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Happy Valley · 2022-01-05 · 18:46

Race 1

Class 4 GOOD 1650m Course A 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2022-01-05 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. A LA KING, ridden by H Bentley and trained by K H Ting, won by SH, with BULLETPROOF second and KUNGFUMASTER PANDA third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.3 favourite BULLETPROOF finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.40.32
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 1 A LA KING Closed strongly B/TT 1.40.32 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bentley · K H Ting 1 6.8 SH
2 8 BULLETPROOF Closed strongly B K Teetan · P F Yiu 4 3.3 SH
3 10 KUNGFUMASTER PANDA Closed strongly B/TT V Borges · P O'Sullivan 3 17.0 N
4 11 LAPUTA Closed strongly V1/TT C Y Ho · K W Lui 12 13.0 1-1/2
5 6 AMAZING NEWS Closed strongly XB A Badel · C Fownes 10 25.0 2
6 4 V CHEVALIERS Closed strongly B/H/TT J Moreira · K L Man 11 10.0 2
7 2 SPEED FAY FAY B C L Chau · T P Yung 9 13.0 2-3/4
8 12 MISTER ARM H W Lai · Y S Tsui 7 11.0 2-3/4
9 5 SUPER RED DRAGON B/TT M Chadwick · W Y So 5 13.0 3-3/4
10 3 SMILING CITY SR/TT B Shinn · D J Whyte 2 7.9 4
11 9 ASIAN ONE Led early B1/TT1 L Ferraris · A T Millard 6 26.0 7-3/4
12 7 YEE CHEONG WARRIOR H-/XB/B1 M F Poon · D J Hall 8 11.0 9

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. A LA KING2. BULLETPROOF+0.1L3. KUNGFUMASTER PANDA+0.05L4. LAPUTA+1.5L5. AMAZING NEWS+2L6. V CHEVALIERS+2L7. SPEED FAY FAY+2.75L8. MISTER ARM+2.75L9. SUPER RED DRAGON+3.75L10. SMILING CITY+4L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2021-22
The model's top pick LAPUTA (13.8%) finished 4th — the winner A LA KING was rated #9. 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 11 LAPUTA 13.8% 7.23 4
2 8 BULLETPROOF 12.2% 8.18 2
3 7 YEE CHEONG WARRIOR 11.3% 8.85 12
4 4 V CHEVALIERS 9.7% 10.29 6
5 10 KUNGFUMASTER PANDA 8.5% 11.75 3
6 12 MISTER ARM 8.4% 11.97 8
7 6 AMAZING NEWS 7.4% 13.44 5
8 5 SUPER RED DRAGON 7.2% 13.91 9
9 1 A LA KING 7.0% 14.39 1
10 3 SMILING CITY 6.7% 14.98 10
11 2 SPEED FAY FAY 6.4% 15.67 7
12 9 ASIAN ONE 1.4% 70.58 11
LAPUTABULLETPROOFYEE CHEONG WARRIORV CHEVALIERSKUNGFUMASTER PANDAMISTER ARMAMAZING NEWSSUPER RED DRAGONA LA KING — wonSMILING CITYSPEED FAY FAYASIAN ONE

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

1 68

PLACE

1 22.5

8 14

10 45.5

QUINELLA

1,8 150

QUINELLA PLACE

1,8 57

1,10 191.5

8,10 117.5

FORECAST

1,8 240

TIERCE

1,8,10 3,341

TRIO

1,8,10 764

FIRST 4

1,8,10,11 2,647

QUARTET

1,8,10,11 46,917

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A1 22

A3

A2