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Happy Valley · 2021-04-21

Race 2

Class 5 GOOD TO FIRM 1200m Course C 12 runners

Race 2 at Happy Valley on 2021-04-21 was Class 5 over 1200m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. SPLIT OF A SECOND, ridden by A Hamelin and trained by W Y So, won by 1/2, with RED MAJESTY second and VALIANT ELEGANCE third. The 4.2 favourite FLYING MONKEY finished 6th.

Result

Official · 1.09.92
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 1 SPLIT OF A SECOND CP/H2 1.09.92 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Hamelin · W Y So 7 16.0 1/2
2 10 RED MAJESTY B/TT Z Purton · D A Hayes 6 5.5 1/2
3 2 VALIANT ELEGANCE B/TT J Moreira · D J Whyte 2 5.5 3/4
4 7 JOY AVENUE K Teetan · C H Yip 10 10.0 2
5 4 WINNING STRIKES CP/TT K C Leung · P O'Sullivan 8 21.0 2-1/4
6 12 FLYING MONKEY BO/TT M F Poon · T P Yung 3 4.2 2-3/4
7 3 VITAL SPRING CP/TT C Y Ho · K W Lui 5 8.9 3-1/2
8 11 CAN'T TOUCH THIS B H N Wong · K H Ting 9 73.0 4-3/4
9 9 CRUCIATUS XB/TT H T Mo · C W Chang 12 82.0 6
10 5 APOLLOS BOW B H Bentley · Y S Tsui 1 6.7 6-1/4
11 8 ROSSE SCARPE H H W Lai · K L Man 11 184.0 9-1/4
12 6 SUPREME PATROL B/TT B Shinn · D E Ferraris 4 8.4 12

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SPLIT OF A SECOND2. RED MAJESTY+0.5L3. VALIANT ELEGANCE+0.75L4. JOY AVENUE+2L5. WINNING STRIKES+2.25L6. FLYING MONKEY+2.75L7. VITAL SPRING+3.5L8. CAN'T TOUCH THIS+4.75L9. CRUCIATUS+6L10. APOLLOS BOW+6.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick VALIANT ELEGANCE (30.4%) finished 3rd — the winner SPLIT OF A SECOND was rated #10. 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 2 VALIANT ELEGANCE 30.4% 3.29 3
2 5 APOLLOS BOW 11.7% 8.57 10
3 3 VITAL SPRING 10.2% 9.78 7
4 10 RED MAJESTY 9.6% 10.40 2
5 12 FLYING MONKEY 9.2% 10.82 6
6 6 SUPREME PATROL 8.0% 12.47 12
7 7 JOY AVENUE 7.8% 12.87 4
8 4 WINNING STRIKES 4.6% 21.79 5
9 9 CRUCIATUS 4.2% 23.84 9
10 1 SPLIT OF A SECOND 2.8% 35.26 1
11 11 CAN'T TOUCH THIS 0.7% 137.29 8
12 8 ROSSE SCARPE 0.7% 142.99 11
VALIANT ELEGANCEAPOLLOS BOWVITAL SPRINGRED MAJESTYFLYING MONKEYSUPREME PATROLJOY AVENUEWINNING STRIKESCRUCIATUSSPLIT OF A SECOND — wonCAN'T TOUCH THISROSSE SCARPE

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

1 160.5

PLACE

1 44.5

2 20

10 19.5

QUINELLA

1,10 352.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,2 145.5

1,10 128.5

2,10 59

FORECAST

1,10 1,169

TIERCE

1,10,2 6,338

TRIO

1,2,10 765

FIRST 4

1,2,7,10 1,583

QUARTET

1,10,2,7 43,569

All pools (2 more)

1ST DOUBLE

2/1 1,277.5

2/10 168.5

3 PICK 1

A1

A2

A3 23