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Happy Valley · 2022-01-26 · 22:18

Race 8

Class 3 GOOD TO FIRM 1650m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2022-01-26 was Class 3 over 1650m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. LEAP OF FAITH, ridden by V Borges and trained by J Size, won by SH, with MALDIVES second and INVINCIBLE MISSILE third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.6 favourite OSCAR GLORY finished 5th.

Result

Official · 1.40.15
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 2 LEAP OF FAITH Closed strongly 1.40.15 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) V Borges · J Size 3 15.0 SH
2 1 MALDIVES Closed strongly XB Z Purton · D J Hall 1 2.7 SH
3 4 INVINCIBLE MISSILE Closed strongly TT H Bentley · C Fownes 10 12.0 1-3/4
4 3 KINDA COOL Closed strongly B M Chadwick · F C Lor 5 33.0 2
5 10 OSCAR GLORY CP J Moreira · F C Lor 11 2.6 2
6 7 FEARLESS FIRE XB M L Yeung · D A Hayes 2 13.0 2-1/4
7 5 GIFT OF LIFELINE Closed strongly B L Ferraris · A T Millard 7 18.0 2-1/2
8 9 KOWLOON GREAT TT K Teetan · C S Shum 4 62.0 3-1/4
9 6 SMILING TIME CP-/B1/TT A Hamelin · K H Ting 6 58.0 3-1/4
10 8 ROYAL CAMPBELL Led early H/CP2/TT- L Hewitson · P F Yiu 12 153.0 5-1/4
11 12 NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE Closed strongly M F Poon · K W Lui 9 82.0 5-1/2
12 11 SKY FOREVER B/TT A Badel · K L Man 8 8.6 5-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. LEAP OF FAITH2. MALDIVES+0.1L3. INVINCIBLE MISSILE+1.75L4. KINDA COOL+2L5. OSCAR GLORY+2L6. FEARLESS FIRE+2.25L7. GIFT OF LIFELINE+2.5L8. KOWLOON GREAT+3.25L9. SMILING TIME+3.25L10. ROYAL CAMPBELL+5.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2021-22
The model's top pick MALDIVES (29.1%) finished 2nd — the winner LEAP OF FAITH was rated #5. 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 1 MALDIVES 29.1% 3.44 2
2 10 OSCAR GLORY 17.5% 5.71 5
3 4 INVINCIBLE MISSILE 11.5% 8.71 3
4 11 SKY FOREVER 11.2% 8.94 12
5 2 LEAP OF FAITH 9.3% 10.74 1
6 7 FEARLESS FIRE 6.8% 14.66 6
7 3 KINDA COOL 6.3% 15.92 4
8 5 GIFT OF LIFELINE 3.4% 29.36 7
9 9 KOWLOON GREAT 2.2% 45.98 8
10 6 SMILING TIME 1.2% 83.10 9
11 12 NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE 0.9% 112.31 11
12 8 ROYAL CAMPBELL 0.6% 155.12 10
MALDIVESOSCAR GLORYINVINCIBLE MISSILESKY FOREVERLEAP OF FAITH — wonFEARLESS FIREKINDA COOLGIFT OF LIFELINEKOWLOON GREATSMILING TIMENOTHING IMPOSSIBLEROYAL CAMPBELL

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

2 159.5

PLACE

1 12.5

2 36.5

4 23

QUINELLA

1,2 189

QUINELLA PLACE

1,2 62.5

1,4 44

2,4 154.5

FORECAST

2,1 501

TIERCE

2,1,4 2,164

TRIO

1,2,4 312

FIRST 4

1,2,3,4 799

QUARTET

2,1,4,3 24,942

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A2 39

A3

A1

7TH DOUBLE

7/1 219.5

7/2 3,885