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Happy Valley · 2021-09-08

Race 8

Class 3 GOOD TO FIRM 1200m Course B 11 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2021-09-08 was Class 3 over 1200m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. DECISIVE TWELVE, ridden by A Badel and trained by W Y So, won by 2, with SMILING CITY second and TRANSCENDENT third. Victory came as the 2.5 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.09.53
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 DECISIVE TWELVE TT 1.09.53 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Badel · W Y So 1 2.5 2
2 11 SMILING CITY CP/SR M L Yeung · D J Whyte 2 9.2 2
3 2 TRANSCENDENT CP/TT C L Chau · A S Cruz 10 18.0 2-1/4
4 3 THE RUNNER K C Leung · F C Lor 5 6.4 3-1/4
5 9 MERIDIAN GENIUS M F Poon · A T Millard 7 8.3 3-1/2
6 6 HARRIER JET B V Borges · P O'Sullivan 4 32.0 4
7 7 LUCKY QUALITY C Schofield · C Fownes 9 27.0 4-1/4
8 12 TELECOM ROCKET B K Teetan · Y S Tsui 6 5.6 4-3/4
9 10 VITRALITE XB C Y Ho · K W Lui 12 129.0 5-3/4
10 5 GOOD HEALTH CP1 A Hamelin · D A Hayes 3 41.0 7-3/4
11 8 RHAPSODY J Moreira · J Size 11 9.7 7-3/4
1 WINNING METHOD Z Purton · C S Shum

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. DECISIVE TWELVE2. SMILING CITY+2L3. TRANSCENDENT+2.25L4. THE RUNNER+3.25L5. MERIDIAN GENIUS+3.5L6. HARRIER JET+4L7. LUCKY QUALITY+4.25L8. TELECOM ROCKET+4.75L9. VITRALITE+5.75L10. GOOD HEALTH+7.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2021-22
The model's top pick DECISIVE TWELVE (33.2%) 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 4 DECISIVE TWELVE 33.2% 3.01 1
2 8 RHAPSODY 12.2% 8.20 11
3 3 THE RUNNER 9.7% 10.30 4
4 12 TELECOM ROCKET 9.7% 10.33 8
5 9 MERIDIAN GENIUS 7.9% 12.61 5
6 7 LUCKY QUALITY 7.0% 14.20 7
7 2 TRANSCENDENT 6.7% 14.95 3
8 6 HARRIER JET 5.3% 18.88 6
9 5 GOOD HEALTH 4.0% 25.26 10
10 11 SMILING CITY 2.9% 34.58 2
11 10 VITRALITE 1.4% 72.80 9
DECISIVE TWELVE — wonRHAPSODYTHE RUNNERTELECOM ROCKETMERIDIAN GENIUSLUCKY QUALITYTRANSCENDENTHARRIER JETGOOD HEALTHSMILING CITYVITRALITE

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

4 25.5

PLACE

2 50

4 14

11 27

QUINELLA

4,11 154

QUINELLA PLACE

2,4 87

2,11 207

4,11 58

FORECAST

4,11 244

TIERCE

4,11,2 3,391

TRIO

2,4,11 801

FIRST 4

2,3,4,11 1,047

QUARTET

4,11,2,3 18,623

All pools (5 more)

3 PICK 1

A3

A2

A1 25.5

3RD DOUBLE TRIO

3,4,6/2,11>1,4 105,683

7TH DOUBLE

3/1,4 30

3/11 101.5

SIX UP

1,6/5,9/2,3/6,8/3,6/1,4,11 1,746

6/9/2/8/3/1,4 229,210

1 [J Moreira]

TREBLE

8/3/1,4 704

8/3/11 1,443