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Happy Valley · 2022-05-18 · 18:46

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD 1650m Course B 12 runners

Result

Official · 1.40.62
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 0 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 0 DAILY BEAUTY Closed strongly TT L Ferraris · C Fownes 7 7.5 1-1/2
3 0 DIAMOND STAR Closed strongly E/TT L Currie · J Size 2 5.9 2-1/4
4 0 SEA MONARCH M F Poon · C W Chang 12 43.0 2-1/2
5 0 OH BRAVO Closed strongly CP-/TT C Y Ho · W Y So 8 21.0 2-3/4
6 0 ANONYMA XB/TT V Borges · A T Millard 6 17.0 2-3/4
7 0 HUMBLE STEED M Chadwick · T P Yung 4 8.0 4-1/2
8 0 MANNA FROM HEAVEN B A Badel · K L Man 1 4.0 5
9 0 RUN THE TABLE Led early H B Shinn · K W Lui 9 7.2 5
10 0 KING'S TROOPER Closed strongly TT R Maia · P F Yiu 10 27.0 5-1/4
11 0 ALL YOU KNOW B/H/TT K C Leung · R Gibson 3 21.0 5-3/4
12 0 MAN UP P-/B1/TT K Teetan · C S Shum 5 12.0 7-3/4

This site does not show odds as they change: the odds here are final prices after a race, or overnight prices before it.

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.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SMILING FACE—2. 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 0 DIAMOND STAR 22.6% 4.43 3
2 0 SMILING FACE 14.8% 6.75 1
3 0 MANNA FROM HEAVEN 11.6% 8.59 8
4 0 DAILY BEAUTY 11.6% 8.65 2
5 0 HUMBLE STEED 8.5% 11.77 7
6 0 OH BRAVO 6.6% 15.04 5
7 0 RUN THE TABLE 6.5% 15.32 9
8 0 MAN UP 4.9% 20.41 12
9 0 SEA MONARCH 4.3% 23.04 4
10 0 KING'S TROOPER 3.6% 27.54 10
11 0 ALL YOU KNOW 2.6% 38.83 11
12 0 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

A3 —

A2 26

A1 —