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Happy Valley · 2021-01-27

Race 2

Class 5 GOOD 1650m Course C+3 12 runners

Result

Official · 1.40.50
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 0 CALIFORNIA LEGEND Closed strongly TT 1.40.50 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C Soumillon · A S Cruz 3 3.7 3
2 0 TAILOR MADE Closed strongly M F Poon · C W Chang 2 10.0 3
3 0 VIRTUS STAR TT A Badel · F C Lor 8 12.0 3-3/4
4 0 NITRO EXPRESS Closed strongly B/TT J Moreira · D E Ferraris 7 6.9 3-3/4
5 0 HAPPY HOUR E/TT Z Purton · C H Yip 1 2.4 4
6 0 STRAPPING BAUHINIA C Y Ho · Y S Tsui 10 28.0 5-3/4
7 0 VEGA RHYTHM Closed strongly H/CP1/TT1 N Callan · L Ho 11 106.0 6-1/4
8 0 LUCKY VICTOR Led early TT M L Yeung · K H Ting 12 217.0 7
9 0 GREAT SMART Closed strongly CP/TT M Chadwick · K L Man 5 20.0 7-1/4
10 0 EVEN KEEL B/XB C Schofield · A T Millard 6 13.0 8-1/2
11 0 HUMBLE STEED H T Mo · T P Yung 4 51.0 15-1/2
12 0 GENERAL CASTLEDALE B/TT K Teetan · P O'Sullivan 9 31.0 24-1/2

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

Race 2 at Happy Valley on 2021-01-27 was Class 5 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. CALIFORNIA LEGEND, ridden by C Soumillon and trained by A S Cruz, won by 3, with TAILOR MADE second and VIRTUS STAR third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.4 favourite HAPPY HOUR finished 5th.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. CALIFORNIA LEGEND—2. TAILOR MADE+3L3. VIRTUS STAR+3.75L4. NITRO EXPRESS+3.75L5. HAPPY HOUR+4L6. STRAPPING BAUHINIA+5.75L7. VEGA RHYTHM+6.25L8. LUCKY VICTOR+7L9. GREAT SMART+7.25L10. EVEN KEEL+8.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick HAPPY HOUR (20.9%) finished 5th — the winner CALIFORNIA LEGEND 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 0 HAPPY HOUR 20.9% 4.79 5
2 0 CALIFORNIA LEGEND 17.6% 5.68 1
3 0 GREAT SMART 12.1% 8.25 9
4 0 NITRO EXPRESS 11.0% 9.12 4
5 0 VIRTUS STAR 10.6% 9.41 3
6 0 TAILOR MADE 7.1% 14.14 2
7 0 STRAPPING BAUHINIA 6.7% 15.02 6
8 0 EVEN KEEL 6.3% 15.94 10
9 0 HUMBLE STEED 2.9% 34.60 11
10 0 GENERAL CASTLEDALE 2.2% 45.82 12
11 0 VEGA RHYTHM 1.9% 52.87 7
12 0 LUCKY VICTOR 0.8% 120.01 8
HAPPY HOURCALIFORNIA LEGEND — wonGREAT SMARTNITRO EXPRESSVIRTUS STARTAILOR MADESTRAPPING BAUHINIAEVEN KEELHUMBLE STEEDGENERAL CASTLEDALEVEGA RHYTHMLUCKY VICTOR

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

2 37.5

PLACE

2 13.5

4 33.5

5 25.5

QUINELLA

2,4 171.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,4 57

2,5 55

4,5 151.5

FORECAST

2,4 328

TIERCE

2,4,5 1,883

TRIO

2,4,5 535

FIRST 4

2,4,5,8 615

QUARTET

2,4,5,8 9,693

All pools (2 more)

1ST DOUBLE

11/2 202.5

11/4 99

3 PICK 1

A2 —

A1 15

A3 —