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Happy Valley · 2021-01-06

Race 5

Class 4 GOOD 1200m Course A 12 runners

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2021-01-06 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. NORDIC WARRIOR, ridden by C L Chau and trained by R Gibson, won by 1/2, with SHINING ON second and HAPPY TIME third. The 2.8 favourite A SMILE LIKE YOURS finished 5th.

Result

Official · 1.10.48
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 3 NORDIC WARRIOR B 1.10.48 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C L Chau · R Gibson 3 4.3 1/2
2 9 SHINING ON C Y Ho · K W Lui 6 9.9 1/2
3 8 HAPPY TIME TT B Shinn · W Y So 8 27.0 3/4
4 5 EVER FORCE B/TT A Badel · C S Shum 9 7.4 3/4
5 4 A SMILE LIKE YOURS J Moreira · J Size 7 2.8 1
6 2 TELECOM PUMA TT C Soumillon · C Fownes 11 5.5 2-1/2
7 1 TAKINGUFURTHER H/V M L Yeung · K H Ting 1 12.0 4-1/4
8 11 JOYFUL MOMENTS B H N Wong · C W Chang 12 187.0 7-1/2
9 10 PAKISTAN ZINDABAD B/TT A Hamelin · A S Cruz 2 34.0 7-3/4
10 12 ALL THE WAY B/TT M Chadwick · A T Millard 10 32.0 12-3/4
11 6 GOOD BUDDY M F Poon · D J Hall 4 101.0 14
12 7 YOUR NAME B1 H T Mo · T P Yung 5 60.0 27

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. NORDIC WARRIOR2. SHINING ON+0.5L3. HAPPY TIME+0.75L4. EVER FORCE+0.75L5. A SMILE LIKE YOURS+1L6. TELECOM PUMA+2.5L7. TAKINGUFURTHER+4.25L8. JOYFUL MOMENTS+7.5L9. PAKISTAN ZINDABAD+7.75L10. ALL THE WAY+12.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick A SMILE LIKE YOURS (26.9%) finished 5th — the winner NORDIC WARRIOR 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 4 A SMILE LIKE YOURS 26.9% 3.71 5
2 3 NORDIC WARRIOR 24.2% 4.14 1
3 9 SHINING ON 11.7% 8.52 2
4 2 TELECOM PUMA 8.9% 11.28 6
5 5 EVER FORCE 8.1% 12.35 4
6 6 GOOD BUDDY 4.8% 20.90 11
7 10 PAKISTAN ZINDABAD 4.0% 25.05 9
8 12 ALL THE WAY 3.4% 29.24 10
9 7 YOUR NAME 2.6% 37.75 12
10 1 TAKINGUFURTHER 2.1% 47.83 7
11 8 HAPPY TIME 2.0% 49.84 3
12 11 JOYFUL MOMENTS 1.2% 81.14 8
A SMILE LIKE YOURSNORDIC WARRIOR — wonSHINING ONTELECOM PUMAEVER FORCEGOOD BUDDYPAKISTAN ZINDABADALL THE WAYYOUR NAMETAKINGUFURTHERHAPPY TIMEJOYFUL MOMENTS

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

3 43.5

PLACE

3 18

8 70

9 21.5

QUINELLA

3,9 232

QUINELLA PLACE

3,8 170

3,9 65

8,9 262.5

FORECAST

3,9 353

TIERCE

3,9,8 5,781

TRIO

3,8,9 1,119

FIRST 4

3,5,8,9 1,938

QUARTET

3,9,8,5 35,978

All pools (3 more)

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

4,5,6/3,8,9 18,981

3 PICK 1

A3

A1 17

A2

4TH DOUBLE

5/3 143.5

5/9 67