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Happy Valley · 2020-12-09

Race 7

Class 3 GOOD 1650m Course B 12 runners

Result

Official · 1.39.21
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 0 GIFT OF LIFELINE Closed strongly B 1.39.21 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · A T Millard 2 5.0 3/4
2 0 SMILING CITY SR J Moreira · D J Whyte 5 3.9 3/4
3 0 HELENE WISDOM STAR Closed strongly H/TT K Teetan · A S Cruz 6 9.2 1-1/2
4 0 SAVAQUIN Closed strongly M Barzalona · J Size 9 19.0 2-1/4
5 0 SURREALISM Closed strongly B T Marquand · D E Ferraris 10 36.0 3-1/2
6 0 REEL BIZZY B P-C Boudot · C S Shum 1 7.9 3-1/2
7 0 HALL OF CHAMP Closed strongly C Y Ho · D J Hall 8 6.9 4-1/4
8 0 NOBLE STEED B W Buick · K W Lui 3 15.0 7-1/2
9 0 LIGHTNING STEED Led early TT N Callan · C Fownes 12 9.7 7-3/4
10 0 JOLLY HONOUR B/TT R Moore · Y S Tsui 4 14.0 8-3/4
11 0 SUNNY LAD B/H/TT H Doyle · A S Cruz 7 25.0 10
12 0 HANG'S DECISION B A Badel · W Y So 11 45.0 11
— 0 FLASH FAMOUS · F C Lor — — —

This site does not show odds as they change: the odds here are final prices after a race, or overnight prices before it.

Race 7 at Happy Valley on 2020-12-09 was Class 3 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. GIFT OF LIFELINE, ridden by Z Purton and trained by A T Millard, won by 3/4, with SMILING CITY second and HELENE WISDOM STAR third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.9 favourite SMILING CITY finished 2nd.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. GIFT OF LIFELINE—2. SMILING CITY+0.75L3. HELENE WISDOM STAR+1.5L4. SAVAQUIN+2.25L5. SURREALISM+3.5L6. REEL BIZZY+3.5L7. HALL OF CHAMP+4.25L8. NOBLE STEED+7.5L9. LIGHTNING STEED+7.75L10. JOLLY HONOUR+8.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick SMILING CITY (26.1%) finished 2nd — the winner GIFT OF LIFELINE 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 0 SMILING CITY 26.1% 3.84 2
2 0 REEL BIZZY 11.3% 8.86 6
3 0 GIFT OF LIFELINE 10.7% 9.35 1
4 0 HALL OF CHAMP 10.6% 9.44 7
5 0 LIGHTNING STEED 10.6% 9.44 9
6 0 SUNNY LAD 8.4% 11.85 11
7 0 JOLLY HONOUR 5.1% 19.61 10
8 0 HELENE WISDOM STAR 4.8% 20.70 3
9 0 NOBLE STEED 4.3% 23.20 8
10 0 SURREALISM 2.8% 35.21 5
11 0 SAVAQUIN 2.7% 36.95 4
12 0 HANG'S DECISION 2.5% 39.35 12
SMILING CITYREEL BIZZYGIFT OF LIFELINE — wonHALL OF CHAMPLIGHTNING STEEDSUNNY LADJOLLY HONOURHELENE WISDOM STARNOBLE STEEDSURREALISMSAVAQUINHANG'S DECISION

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

8 50

PLACE

7 32

8 19

12 16.5

QUINELLA

8,12 96.5

QUINELLA PLACE

7,8 80

7,12 84

8,12 38.5

FORECAST

8,12 230

TIERCE

8,12,7 1,690

TRIO

7,8,12 315

FIRST 4

6,7,8,12 1,728

QUARTET

8,12,7,6 27,247

All pools (5 more)

2ND DOUBLE TRIO

5,9,10/7,8,12 41,047

3 PICK 1

A2 32.5

A3 —

A1 —

6TH DOUBLE

9/8 473

9/12 72.5

TRIPLE TRIO

5,6,11/5,9,10/7,8,12 4,999,793

TRIPLE TRIO (CONSOLATION)

5,6,11/5,9,10/Any Combination 48,512