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Happy Valley · 2022-04-20 · 18:46

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD 1800m Course C 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2022-04-20 was Class 5 over 1800m, run on GOOD going. DIAMOND STAR, ridden by J Moreira and trained by J Size, won by 2, with GREAT TIMES second and LOYAL AMBITION third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.5 favourite SPEED FORCE finished 5th.

Result

Official · 1.49.54
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 7 DIAMOND STAR Closed strongly E/TT 1.49.54 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J Moreira · J Size 7 4.7 2
2 11 GREAT TIMES Closed strongly B L Hewitson · D J Hall 12 28.0 2
3 2 LOYAL AMBITION Closed strongly H/TT B Shinn · C Fownes 1 8.1 2-1/2
4 1 FLASH FAMOUS Closed strongly B/TT R Maia · C H Yip 4 13.0 4-3/4
5 8 SPEED FORCE Closed strongly B Z Purton · C W Chang 5 3.5 5
6 5 ORIENTAL AMIGO V C L Chau · Y S Tsui 10 91.0 5-3/4
7 6 WAH MAY LUCK B/TT A Badel · A S Cruz 8 10.0 6-1/4
8 4 OWNERS' STAR B H Bentley · W Y So 2 7.5 7
9 9 SMILING FACE SR/TT K Teetan · D J Whyte 6 6.2 7
10 3 STRATHMORETOO B L Ferraris · A T Millard 9 45.0 9-1/2
11 12 PRESIDENT STAR B/TT V Borges · C S Shum 11 28.0 11-3/4
12 10 WONDERFUL FANTASY Led early B A Hamelin · K W Lui 3 51.0 13-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. DIAMOND STAR2. GREAT TIMES+2L3. LOYAL AMBITION+2.5L4. FLASH FAMOUS+4.75L5. SPEED FORCE+5L6. ORIENTAL AMIGO+5.75L7. WAH MAY LUCK+6.25L8. OWNERS' STAR+7L9. SMILING FACE+7L10. STRATHMORETOO+9.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2021-22
The model's top pick SPEED FORCE (28.7%) finished 5th — the winner DIAMOND STAR was rated #2. 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 SPEED FORCE 28.7% 3.48 5
2 7 DIAMOND STAR 18.2% 5.51 1
3 9 SMILING FACE 11.8% 8.48 9
4 6 WAH MAY LUCK 11.6% 8.65 7
5 1 FLASH FAMOUS 6.8% 14.62 4
6 4 OWNERS' STAR 5.8% 17.20 8
7 2 LOYAL AMBITION 5.2% 19.09 3
8 11 GREAT TIMES 3.3% 30.38 2
9 12 PRESIDENT STAR 2.9% 34.85 11
10 5 ORIENTAL AMIGO 2.4% 42.25 6
11 10 WONDERFUL FANTASY 1.8% 56.28 12
12 3 STRATHMORETOO 1.6% 64.37 10
SPEED FORCEDIAMOND STAR — wonSMILING FACEWAH MAY LUCKFLASH FAMOUSOWNERS' STARLOYAL AMBITIONGREAT TIMESPRESIDENT STARORIENTAL AMIGOWONDERFUL FANTASYSTRATHMORETOO

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

7 47

PLACE

2 24.5

7 18

11 69

QUINELLA

7,11 652

QUINELLA PLACE

2,7 71

2,11 270

7,11 204

FORECAST

7,11 1,599

TIERCE

7,11,2 9,795

TRIO

2,7,11 1,461

FIRST 4

1,2,7,11 4,549

QUARTET

7,11,2,1 98,577

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A3

A1

A2 23.5