR WIN

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

10 42

PLACE

2 33

9 16

10 15

QUINELLA

9,10 81.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,9 110

2,10 96.5

9,10 33.5

FORECAST

10,9 213

TIERCE

10,9,2 1,461

TRIO

2,9,10 305

FIRST 4

2,7,9,10 1,137

QUARTET

10,9,2,7 18,513

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A3

A2

A1 20.5