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Happy Valley · 2021-04-21

Race 8

Class 3 GOOD TO FIRM 1200m Course C 11 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2021-04-21 was Class 3 over 1200m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. THE RUNNER, ridden by M F Poon and trained by F C Lor, won by 3/4, with CAPITAL STAR second and H Z TOURBILLON third. The 2.0 favourite CAPITAL STAR finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.09.45
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 9 THE RUNNER 1.09.45 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) M F Poon · F C Lor 11 8.3 3/4
2 1 CAPITAL STAR B1 J Moreira · C Fownes 2 2.0 3/4
3 11 H Z TOURBILLON TT K Teetan · C S Shum 9 5.7 1-1/2
4 5 PING HAI GALAXY A Hamelin · J Size 1 17.0 1-1/2
5 3 MIG ENERGY XB/TT Z Purton · A S Cruz 3 8.5 1-3/4
6 2 NOBLE STEED B V Borges · K W Lui 4 35.0 2-1/4
7 4 ALCARI V K C Leung · P F Yiu 5 22.0 2-1/4
8 6 MERIDIAN GENIUS C Y Ho · A T Millard 7 13.0 3-3/4
9 8 WINSTON'S LAD B H N Wong · K W Lui 10 98.0 5
10 7 MOST WELCOME CP H Bentley · D A Hayes 8 17.0 6
11 10 HERCULES B/XB/TT M Chadwick · C H Yip 6 24.0 6-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. THE RUNNER2. CAPITAL STAR+0.75L3. H Z TOURBILLON+1.5L4. PING HAI GALAXY+1.5L5. MIG ENERGY+1.75L6. NOBLE STEED+2.25L7. ALCARI+2.25L8. MERIDIAN GENIUS+3.75L9. WINSTON'S LAD+5L10. MOST WELCOME+6L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick CAPITAL STAR (34.3%) finished 2nd — the winner THE RUNNER was rated #6. 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 1 CAPITAL STAR 34.3% 2.91 2
2 3 MIG ENERGY 20.0% 4.99 5
3 11 H Z TOURBILLON 14.0% 7.12 3
4 5 PING HAI GALAXY 5.9% 17.01 4
5 10 HERCULES 5.5% 18.27 11
6 9 THE RUNNER 5.0% 19.96 1
7 4 ALCARI 4.6% 21.69 7
8 7 MOST WELCOME 3.5% 28.24 10
9 6 MERIDIAN GENIUS 3.4% 29.04 8
10 2 NOBLE STEED 2.3% 43.54 6
11 8 WINSTON'S LAD 1.3% 74.68 9
CAPITAL STARMIG ENERGYH Z TOURBILLONPING HAI GALAXYHERCULESTHE RUNNER — wonALCARIMOST WELCOMEMERIDIAN GENIUSNOBLE STEEDWINSTON'S LAD

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

9 83.5

PLACE

1 12

9 22.5

11 20

QUINELLA

1,9 87

QUINELLA PLACE

1,9 37.5

1,11 29

9,11 75

FORECAST

9,1 271

TIERCE

9,1,11 1,514

TRIO

1,9,11 171

FIRST 4

1,5,9,11 508

QUARTET

9,1,11,5 15,357

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A2

A3 30

A1

7TH DOUBLE

3/1 36

3/9 1,288.5