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Happy Valley · 2022-12-07 · 19:31

Race 3

Class 5 GOOD 1200m Course A 12 runners

Race 3 at Happy Valley on 2022-12-07 was Class 5 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. HEARTY WISH, ridden by J Melham and trained by D J Whyte, won by N, with ZACIAN second and LE PLUS VITE third. Victory came as the 2.1 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.10.64
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 HEARTY WISH SR/TT 1.10.64 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J Melham · D J Whyte 3 2.1 N
2 12 ZACIAN S De Sousa · C S Shum 11 13.0 N
3 6 LE PLUS VITE XB/TT H Bowman · D A Hayes 5 15.0 N
4 3 SUNSHINE LEGENDARY CP-/XB/B1 Z Purton · R Gibson 7 35.0 2
5 10 HANDSOME GUYS E/TT R Moore · C Fownes 12 8.8 2
6 2 CIGAR BUDDIES B A Hamelin · K H Ting 4 10.0 2-1/4
7 9 U W BROTHER H Doyle · Y S Tsui 10 12.0 2-1/2
8 1 TOUCH FAITH J McDonald · J Size 8 13.0 2-3/4
9 5 JACK WIN B/H/TT T Marquand · A S Cruz 1 15.0 2-3/4
10 11 LITTLE PLAYER B-/XB/V1/TT M Chadwick · J Richards 2 9.1 3
11 8 SUPER KINGDOM B H Bentley · A T Millard 6 41.0 4-1/2
12 7 CIRCUIT SPLENDOR H/XB C L Chau · T P Yung 9 82.0 8

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. HEARTY WISH2. ZACIAN+0.05L3. LE PLUS VITE+0.05L4. SUNSHINE LEGENDARY+2L5. HANDSOME GUYS+2L6. CIGAR BUDDIES+2.25L7. U W BROTHER+2.5L8. TOUCH FAITH+2.75L9. JACK WIN+2.75L10. LITTLE PLAYER+3L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick HEARTY WISH (16.0%) won this race. 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 4 HEARTY WISH 16.0% 6.24 1
2 11 LITTLE PLAYER 16.0% 6.25 10
3 10 HANDSOME GUYS 13.4% 7.44 5
4 9 U W BROTHER 10.9% 9.21 7
5 6 LE PLUS VITE 9.4% 10.69 3
6 5 JACK WIN 8.8% 11.39 9
7 12 ZACIAN 8.1% 12.39 2
8 1 TOUCH FAITH 5.9% 16.87 8
9 2 CIGAR BUDDIES 4.2% 23.94 6
10 3 SUNSHINE LEGENDARY 3.7% 27.27 4
11 7 CIRCUIT SPLENDOR 2.0% 49.64 12
12 8 SUPER KINGDOM 1.7% 59.79 11
HEARTY WISH — wonLITTLE PLAYERHANDSOME GUYSU W BROTHERLE PLUS VITEJACK WINZACIANTOUCH FAITHCIGAR BUDDIESSUNSHINE LEGENDARYCIRCUIT SPLENDORSUPER KINGDOM

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 21.5

PLACE

4 11.5

6 42.5

12 35.5

QUINELLA

4,12 164

QUINELLA PLACE

4,6 77.5

4,12 63

6,12 197.5

FORECAST

4,12 316

TIERCE

4,12,6 3,234

TRIO

4,6,12 636

FIRST 4

3,4,6,12 6,044

QUARTET

4,12,6,3 73,251

All pools (2 more)

2ND DOUBLE

7/4 83.5

7/12 84

3 PICK 1

A1 17.5

A3

A2