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Happy Valley · 2021-01-13

Race 3

Class 5 GOOD 1650m Course B 12 runners

Race 3 at Happy Valley on 2021-01-13 was Class 5 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. BABY STORM, ridden by J Moreira and trained by L Ho, won by 3/4, with FAIRY FLOSS second and VIRTUS STAR third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 2.3 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.41.29
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 10 BABY STORM Closed strongly PC-/H/P2/TT 1.41.29 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J Moreira · L Ho 3 2.3 3/4
2 12 FAIRY FLOSS Closed strongly H/CP1 K C Leung · P O'Sullivan 11 11.0 3/4
3 7 VIRTUS STAR Closed strongly TT A Badel · F C Lor 7 4.6 1-3/4
4 2 GO BALLISTIC Closed strongly SR/TT K Teetan · D E Ferraris 12 10.0 3-1/2
5 5 BULB ELITE CP A Hamelin · C H Yip 5 8.0 5
6 3 MANY GAINS V Borges · K L Man 1 55.0 5-1/2
7 4 BIG BANG BONG Closed strongly TT- N Callan · C W Chang 10 17.0 6-1/4
8 9 WONDERFUL TIGER H/XB/TT C Schofield · W Y So 4 9.1 6-1/2
9 6 CENTENARY IBIS Closed strongly B/XB C L Chau · D J Whyte 9 77.0 9
10 1 AFRICAN SKY Led early B/TT M L Yeung · T P Yung 2 186.0 9-3/4
11 8 FOR FUN'S SAKE H/V T Piccone · C Fownes 8 18.0 10
12 11 GLORIOUS BUDDY B Shinn · D J Hall 6 171.0 12-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. BABY STORM2. FAIRY FLOSS+0.75L3. VIRTUS STAR+1.75L4. GO BALLISTIC+3.5L5. BULB ELITE+5L6. MANY GAINS+5.5L7. BIG BANG BONG+6.25L8. WONDERFUL TIGER+6.5L9. CENTENARY IBIS+9L10. AFRICAN SKY+9.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick BABY STORM (38.4%) won this race. 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 10 BABY STORM 38.4% 2.60 1
2 7 VIRTUS STAR 18.9% 5.30 3
3 2 GO BALLISTIC 9.4% 10.59 4
4 5 BULB ELITE 6.4% 15.72 5
5 9 WONDERFUL TIGER 6.2% 16.06 8
6 6 CENTENARY IBIS 4.4% 22.90 9
7 8 FOR FUN'S SAKE 4.1% 24.12 11
8 3 MANY GAINS 3.5% 28.39 6
9 4 BIG BANG BONG 2.8% 35.37 7
10 12 FAIRY FLOSS 2.8% 36.34 2
11 11 GLORIOUS BUDDY 1.7% 60.19 12
12 1 AFRICAN SKY 1.4% 71.47 10
BABY STORM — wonVIRTUS STARGO BALLISTICBULB ELITEWONDERFUL TIGERCENTENARY IBISFOR FUN'S SAKEMANY GAINSBIG BANG BONGFAIRY FLOSSGLORIOUS BUDDYAFRICAN SKY

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

10 23.5

PLACE

7 16

10 13

12 31.5

QUINELLA

10,12 132.5

QUINELLA PLACE

7,10 24.5

7,12 74

10,12 54.5

FORECAST

10,12 212

TIERCE

10,12,7 818

TRIO

7,10,12 154

FIRST 4

2,7,10,12 285

QUARTET

10,12,7,2 4,248

All pools (2 more)

2ND DOUBLE

12/10 168

12/12 84.5

3 PICK 1

A3

A1 15.5

A2