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Happy Valley · 2022-12-14 · 19:16

Race 2

Class 5 GOOD 1650m Course B 12 runners

Race 2 at Happy Valley on 2022-12-14 was Class 5 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. FLASH FAMOUS, ridden by S De Sousa and trained by C H Yip, won by 1/2, with JOLLY HONOUR second and BEAUTY NOVA third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.7 favourite CIRCUIT SPIRITANTO finished 8th.

Result

Official · 1.40.23
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 7 FLASH FAMOUS Closed strongly B/TT 1.40.23 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) S De Sousa · C H Yip 2 5.5 1/2
2 9 JOLLY HONOUR Closed strongly B/TT H Bowman · Y S Tsui 11 25.0 1/2
3 6 BEAUTY NOVA Closed strongly P-/H/TT V Borges · J Size 5 34.0 1-1/4
4 11 SURE WIN WIN Closed strongly B C L Chau · T P Yung 1 8.0 1-1/2
5 3 SUNNY BABY Closed strongly C Y Ho · D A Hayes 10 14.0 2
6 10 SMART FOLKS B K Teetan · C W Chang 3 13.0 2-1/2
7 12 AMAZING NEWS E/P A Hamelin · C Fownes 4 5.6 3-1/4
8 2 CIRCUIT SPIRITANTO Led early B Z Purton · K L Man 7 2.7 3-3/4
9 4 RING BELLS B/XB R Maia · R Gibson 6 17.0 4-1/4
10 8 HANG'S CHOICE Closed strongly B/TT K C Leung · W Y So 12 29.0 5-1/2
11 1 RED IMPACT V/XB/TT L Hewitson · J Richards 9 28.0 7-1/4
12 5 POLARIS WINNER B-/TT1 L Ferraris · A T Millard 8 55.0 7-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. FLASH FAMOUS2. JOLLY HONOUR+0.5L3. BEAUTY NOVA+1.25L4. SURE WIN WIN+1.5L5. SUNNY BABY+2L6. SMART FOLKS+2.5L7. AMAZING NEWS+3.25L8. CIRCUIT SPIRITANTO+3.75L9. RING BELLS+4.25L10. HANG'S CHOICE+5.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick CIRCUIT SPIRITANTO (21.1%) finished 8th — the winner FLASH FAMOUS 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 2 CIRCUIT SPIRITANTO 21.1% 4.75 8
2 7 FLASH FAMOUS 15.2% 6.56 1
3 12 AMAZING NEWS 10.3% 9.67 7
4 11 SURE WIN WIN 10.1% 9.86 4
5 3 SUNNY BABY 9.9% 10.10 5
6 10 SMART FOLKS 8.6% 11.69 6
7 1 RED IMPACT 5.5% 18.19 11
8 5 POLARIS WINNER 4.6% 21.95 12
9 6 BEAUTY NOVA 4.4% 22.60 3
10 9 JOLLY HONOUR 3.6% 27.52 2
11 8 HANG'S CHOICE 3.3% 29.86 10
12 4 RING BELLS 3.3% 30.38 9
CIRCUIT SPIRITANTOFLASH FAMOUS — wonAMAZING NEWSSURE WIN WINSUNNY BABYSMART FOLKSRED IMPACTPOLARIS WINNERBEAUTY NOVAJOLLY HONOURHANG'S CHOICERING BELLS

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

7 55.5

PLACE

6 73

7 17

9 50

QUINELLA

7,9 602.5

QUINELLA PLACE

6,7 275

6,9 791

7,9 164

FORECAST

7,9 1,000

TIERCE

7,9,6 23,964

TRIO

6,7,9 5,496

FIRST 4

6,7,9,11 7,278

QUARTET

7,9,6,11 138,706

All pools (2 more)

1ST DOUBLE

2/7 352

2/9 251.5

3 PICK 1

A2 26.5

A3

A1