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Happy Valley · 2020-12-16

Race 4

Class 4 GOOD 1200m Course C 12 runners

Race 4 at Happy Valley on 2020-12-16 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. NOBLE BIRTH, ridden by Z Purton and trained by K H Ting, won by 1-3/4, with BRANDING POWER second and DAILY BEAUTY third. The 2.2 favourite A SMILE LIKE YOURS finished 5th.

Result

Official · 1.09.87
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 11 NOBLE BIRTH H2 1.09.87 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · K H Ting 3 2.9 1-3/4
2 5 BRANDING POWER A Badel · K W Lui 2 7.3 1-3/4
3 10 DAILY BEAUTY TT T Piccone · C Fownes 11 19.0 1-3/4
4 7 PEAK TO PEAK K Teetan · F C Lor 7 14.0 2
5 3 A SMILE LIKE YOURS J Moreira · J Size 8 2.2 2-1/4
6 6 EVER FORCE B1/TT1 A Hamelin · C S Shum 4 17.0 2-1/4
7 9 CHAMPION PRIDE TT B Shinn · D E Ferraris 10 184.0 2-3/4
8 2 PRANCE DRAGON B-/V1/TT C L Chau · T P Yung 12 14.0 6-1/4
9 12 MANY GAINS V- V Borges · K L Man 1 110.0 6-3/4
10 1 BULLISH BROTHER B/TT K H Chan · A S Cruz 9 65.0 7-1/4
11 8 QUICK REPLY M L Yeung · D A Hayes 6 111.0 8
12 4 KING'S HORN B2 H T Mo · L Ho 5 203.0 9

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. NOBLE BIRTH2. BRANDING POWER+1.75L3. DAILY BEAUTY+1.75L4. PEAK TO PEAK+2L5. A SMILE LIKE YOURS+2.25L6. EVER FORCE+2.25L7. CHAMPION PRIDE+2.75L8. PRANCE DRAGON+6.25L9. MANY GAINS+6.75L10. BULLISH BROTHER+7.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick A SMILE LIKE YOURS (31.1%) finished 5th — the winner NOBLE BIRTH was rated #2. 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 3 A SMILE LIKE YOURS 31.1% 3.22 5
2 11 NOBLE BIRTH 15.5% 6.45 1
3 7 PEAK TO PEAK 13.7% 7.29 4
4 10 DAILY BEAUTY 9.5% 10.51 3
5 2 PRANCE DRAGON 6.7% 14.94 8
6 5 BRANDING POWER 6.6% 15.06 2
7 6 EVER FORCE 3.9% 25.89 6
8 8 QUICK REPLY 3.9% 25.92 11
9 1 BULLISH BROTHER 3.5% 28.36 10
10 12 MANY GAINS 2.6% 37.85 9
11 9 CHAMPION PRIDE 1.7% 59.35 7
12 4 KING'S HORN 1.3% 76.41 12
A SMILE LIKE YOURSNOBLE BIRTH — wonPEAK TO PEAKDAILY BEAUTYPRANCE DRAGONBRANDING POWEREVER FORCEQUICK REPLYBULLISH BROTHERMANY GAINSCHAMPION PRIDEKING'S HORN

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 29

PLACE

5 18.5

10 33

11 13

QUINELLA

5,11 77.5

QUINELLA PLACE

5,10 102.5

5,11 33.5

10,11 60.5

FORECAST

11,5 217

TIERCE

11,5,10 993

TRIO

5,10,11 284

FIRST 4

5,7,10,11 579

QUARTET

11,5,10,7 6,693

All pools (3 more)

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

2,4,9/5,10,11 25,434

3 PICK 1

A3

A1 12.5

A2

3RD DOUBLE

2/5 131

2/11 530