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Happy Valley · 2021-03-03

Race 9

Class 3 GOOD 1650m Course A 12 runners

Race 9 at Happy Valley on 2021-03-03 was Class 3 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. FARSHAD, ridden by K Teetan and trained by Y S Tsui, won by N, with SAVAQUIN second and SUNNY STAR third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.1 favourite SAVAQUIN finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.40.27
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 12 FARSHAD Closed strongly CP 1.40.27 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K Teetan · Y S Tsui 7 10.0 N
2 1 SAVAQUIN Closed strongly Z Purton · J Size 10 2.1 N
3 4 SUNNY STAR Closed strongly A Badel · K W Lui 4 3.3 3/4
4 11 NOTHING NEW V Borges · C W Chang 3 17.0 1-1/4
5 3 NABOO STAR Closed strongly V-/B1/TT C Y Ho · D A Hayes 9 15.0 1-3/4
6 10 TOTAL POWER Led early B H T Mo · D J Hall 6 174.0 2
7 9 SURREALISM Closed strongly B T Piccone · D E Ferraris 8 28.0 2
8 8 PIANO SOLO Closed strongly XB-/TT- M Chadwick · C S Shum 12 115.0 2
9 6 GIFT OF LIFELINE B R Maia · A T Millard 2 8.0 2
10 2 E STAR H- A Hamelin · K L Man 5 25.0 4-1/4
11 7 TURQUOISE ALPHA CP1 M L Yeung · P O'Sullivan 1 216.0 4-3/4
12 5 HEAVENLY THOUGHT B M F Poon · F C Lor 11 107.0 23

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. FARSHAD2. SAVAQUIN+0.05L3. SUNNY STAR+0.75L4. NOTHING NEW+1.25L5. NABOO STAR+1.75L6. TOTAL POWER+2L7. SURREALISM+2L8. PIANO SOLO+2L9. GIFT OF LIFELINE+2L10. E STAR+4.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick SUNNY STAR (31.4%) finished 3rd — the winner FARSHAD was rated #4. 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 SUNNY STAR 31.4% 3.18 3
2 1 SAVAQUIN 26.1% 3.83 2
3 6 GIFT OF LIFELINE 12.8% 7.81 9
4 12 FARSHAD 6.5% 15.45 1
5 11 NOTHING NEW 5.6% 17.88 4
6 3 NABOO STAR 4.5% 22.46 5
7 2 E STAR 3.5% 28.29 10
8 10 TOTAL POWER 3.5% 28.95 6
9 9 SURREALISM 2.6% 39.08 7
10 5 HEAVENLY THOUGHT 2.0% 50.65 12
11 8 PIANO SOLO 1.0% 95.65 8
12 7 TURQUOISE ALPHA 0.5% 188.52 11
SUNNY STARSAVAQUINGIFT OF LIFELINEFARSHAD — wonNOTHING NEWNABOO STARE STARTOTAL POWERSURREALISMHEAVENLY THOUGHTPIANO SOLOTURQUOISE ALPHA

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

12 101

PLACE

1 13.5

4 12.5

12 23

QUINELLA

1,12 123

QUINELLA PLACE

1,4 18

1,12 42.5

4,12 39

FORECAST

12,1 377

TIERCE

12,1,4 1,037

TRIO

1,4,12 74

FIRST 4

1,4,11,12 290

QUARTET

12,1,4,11 11,728

All pools (5 more)

3 PICK 1

A3

A1

A2 35

3RD DOUBLE TRIO

4,10,11/1,4,12 1,109

8TH DOUBLE

4/1 12

4/12 411

SIX UP

1,2/1,5/1,4/5,8/4,11/1,12 463

1/5/1/8/4/12 76,481

1 [Z Purton]

TREBLE

8/4/1 11

8/4/12 1,037