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Happy Valley · 2021-12-01

Race 7

Class 4 GOOD 1200m Course A 12 runners

Race 7 at Happy Valley on 2021-12-01 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. POISED TO STRIKE, ridden by Z Purton and trained by D A Hayes, won by N, with SINGAPORE SPIRIT second and COLONEL third. The 3.0 favourite HAPPY GATHERING finished 4th.

Result

Official · 1.10.90
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 10 POISED TO STRIKE TT 1.10.90 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · D A Hayes 3 4.8 N
2 4 SINGAPORE SPIRIT B1/TT1 C Y Ho · A S Cruz 5 5.4 N
3 1 COLONEL V- C L Chau · P F Yiu 11 9.5 1/2
4 8 HAPPY GATHERING B M Chadwick · K L Man 2 3.0 2-3/4
5 12 DAILY BEAUTY B/TT M L Yeung · C Fownes 6 29.0 2-3/4
6 2 HAPPY TANGO B R Maia · Y S Tsui 10 24.0 3-1/2
7 6 LUCKY ARCHANGEL CP/XB M F Poon · F C Lor 12 5.7 4
8 7 PRIDE OF DRAGON K C Leung · C H Yip 1 38.0 4-1/4
9 5 WIN CHARM TT1 V Borges · K W Lui 7 119.0 5-1/2
10 9 I BELIEVE IN MAGIC L Hewitson · P O'Sullivan 9 174.0 6
11 3 DASSIT J Moreira · J Size 8 10.0 6-1/2
12 11 ILLUSTRIOUS B1 C Wong · T P Yung 4 140.0 10

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. POISED TO STRIKE2. SINGAPORE SPIRIT+0.05L3. COLONEL+0.5L4. HAPPY GATHERING+2.75L5. DAILY BEAUTY+2.75L6. HAPPY TANGO+3.5L7. LUCKY ARCHANGEL+4L8. PRIDE OF DRAGON+4.25L9. WIN CHARM+5.5L10. I BELIEVE IN MAGIC+6L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2021-22
The model's top pick HAPPY GATHERING (27.3%) finished 4th — the winner POISED TO STRIKE 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 8 HAPPY GATHERING 27.3% 3.67 4
2 3 DASSIT 26.4% 3.79 11
3 10 POISED TO STRIKE 16.1% 6.19 1
4 6 LUCKY ARCHANGEL 9.5% 10.49 7
5 4 SINGAPORE SPIRIT 6.2% 16.13 2
6 2 HAPPY TANGO 4.3% 23.34 6
7 1 COLONEL 3.2% 30.95 3
8 7 PRIDE OF DRAGON 2.7% 36.39 8
9 5 WIN CHARM 1.8% 56.80 9
10 12 DAILY BEAUTY 1.2% 81.13 5
11 11 ILLUSTRIOUS 0.8% 128.46 12
12 9 I BELIEVE IN MAGIC 0.4% 225.33 10
HAPPY GATHERINGDASSITPOISED TO STRIKE — wonLUCKY ARCHANGELSINGAPORE SPIRITHAPPY TANGOCOLONELPRIDE OF DRAGONWIN CHARMDAILY BEAUTYILLUSTRIOUSI BELIEVE IN MAGIC

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

10 48.5

PLACE

1 28.5

4 20

10 18.5

QUINELLA

4,10 159

QUINELLA PLACE

1,4 99

1,10 67

4,10 61

FORECAST

10,4 469

TIERCE

10,4,1 2,615

TRIO

1,4,10 422

FIRST 4

1,4,8,10 245

QUARTET

10,4,1,8 9,339

All pools (4 more)

2ND DOUBLE TRIO

1,8>5,6/1,4,10 47,083

3 PICK 1

A2 20.5

A3

A1

6TH DOUBLE

5,6/4 32

5,6/10 235.5

TRIPLE TRIO (CONSOLATION)

2,3,4/1,8>5,6/Any Combination 12,185