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Happy Valley · 2022-02-23 · 18:46

Race 1

Class 4 GOOD 2200m Course C+3 11 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2022-02-23 was Class 4 over 2200m, run on GOOD going. CHAMPION PAL, ridden by Z Purton and trained by P O'Sullivan, won by 3-1/4, with ASIAN ONE second and NATURAL STORM third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 2.3 favourite.

Result

Official · 2.17.62
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 CHAMPION PAL Closed strongly B 2.17.62 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · P O'Sullivan 2 2.3 3-1/4
2 9 ASIAN ONE B/TT R Maia · A T Millard 5 4.1 3-1/4
3 3 NATURAL STORM Closed strongly B-/V1/TT- K C Leung · P F Yiu 10 16.0 3-1/4
4 6 WINNING VOLATILITY Closed strongly PC H Bentley · K W Lui 11 29.0 4
5 8 WONDER YEARS Closed strongly B/XB L Hewitson · D J Whyte 4 50.0 4-1/4
6 7 LEGION OF MERIT B/TT A Badel · W Y So 6 8.0 4-3/4
7 5 VICTORIOUS SEEKER B A Hamelin · P O'Sullivan 1 13.0 6-1/4
8 11 MISTER MONTE Led early CP H T Mo · C W Chang 3 25.0 9
9 1 GOLDEN SPECTRUM Closed strongly CP/H/TT K Teetan · A S Cruz 8 13.0 9-3/4
10 2 STIMULATION B/TT M F Poon · A S Cruz 7 32.0 10-3/4
11 10 GO BALLISTIC SR/TT D Moor · R Gibson 9 11.0 15

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. CHAMPION PAL2. ASIAN ONE+3.25L3. NATURAL STORM+3.25L4. WINNING VOLATILITY+4L5. WONDER YEARS+4.25L6. LEGION OF MERIT+4.75L7. VICTORIOUS SEEKER+6.25L8. MISTER MONTE+9L9. GOLDEN SPECTRUM+9.75L10. STIMULATION+10.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2021-22
The model's top pick CHAMPION PAL (36.0%) 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 4 CHAMPION PAL 36.0% 2.78 1
2 9 ASIAN ONE 10.1% 9.90 2
3 10 GO BALLISTIC 10.0% 9.95 11
4 7 LEGION OF MERIT 9.4% 10.59 6
5 5 VICTORIOUS SEEKER 7.9% 12.67 7
6 1 GOLDEN SPECTRUM 7.4% 13.55 9
7 6 WINNING VOLATILITY 6.2% 16.13 4
8 11 MISTER MONTE 5.9% 16.92 8
9 3 NATURAL STORM 4.1% 24.25 3
10 2 STIMULATION 2.1% 48.49 10
11 8 WONDER YEARS 0.9% 117.04 5
CHAMPION PAL — wonASIAN ONEGO BALLISTICLEGION OF MERITVICTORIOUS SEEKERGOLDEN SPECTRUMWINNING VOLATILITYMISTER MONTENATURAL STORMSTIMULATIONWONDER YEARS

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

4 23.5

PLACE

3 40.5

4 12

9 15

QUINELLA

4,9 47.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,4 75

3,9 95

4,9 25

FORECAST

4,9 79

TIERCE

4,9,3 819

TRIO

3,4,9 249

FIRST 4

3,4,6,9 958

QUARTET

4,9,3,6 9,476

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A3

A1 19.5

A2