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Happy Valley · 2020-12-09

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD 1650m Course B 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2020-12-09 was Class 5 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. RUN THE TABLE, ridden by Z Purton and trained by K W Lui, won by HD, with NITRO EXPRESS second and BABY STORM third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.6 favourite NITRO EXPRESS finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.40.06
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 2 RUN THE TABLE Closed strongly H 1.40.06 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · K W Lui 9 6.2 HD
2 8 NITRO EXPRESS Closed strongly B/TT N Callan · D E Ferraris 1 3.6 HD
3 6 BABY STORM P-/H/PC1/TT J Moreira · L Ho 12 6.3 1
4 10 ENJOYABLE SUCCESS Closed strongly B-/TT- A Hamelin · Y S Tsui 2 9.6 1
5 11 FAIRY FLOSS Closed strongly H2 K C Leung · P O'Sullivan 11 20.0 1-1/4
6 4 WONDERFUL TIGER Closed strongly H/XB/TT A Badel · W Y So 5 10.0 1-3/4
7 1 ROMAN IMPERO B M Barzalona · C H Yip 4 7.7 2-1/2
8 9 JOYFUL CHEERS Closed strongly B/TT H T Mo · C S Shum 10 107.0 7-3/4
9 3 SHANGHAI DRAGON Led early B T Piccone · T P Yung 6 9.0 8
10 5 WHO'S HORSE B/TT V Borges · A S Cruz 3 11.0 11
11 12 SHOW MISSION B-/CP1 H W Lai · C W Chang 7 74.0 13
12 7 FLYING SPIRIT B-/XB C Schofield · D J Whyte 8 40.0 14-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. RUN THE TABLE2. NITRO EXPRESS+0.2L3. BABY STORM+1L4. ENJOYABLE SUCCESS+1L5. FAIRY FLOSS+1.25L6. WONDERFUL TIGER+1.75L7. ROMAN IMPERO+2.5L8. JOYFUL CHEERS+7.75L9. SHANGHAI DRAGON+8L10. WHO'S HORSE+11L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick BABY STORM (24.7%) finished 3rd — the winner RUN THE TABLE was rated #3. 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 6 BABY STORM 24.7% 4.05 3
2 3 SHANGHAI DRAGON 16.0% 6.24 9
3 2 RUN THE TABLE 10.6% 9.41 1
4 4 WONDERFUL TIGER 10.1% 9.86 6
5 8 NITRO EXPRESS 8.9% 11.18 2
6 10 ENJOYABLE SUCCESS 6.7% 14.97 4
7 5 WHO'S HORSE 5.5% 18.30 10
8 11 FAIRY FLOSS 4.0% 24.74 5
9 1 ROMAN IMPERO 4.0% 24.92 7
10 7 FLYING SPIRIT 3.3% 30.62 12
11 9 JOYFUL CHEERS 3.2% 31.73 8
12 12 SHOW MISSION 3.0% 33.76 11
BABY STORMSHANGHAI DRAGONRUN THE TABLE — wonWONDERFUL TIGERNITRO EXPRESSENJOYABLE SUCCESSWHO'S HORSEFAIRY FLOSSROMAN IMPEROFLYING SPIRITJOYFUL CHEERSSHOW MISSION

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

2 62.5

PLACE

2 16

6 25.5

8 15.5

QUINELLA

2,8 117

QUINELLA PLACE

2,6 74.5

2,8 46

6,8 53

FORECAST

2,8 241

TIERCE

2,8,6 1,321

TRIO

2,6,8 241

FIRST 4

2,6,8,10 501

QUARTET

2,8,6,10 11,031

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A1

A3 20

A2