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Happy Valley · 2021-12-01

Race 5

Class 4 GOOD 1200m Course A 12 runners

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2021-12-01 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. A SMILE LIKE YOURS, ridden by J Moreira and trained by J Size, won by N, with PRANCE DRAGON second and WHAT A LEGEND third. Victory came as the 3.1 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.10.77
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 2 A SMILE LIKE YOURS 1.10.77 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J Moreira · J Size 7 3.1 N
2 3 PRANCE DRAGON B/TT C Y Ho · T P Yung 10 15.0 N
3 4 WHAT A LEGEND B A Hamelin · K H Ting 12 37.0 1-3/4
4 10 THETA HEDGE H/TT V Borges · K W Lui 1 36.0 2
5 8 WINS ALL TT Z Purton · W Y So 11 5.6 2
6 5 E LEGEND C L Chau · K L Man 2 39.0 3
7 9 LORIZ B-/CP2 M F Poon · P F Yiu 4 4.8 4-1/4
8 1 TRUST ME H/B2 M Chadwick · C H Yip 6 5.3 4-1/4
9 7 KOKUSHI MUSOU H1/TT1 B Shinn · C Fownes 8 13.0 5-3/4
10 11 TAKE WHAT YOU NEED SR/TT L Hewitson · D J Whyte 5 12.0 8-1/4
11 6 HANDSOME BOY B1 R Maia · R Gibson 3 118.0 9-3/4
12 12 EVER JOY XB/CP1 M L Yeung · P O'Sullivan 9 114.0 11

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. A SMILE LIKE YOURS2. PRANCE DRAGON+0.05L3. WHAT A LEGEND+1.75L4. THETA HEDGE+2L5. WINS ALL+2L6. E LEGEND+3L7. LORIZ+4.25L8. TRUST ME+4.25L9. KOKUSHI MUSOU+5.75L10. TAKE WHAT YOU NEED+8.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2021-22
The model's top pick A SMILE LIKE YOURS (31.4%) 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 2 A SMILE LIKE YOURS 31.4% 3.18 1
2 8 WINS ALL 19.4% 5.16 5
3 1 TRUST ME 12.2% 8.18 8
4 3 PRANCE DRAGON 8.1% 12.42 2
5 9 LORIZ 5.7% 17.70 7
6 4 WHAT A LEGEND 5.5% 18.30 3
7 5 E LEGEND 4.8% 20.90 6
8 7 KOKUSHI MUSOU 3.2% 31.25 9
9 6 HANDSOME BOY 2.9% 34.55 11
10 11 TAKE WHAT YOU NEED 2.5% 40.52 10
11 12 EVER JOY 2.3% 42.70 12
12 10 THETA HEDGE 2.1% 47.08 4
A SMILE LIKE YOURS — wonWINS ALLTRUST MEPRANCE DRAGONLORIZWHAT A LEGENDE LEGENDKOKUSHI MUSOUHANDSOME BOYTAKE WHAT YOU NEEDEVER JOYTHETA HEDGE

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 31

PLACE

2 13.5

3 35

4 92.5

QUINELLA

2,3 197

QUINELLA PLACE

2,3 63.5

2,4 193

3,4 467

FORECAST

2,3 284

TIERCE

2,3,4 4,655

TRIO

2,3,4 1,351

FIRST 4

2,3,4,10 6,206

QUARTET

2,3,4,10 75,035

All pools (3 more)

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

3,4,5/2,3,4 18,103

3 PICK 1

A3

A2

A1 19.5

4TH DOUBLE

4/2 116

4/3 117.5