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Happy Valley · 2021-07-07

Race 3

Class 4 GOOD 1200m Course A 12 runners

Race 3 at Happy Valley on 2021-07-07 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. FIRE BALL, ridden by Z Purton and trained by C H Yip, won by 1-3/4, with AURORA PEGASUS second and RED BRICK FIGHTER third. Victory came as the 2.3 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.09.75
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 8 FIRE BALL TT 1.09.75 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · C H Yip 5 2.3 1-3/4
2 1 AURORA PEGASUS TT J Moreira · C Fownes 6 11.0 1-3/4
3 7 RED BRICK FIGHTER B K C Leung · D J Hall 7 9.4 2
4 11 CHIRON TT R Maia · D A Hayes 2 9.3 2
5 12 MUDITA V Borges · P O'Sullivan 9 49.0 2-3/4
6 6 NOIR RIDER C L Chau · T P Yung 3 4.4 2-3/4
7 10 A SMILE LIKE YOURS A Hamelin · J Size 8 24.0 3
8 2 PRESIDENT'S CHOICE TT1 N Callan · R Gibson 10 37.0 3-1/2
9 4 HARDLY SWEARS C Y Ho · K H Ting 11 10.0 5-1/2
10 9 WAH MAY LUCK B/H/TT H Bentley · A S Cruz 1 91.0 6-3/4
11 3 VICTORY IN HAND TT K Teetan · K W Lui 12 17.0 8
12 5 COSMO CLASSIC CP- H W Lai · W Y So 4 236.0 23-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. FIRE BALL2. AURORA PEGASUS+1.75L3. RED BRICK FIGHTER+2L4. CHIRON+2L5. MUDITA+2.75L6. NOIR RIDER+2.75L7. A SMILE LIKE YOURS+3L8. PRESIDENT'S CHOICE+3.5L9. HARDLY SWEARS+5.5L10. WAH MAY LUCK+6.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick FIRE BALL (35.6%) won this race. 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 8 FIRE BALL 35.6% 2.81 1
2 1 AURORA PEGASUS 14.7% 6.79 2
3 6 NOIR RIDER 13.6% 7.36 6
4 11 CHIRON 9.2% 10.93 4
5 7 RED BRICK FIGHTER 6.1% 16.45 3
6 3 VICTORY IN HAND 5.8% 17.10 11
7 10 A SMILE LIKE YOURS 5.1% 19.73 7
8 4 HARDLY SWEARS 4.4% 22.72 9
9 2 PRESIDENT'S CHOICE 2.6% 38.08 8
10 12 MUDITA 1.7% 60.25 5
11 9 WAH MAY LUCK 0.7% 139.43 10
12 5 COSMO CLASSIC 0.5% 191.64 12
FIRE BALL — wonAURORA PEGASUSNOIR RIDERCHIRONRED BRICK FIGHTERVICTORY IN HANDA SMILE LIKE YOURSHARDLY SWEARSPRESIDENT'S CHOICEMUDITAWAH MAY LUCKCOSMO CLASSIC

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

8 23.5

PLACE

1 28

7 26.5

8 12.5

QUINELLA

1,8 117

QUINELLA PLACE

1,7 109

1,8 43

7,8 42

FORECAST

8,1 156

TIERCE

8,1,7 636

TRIO

1,7,8 196

FIRST 4

1,7,8,11 340

QUARTET

8,1,7,11 4,113

All pools (2 more)

2ND DOUBLE

9,10/1 54

9,10/8 89.5

3 PICK 1

A1 19.5

A2

A3