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Happy Valley · 2021-12-01

Race 2

Class 5 GOOD 1000m Course A 11 runners

Race 2 at Happy Valley on 2021-12-01 was Class 5 over 1000m, run on GOOD going. UNIVERSAL CROWN, ridden by K H Chan and trained by D J Whyte, won by 2-1/4, with SHANGHAI POWER second and DRAGON PRIDE third. The 3.7 favourite SHANGHAI POWER finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 0.57.65
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 8 UNIVERSAL CROWN XB-/B/TT- 0.57.65 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K H Chan · D J Whyte 1 5.4 2-1/4
2 3 SHANGHAI POWER B C Y Ho · Y S Tsui 3 3.7 2-1/4
3 11 DRAGON PRIDE B- M Chadwick · T P Yung 2 11.0 2-1/4
4 2 NITRO EXPRESS B/TT L Hewitson · D E Ferraris 8 69.0 3-1/4
5 7 RAGING BLAZE TT J Moreira · J Size 11 32.0 3-3/4
6 9 CIGAR BUDDIES B A Hamelin · K H Ting 10 9.7 4-3/4
7 4 SPLIT OF A SECOND CP/H B Shinn · W Y So 4 23.0 5
8 12 XIANG LAN QI B/TT H W Lai · K L Man 9 58.0 5-1/4
9 1 CASA KINGDOM XB/B2 H Bentley · D A Hayes 7 12.0 5-1/2
10 6 VIVA CHEF B M F Poon · L Ho 5 6.9 5-3/4
11 5 ENJOY MY LIFE XB Z Purton · C H Yip 6 14.0 6-1/4
10 WINNING STRIKES B C L Chau · P O'Sullivan 12 5.7

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. UNIVERSAL CROWN2. SHANGHAI POWER+2.25L3. DRAGON PRIDE+2.25L4. NITRO EXPRESS+3.25L5. RAGING BLAZE+3.75L6. CIGAR BUDDIES+4.75L7. SPLIT OF A SECOND+5L8. XIANG LAN QI+5.25L9. CASA KINGDOM+5.5L10. VIVA CHEF+5.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2021-22
The model's top pick SHANGHAI POWER (18.7%) finished 2nd — the winner UNIVERSAL CROWN was rated #3. 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 3 SHANGHAI POWER 18.7% 5.35 2
2 7 RAGING BLAZE 16.1% 6.22 5
3 8 UNIVERSAL CROWN 15.9% 6.27 1
4 6 VIVA CHEF 14.2% 7.04 10
5 9 CIGAR BUDDIES 8.5% 11.78 6
6 12 XIANG LAN QI 6.6% 15.22 8
7 2 NITRO EXPRESS 5.1% 19.50 4
8 4 SPLIT OF A SECOND 4.8% 20.77 7
9 1 CASA KINGDOM 4.6% 21.75 9
10 5 ENJOY MY LIFE 3.4% 29.77 11
11 11 DRAGON PRIDE 2.1% 46.53 3
SHANGHAI POWERRAGING BLAZEUNIVERSAL CROWN — wonVIVA CHEFCIGAR BUDDIESXIANG LAN QINITRO EXPRESSSPLIT OF A SECONDCASA KINGDOMENJOY MY LIFEDRAGON PRIDE

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 54.5

PLACE

3 16

8 18

11 37

QUINELLA

3,8 127

QUINELLA PLACE

3,8 51

3,11 75.5

8,11 115

FORECAST

8,3 337

TIERCE

8,3,11 2,480

TRIO

3,8,11 447

FIRST 4

2,3,8,11 3,994

QUARTET

8,3,11,2 61,022

All pools (2 more)

1ST DOUBLE

3/3 18

3/8 341

3 PICK 1

A3 17

A2

A1