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Happy Valley · 2022-05-18 · 18:46

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD 1650m Course B 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2022-05-18 was Class 5 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. SMILING FACE, ridden by L Hewitson and trained by D J Whyte, won by 1-1/2, with DAILY BEAUTY second and DIAMOND STAR third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 4.0 favourite MANNA FROM HEAVEN finished 8th.

Result

Official · 1.40.62
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 10 SMILING FACE Closed strongly SR/TT 1.40.62 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) L Hewitson · D J Whyte 11 8.9 1-1/2
2 6 DAILY BEAUTY Closed strongly TT L Ferraris · C Fownes 7 7.5 1-1/2
3 5 DIAMOND STAR Closed strongly E/TT L Currie · J Size 2 5.9 2-1/4
4 12 SEA MONARCH M F Poon · C W Chang 12 43.0 2-1/2
5 9 OH BRAVO Closed strongly CP-/TT C Y Ho · W Y So 8 21.0 2-3/4
6 11 ANONYMA XB/TT V Borges · A T Millard 6 17.0 2-3/4
7 8 HUMBLE STEED M Chadwick · T P Yung 4 8.0 4-1/2
8 4 MANNA FROM HEAVEN B A Badel · K L Man 1 4.0 5
9 1 RUN THE TABLE Led early H B Shinn · K W Lui 9 7.2 5
10 2 KING'S TROOPER Closed strongly TT R Maia · P F Yiu 10 27.0 5-1/4
11 7 ALL YOU KNOW B/H/TT K C Leung · R Gibson 3 21.0 5-3/4
12 3 MAN UP P-/B1/TT K Teetan · C S Shum 5 12.0 7-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SMILING FACE2. DAILY BEAUTY+1.5L3. DIAMOND STAR+2.25L4. SEA MONARCH+2.5L5. OH BRAVO+2.75L6. ANONYMA+2.75L7. HUMBLE STEED+4.5L8. MANNA FROM HEAVEN+5L9. RUN THE TABLE+5L10. KING'S TROOPER+5.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2021-22
The model's top pick DIAMOND STAR (22.6%) finished 3rd — the winner SMILING FACE 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 5 DIAMOND STAR 22.6% 4.43 3
2 10 SMILING FACE 14.8% 6.75 1
3 4 MANNA FROM HEAVEN 11.6% 8.59 8
4 6 DAILY BEAUTY 11.6% 8.65 2
5 8 HUMBLE STEED 8.5% 11.77 7
6 9 OH BRAVO 6.6% 15.04 5
7 1 RUN THE TABLE 6.5% 15.32 9
8 3 MAN UP 4.9% 20.41 12
9 12 SEA MONARCH 4.3% 23.04 4
10 2 KING'S TROOPER 3.6% 27.54 10
11 7 ALL YOU KNOW 2.6% 38.83 11
12 11 ANONYMA 2.3% 43.06 6
DIAMOND STARSMILING FACE — wonMANNA FROM HEAVENDAILY BEAUTYHUMBLE STEEDOH BRAVORUN THE TABLEMAN UPSEA MONARCHKING'S TROOPERALL YOU KNOWANONYMA

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 89.5

PLACE

5 18.5

6 25

10 29.5

QUINELLA

6,10 278.5

QUINELLA PLACE

5,6 79

5,10 91

6,10 97.5

FORECAST

10,6 581

TIERCE

10,6,5 2,324

TRIO

5,6,10 395

FIRST 4

5,6,10,12 5,862

QUARTET

10,6,5,12 80,327

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A1

A2 26

A3