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Happy Valley · 2021-10-20

Race 2

Class 5 GOOD TO FIRM 1650m Course C 12 runners

Result

Official · 1.39.17
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 0 VIVA POPCORN Closed strongly H/TT 1.39.17 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · A S Cruz 8 4.0 3/4
2 0 OFF THE REEL Closed strongly E-/XB C Y Ho · P F Yiu 5 6.6 3/4
3 0 SHANGHAI GRACE B2 H N Wong · Y S Tsui 6 9.8 1
4 0 GO BALLISTIC Closed strongly SR/TT L Ferraris · D E Ferraris 3 7.9 3-3/4
5 0 HAPPY JAI JAI TT M L Yeung · T P Yung 7 14.0 4-1/4
6 0 DIAMOND STAR Closed strongly E/TT A Badel · J Size 12 27.0 4-1/2
7 0 WEALTHY EMPLOYEE Closed strongly B A Hamelin · K H Ting 2 9.5 5-3/4
8 0 MANY GAINS TT H W Lai · L Ho 1 42.0 6
9 0 SPEED FORCE Led early B H T Mo · C W Chang 10 68.0 13
10 0 SUN SUN FA FA B2/TT M Chadwick · W Y So 11 14.0 22-1/4
11 0 SUPER KIN TT J Moreira · C Fownes 4 4.0 27
12 0 BOND A STAR TT M F Poon · C H Yip 9 43.0 30-1/4

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Race 2 at Happy Valley on 2021-10-20 was Class 5 over 1650m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. VIVA POPCORN, ridden by Z Purton and trained by A S Cruz, won by 3/4, with OFF THE REEL second and SHANGHAI GRACE third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 4.0 favourite.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. VIVA POPCORN—2. OFF THE REEL+0.75L3. SHANGHAI GRACE+1L4. GO BALLISTIC+3.75L5. HAPPY JAI JAI+4.25L6. DIAMOND STAR+4.5L7. WEALTHY EMPLOYEE+5.75L8. MANY GAINS+6L9. SPEED FORCE+13L10. SUN SUN FA FA+22.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2021-22
The model's top pick VIVA POPCORN (22.2%) 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 0 VIVA POPCORN 22.2% 4.50 1
2 0 SUPER KIN 14.9% 6.73 11
3 0 GO BALLISTIC 11.8% 8.49 4
4 0 WEALTHY EMPLOYEE 9.9% 10.05 7
5 0 OFF THE REEL 9.9% 10.11 2
6 0 DIAMOND STAR 7.2% 13.87 6
7 0 SUN SUN FA FA 6.5% 15.38 10
8 0 HAPPY JAI JAI 6.2% 16.12 5
9 0 SPEED FORCE 4.4% 22.92 9
10 0 SHANGHAI GRACE 2.5% 39.53 3
11 0 MANY GAINS 2.3% 43.19 8
12 0 BOND A STAR 2.2% 46.13 12
VIVA POPCORN — wonSUPER KINGO BALLISTICWEALTHY EMPLOYEEOFF THE REELDIAMOND STARSUN SUN FA FAHAPPY JAI JAISPEED FORCESHANGHAI GRACEMANY GAINSBOND A STAR

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

2 40.5

PLACE

1 22.5

2 18.5

10 32

QUINELLA

1,2 146.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,2 54.5

1,10 92

2,10 81.5

FORECAST

2,1 323

TIERCE

2,1,10 1,876

TRIO

1,2,10 396

FIRST 4

1,2,3,10 747

QUARTET

2,1,10,3 13,329

All pools (2 more)

1ST DOUBLE

8/1 68.5

8/2 213.5

3 PICK 1

A1 20

A3 —

A2 —