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Happy Valley · 2020-12-23

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD 1650m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2020-12-23 was Class 5 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. PERFECT TO PLAY, ridden by J Moreira and trained by C Fownes, won by NOSE, with HAPPY HOUR second and CALIFORNIA LEGEND third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 4.5 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.40.06
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 1 PERFECT TO PLAY Closed strongly XB1/TT- 1.40.06 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J Moreira · C Fownes 5 4.5 NOSE
2 8 HAPPY HOUR Closed strongly E/TT Z Purton · C H Yip 7 8.6 NOSE
3 3 CALIFORNIA LEGEND Led early TT C L Chau · A S Cruz 8 4.9 1-3/4
4 4 VIRTUS STAR Closed strongly TT A Badel · F C Lor 11 10.0 2-3/4
5 6 NITRO EXPRESS Closed strongly B/TT C Soumillon · D E Ferraris 10 11.0 2-3/4
6 2 PRETTY BAUHINIA B/TT C Y Ho · Y S Tsui 1 10.0 3-1/4
7 5 SHINEALOT Closed strongly C Schofield · P O'Sullivan 12 32.0 3-1/4
8 10 BRAVERY AND POWER Closed strongly TT V Borges · W Y So 9 27.0 4
9 12 JOY N FUN LEGEND CP/TT H W Lai · T P Yung 2 81.0 4-1/4
10 11 KEEP WINNING TT M L Yeung · C W Chang 4 14.0 4-3/4
11 7 WONDER BRAHMA H- M F Poon · D J Hall 3 4.6 5-1/4
12 9 WINNERS BROTHER V A Hamelin · K L Man 6 29.0 12-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. PERFECT TO PLAY2. HAPPY HOUR+0.05L3. CALIFORNIA LEGEND+1.75L4. VIRTUS STAR+2.75L5. NITRO EXPRESS+2.75L6. PRETTY BAUHINIA+3.25L7. SHINEALOT+3.25L8. BRAVERY AND POWER+4L9. JOY N FUN LEGEND+4.25L10. KEEP WINNING+4.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick VIRTUS STAR (26.6%) finished 4th — the winner PERFECT TO PLAY was rated #6. 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 4 VIRTUS STAR 26.6% 3.76 4
2 3 CALIFORNIA LEGEND 16.9% 5.93 3
3 7 WONDER BRAHMA 8.4% 11.87 11
4 6 NITRO EXPRESS 7.5% 13.36 5
5 2 PRETTY BAUHINIA 6.5% 15.27 6
6 1 PERFECT TO PLAY 6.4% 15.67 1
7 5 SHINEALOT 6.3% 15.97 7
8 8 HAPPY HOUR 6.3% 15.98 2
9 11 KEEP WINNING 5.2% 19.36 10
10 9 WINNERS BROTHER 4.5% 22.35 12
11 10 BRAVERY AND POWER 4.0% 24.72 8
12 12 JOY N FUN LEGEND 1.5% 66.13 9
VIRTUS STARCALIFORNIA LEGENDWONDER BRAHMANITRO EXPRESSPRETTY BAUHINIAPERFECT TO PLAY — wonSHINEALOTHAPPY HOURKEEP WINNINGWINNERS BROTHERBRAVERY AND POWERJOY N FUN LEGEND

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

1 45

PLACE

1 16

3 18

8 32

QUINELLA

1,8 249

QUINELLA PLACE

1,3 46.5

1,8 84

3,8 88.5

FORECAST

1,8 330

TIERCE

1,8,3 1,662

TRIO

1,3,8 262

FIRST 4

1,3,4,8 380

QUARTET

1,8,3,4 7,777

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A3

A1 23.5

A2