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Happy Valley · 2021-05-05

Race 5

Class 4 GOOD TO FIRM 1200m Course A 12 runners

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2021-05-05 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. EXUBERANT, ridden by Z Purton and trained by C S Shum, won by 2-1/4, with WINNING DELAGO second and TAKE WHAT YOU NEED third. Victory came as the 3.5 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.09.63
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 EXUBERANT B/TT 1.09.63 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · C S Shum 1 3.5 2-1/4
2 7 WINNING DELAGO H1 C Schofield · K H Ting 5 7.1 2-1/4
3 2 TAKE WHAT YOU NEED V-/B2 C L Chau · D J Whyte 3 5.3 2-1/2
4 6 VIGOR CHAMP B K Teetan · P F Yiu 2 4.4 2-1/2
5 4 ACA POWER H N Wong · Y S Tsui 7 102.0 3-1/2
6 11 DEMONS ROCK B M F Poon · D J Hall 6 73.0 3-1/2
7 12 CHAMPION PRIDE TT V Borges · D E Ferraris 12 12.0 4
8 8 WON BALL TT K C Leung · P O'Sullivan 4 14.0 4-3/4
9 3 SHINING ON C Y Ho · K W Lui 11 50.0 5-1/2
10 1 SHOWINA B B Shinn · D A Hayes 9 10.0 6-1/2
11 9 STEEL WIN B A Hamelin · C W Chang 8 13.0 8-1/4
12 10 DAY DAY RICH B/TT R Maia · T P Yung 10 78.0 15-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. EXUBERANT2. WINNING DELAGO+2.25L3. TAKE WHAT YOU NEED+2.5L4. VIGOR CHAMP+2.5L5. ACA POWER+3.5L6. DEMONS ROCK+3.5L7. CHAMPION PRIDE+4L8. WON BALL+4.75L9. SHINING ON+5.5L10. SHOWINA+6.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick VIGOR CHAMP (24.4%) finished 4th — the winner EXUBERANT 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 6 VIGOR CHAMP 24.4% 4.09 4
2 5 EXUBERANT 19.4% 5.15 1
3 2 TAKE WHAT YOU NEED 11.5% 8.68 3
4 8 WON BALL 10.0% 10.03 8
5 1 SHOWINA 9.1% 10.96 10
6 12 CHAMPION PRIDE 6.5% 15.29 7
7 7 WINNING DELAGO 6.2% 16.03 2
8 11 DEMONS ROCK 3.8% 25.99 6
9 3 SHINING ON 3.7% 26.77 9
10 9 STEEL WIN 3.0% 32.94 11
11 4 ACA POWER 1.1% 88.36 5
12 10 DAY DAY RICH 1.0% 99.48 12
VIGOR CHAMPEXUBERANT — wonTAKE WHAT YOU NEEDWON BALLSHOWINACHAMPION PRIDEWINNING DELAGODEMONS ROCKSHINING ONSTEEL WINACA POWERDAY DAY RICH

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

5 35

PLACE

2 15

5 15.5

7 27

QUINELLA

5,7 130

QUINELLA PLACE

2,5 34

2,7 59

5,7 51

FORECAST

5,7 220

TIERCE

5,7,2 951

TRIO

2,5,7 210

FIRST 4

2,5,6,7 177

QUARTET

5,7,2,6 3,703

All pools (3 more)

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

3,6,12/2,5,7 14,091

3 PICK 1

A1 21

A3

A2

4TH DOUBLE

12/5 108

12/7 69