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Happy Valley · 2022-11-30 · 22:58

Race 8

Class 3 GOOD TO FIRM 1800m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2022-11-30 was Class 3 over 1800m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. NEARLY FINE, ridden by H Bowman and trained by C Fownes, won by 1-1/4, with TIANCHI MONSTER second and COMET SPLENDIDO third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.8 favourite COMET SPLENDIDO finished 3rd.

Result

Official · 1.48.78
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 2 NEARLY FINE Closed strongly TT 1.48.78 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bowman · C Fownes 10 3.7 1-1/4
2 1 TIANCHI MONSTER Closed strongly M Chadwick · W Y So 9 13.0 1-1/4
3 5 COMET SPLENDIDO Led early TT Y L Chung · C S Shum 1 2.8 1-1/2
4 3 PRIME MINISTER Closed strongly M L Yeung · P F Yiu 4 52.0 1-3/4
5 10 ENSURED Closed strongly C L Chau · D J Hall 3 10.0 2
6 11 LUCKY DIAMOND B/TT L Currie · K H Ting 2 11.0 2-1/2
7 7 DELIGHTFUL LAOS Closed strongly TT K C Leung · C W Chang 11 30.0 2-3/4
8 12 SEAWEED FORTUNE V/TT C Y Ho · K W Lui 7 10.0 3-3/4
9 8 ESCAPE ROUTE H V Borges · J Size 8 13.0 5-1/2
10 6 INTREPID WINNER B H Bentley · A T Millard 5 15.0 6-1/4
11 4 SAVVY KINGMAN L Ferraris · F C Lor 12 25.0 7-1/2
12 9 PRAGMATISM L Hewitson · R Gibson 6 84.0 9-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. NEARLY FINE2. TIANCHI MONSTER+1.25L3. COMET SPLENDIDO+1.5L4. PRIME MINISTER+1.75L5. ENSURED+2L6. LUCKY DIAMOND+2.5L7. DELIGHTFUL LAOS+2.75L8. SEAWEED FORTUNE+3.75L9. ESCAPE ROUTE+5.5L10. INTREPID WINNER+6.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick COMET SPLENDIDO (30.5%) finished 3rd — the winner NEARLY FINE was rated #3. 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 COMET SPLENDIDO 30.5% 3.28 3
2 11 LUCKY DIAMOND 12.0% 8.33 6
3 2 NEARLY FINE 11.4% 8.80 1
4 10 ENSURED 10.6% 9.42 5
5 6 INTREPID WINNER 10.6% 9.44 10
6 12 SEAWEED FORTUNE 6.4% 15.73 8
7 8 ESCAPE ROUTE 4.4% 22.49 9
8 4 SAVVY KINGMAN 4.2% 23.84 11
9 1 TIANCHI MONSTER 3.6% 27.94 2
10 7 DELIGHTFUL LAOS 2.7% 36.83 7
11 3 PRIME MINISTER 2.1% 48.36 4
12 9 PRAGMATISM 1.6% 63.72 12
COMET SPLENDIDOLUCKY DIAMONDNEARLY FINE — wonENSUREDINTREPID WINNERSEAWEED FORTUNEESCAPE ROUTESAVVY KINGMANTIANCHI MONSTERDELIGHTFUL LAOSPRIME MINISTERPRAGMATISM

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

2 37

PLACE

1 40.5

2 17

5 12.5

QUINELLA

1,2 260

QUINELLA PLACE

1,2 92.5

1,5 79.5

2,5 26.5

FORECAST

2,1 339

TIERCE

2,1,5 1,450

TRIO

1,2,5 343

FIRST 4

1,2,3,5 2,129

QUARTET

2,1,5,3 41,827

All pools (5 more)

3 PICK 1

A2

A3

A1 16

3RD DOUBLE TRIO

3,10,11/1,2,5 9,587

7TH DOUBLE

3/1 80

3/2 126.5

SIX UP

4,8/1,11/3,9/10,11/3,11/1,2 12,670

8/1/9/10/3/2 119,548

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1 [C S Shum]

2 [M Chadwick]

TREBLE

10/3/1 614

10/3/2 2,512