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Happy Valley · 2022-11-23 · 19:46

Race 2

Class 5 GOOD 1650m Course C 12 runners

Race 2 at Happy Valley on 2022-11-23 was Class 5 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. THETA HEDGE, ridden by C Y Ho and trained by K W Lui, won by 1-1/2, with WAH MAY LUCK second and MEDIC ELITE third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.0 favourite MEDIC ELITE finished 3rd.

Result

Official · 1.40.32
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 3 THETA HEDGE Closed strongly B/H/TT 1.40.32 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C Y Ho · K W Lui 11 23.0 1-1/2
2 12 WAH MAY LUCK Led early B/TT2 H Bentley · Y S Tsui 4 28.0 1-1/2
3 9 MEDIC ELITE Closed strongly PC/TT S De Sousa · P C Ng 5 2.0 2-1/2
4 8 AMAZING NEWS Closed strongly E/P M Chadwick · C Fownes 12 9.1 3-1/4
5 4 FLASH FAMOUS Closed strongly B/TT R Maia · C H Yip 8 9.1 3-1/2
6 5 HANG'S CHOICE Closed strongly H-/B1/TT C L Chau · W Y So 7 89.0 3-1/2
7 2 COMMON ROOM TT Y L Chung · C S Shum 1 17.0 3-3/4
8 11 SMILING FACE Closed strongly SR/TT L Hewitson · D J Whyte 10 16.0 4
9 6 SPLENDID STAR H T Mo · L Ho 3 85.0 4-3/4
10 7 THIS IS CHARISMA CP/TT L Ferraris · D J Hall 9 17.0 5-3/4
11 1 CIRCUIT SPIRITANTO B M F Poon · K L Man 6 4.9 8-1/4
12 10 MISTER MONTE CP K H Chan · C W Chang 2 35.0 10-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. THETA HEDGE2. WAH MAY LUCK+1.5L3. MEDIC ELITE+2.5L4. AMAZING NEWS+3.25L5. FLASH FAMOUS+3.5L6. HANG'S CHOICE+3.5L7. COMMON ROOM+3.75L8. SMILING FACE+4L9. SPLENDID STAR+4.75L10. THIS IS CHARISMA+5.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick MEDIC ELITE (34.0%) finished 3rd — the winner THETA HEDGE was rated #5. 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 9 MEDIC ELITE 34.0% 2.94 3
2 1 CIRCUIT SPIRITANTO 17.4% 5.75 11
3 8 AMAZING NEWS 8.1% 12.39 4
4 4 FLASH FAMOUS 7.1% 14.02 5
5 3 THETA HEDGE 6.5% 15.34 1
6 7 THIS IS CHARISMA 6.2% 16.17 10
7 11 SMILING FACE 5.7% 17.63 8
8 5 HANG'S CHOICE 4.3% 23.25 6
9 10 MISTER MONTE 3.7% 27.03 12
10 12 WAH MAY LUCK 3.4% 29.46 2
11 2 COMMON ROOM 2.2% 45.47 7
12 6 SPLENDID STAR 1.5% 68.95 9
MEDIC ELITECIRCUIT SPIRITANTOAMAZING NEWSFLASH FAMOUSTHETA HEDGE — wonTHIS IS CHARISMASMILING FACEHANG'S CHOICEMISTER MONTEWAH MAY LUCKCOMMON ROOMSPLENDID STAR

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

3 232

PLACE

3 50.5

9 12

12 57

QUINELLA

3,12 2,654.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,9 82.5

3,12 619

9,12 88

FORECAST

3,12 8,369

TIERCE

3,12,9 15,718

TRIO

3,9,12 1,129

FIRST 4

3,8,9,12 3,954

QUARTET

3,12,9,8 193,747

All pools (2 more)

1ST DOUBLE

2/3 1,954

2/12 342

3 PICK 1

A2

A3 40.5

A1