Skip to content

HKJC Guru is an independent statistics service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to The Hong Kong Jockey Club.

Happy Valley · 2022-10-05 · 20:16

Race 4

Class 5 GOOD TO FIRM 1650m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 4 at Happy Valley on 2022-10-05 was Class 5 over 1650m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. PASSING FASHION, ridden by R Maia and trained by C H Yip, won by 1-1/4, with CIRCUIT SPIRITANTO second and LOYAL AMBITION third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.0 favourite PAKISTAN ZINDABAD finished 9th.

Result

Official · 1.40.50
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 PASSING FASHION Closed strongly XB/TT 1.40.50 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) R Maia · C H Yip 5 12.0 1-1/4
2 6 CIRCUIT SPIRITANTO Closed strongly B1 M F Poon · K L Man 12 18.0 1-1/4
3 7 LOYAL AMBITION B/H/TT C Y Ho · C Fownes 6 4.1 1-1/4
4 9 MEDIC ELITE Closed strongly PC/TT L Ferraris · P C Ng 8 6.3 2-1/4
5 11 SPEED FORCE B V Borges · C W Chang 3 19.0 2-3/4
6 10 GOLDEN FOUR Closed strongly A Hamelin · C W Chang 7 32.0 2-3/4
7 8 THE JOLLY Led early B-/VO1/TT L Hewitson · D J Whyte 1 12.0 3-1/4
8 5 MISTER ARM M Chadwick · Y S Tsui 10 12.0 3-1/2
9 12 PAKISTAN ZINDABAD B/TT Z Purton · W Y So 4 3.0 4
10 2 BEST FOR YOU Closed strongly B K C Leung · Y S Tsui 9 17.0 4
11 1 LEISURE AND GOLD Closed strongly H- C L Chau · C H Yip 11 59.0 4-1/2
12 3 FELIX THE KING CP/TT L Currie · C W Chang 2 29.0 5-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. PASSING FASHION2. CIRCUIT SPIRITANTO+1.25L3. LOYAL AMBITION+1.25L4. MEDIC ELITE+2.25L5. SPEED FORCE+2.75L6. GOLDEN FOUR+2.75L7. THE JOLLY+3.25L8. MISTER ARM+3.5L9. PAKISTAN ZINDABAD+4L10. BEST FOR YOU+4L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick PAKISTAN ZINDABAD (21.5%) finished 9th — the winner PASSING FASHION was rated #4. 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 12 PAKISTAN ZINDABAD 21.5% 4.66 9
2 7 LOYAL AMBITION 19.9% 5.03 3
3 9 MEDIC ELITE 9.5% 10.53 4
4 4 PASSING FASHION 8.3% 12.04 1
5 8 THE JOLLY 7.6% 13.14 7
6 5 MISTER ARM 7.5% 13.33 8
7 6 CIRCUIT SPIRITANTO 7.4% 13.44 2
8 3 FELIX THE KING 6.2% 16.11 12
9 2 BEST FOR YOU 4.5% 22.32 10
10 11 SPEED FORCE 3.8% 26.53 5
11 10 GOLDEN FOUR 2.5% 39.84 6
12 1 LEISURE AND GOLD 1.3% 75.42 11
PAKISTAN ZINDABADLOYAL AMBITIONMEDIC ELITEPASSING FASHION — wonTHE JOLLYMISTER ARMCIRCUIT SPIRITANTOFELIX THE KINGBEST FOR YOUSPEED FORCEGOLDEN FOURLEISURE AND GOLD

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

4 126.5

PLACE

4 34

6 54.5

7 15

QUINELLA

4,6 1,070.5

QUINELLA PLACE

4,6 293

4,7 82

6,7 132

FORECAST

4,6 2,049

TIERCE

4,6,7 7,903

TRIO

4,6,7 1,388

FIRST 4

4,6,7,9 993

QUARTET

4,6,7,9 29,338

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A1

A2 31.5

A3

3RD DOUBLE

9/4 1,524

9/6 304