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Happy Valley · 2022-12-14 · 19:46

Race 3

Class 4 GOOD 1200m Course B 12 runners

Race 3 at Happy Valley on 2022-12-14 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. ACT OF FAITH, ridden by Z Purton and trained by J Size, won by 1-1/2, with YELLOWFIN second and EXUBERANT third. The 3.6 favourite EXUBERANT finished 3rd.

Result

Official · 1.09.63
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 2 ACT OF FAITH 1.09.63 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · J Size 2 4.8 1-1/2
2 5 YELLOWFIN TT C Y Ho · K W Lui 9 5.0 1-1/2
3 1 EXUBERANT B/TT H Bowman · C S Shum 4 3.6 2-1/2
4 7 MELBOURNE HALL B/XB Y L Chung · D J Hall 3 6.1 2-3/4
5 12 AMBITIOUS HEART B/TT C L Chau · T P Yung 6 31.0 3-1/2
6 6 GOODLUCK GOODLUCK CP2 K C Leung · W Y So 5 10.0 4-1/4
7 9 DRAGON KINGDOM CP- M F Poon · Y S Tsui 1 27.0 4-1/2
8 10 FIGHTING STAR B/XB/TT L Hewitson · C H Yip 10 35.0 4-1/2
9 8 SHADOW RUNNER CP/TT K Teetan · J Richards 8 12.0 5-1/4
10 4 STARSHIP EIGHTY B1/H1 S De Sousa · P C Ng 11 114.0 6-1/2
11 3 RIGHTEOUS ARION B-/H/TT L Ferraris · A S Cruz 7 12.0 6-3/4
12 11 EASY LIFE B/TT H N Wong · K H Ting 12 177.0 7-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. ACT OF FAITH2. YELLOWFIN+1.5L3. EXUBERANT+2.5L4. MELBOURNE HALL+2.75L5. AMBITIOUS HEART+3.5L6. GOODLUCK GOODLUCK+4.25L7. DRAGON KINGDOM+4.5L8. FIGHTING STAR+4.5L9. SHADOW RUNNER+5.25L10. STARSHIP EIGHTY+6.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick STARSHIP EIGHTY (20.7%) finished 10th — the winner ACT OF FAITH 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 4 STARSHIP EIGHTY 20.7% 4.83 10
2 5 YELLOWFIN 18.8% 5.33 2
3 7 MELBOURNE HALL 14.0% 7.14 4
4 2 ACT OF FAITH 9.9% 10.12 1
5 1 EXUBERANT 9.3% 10.73 3
6 8 SHADOW RUNNER 7.8% 12.79 9
7 6 GOODLUCK GOODLUCK 5.8% 17.29 6
8 10 FIGHTING STAR 3.8% 26.03 8
9 3 RIGHTEOUS ARION 3.6% 27.41 11
10 12 AMBITIOUS HEART 2.7% 37.07 5
11 9 DRAGON KINGDOM 2.3% 43.06 7
12 11 EASY LIFE 1.2% 82.80 12
STARSHIP EIGHTYYELLOWFINMELBOURNE HALLACT OF FAITH — wonEXUBERANTSHADOW RUNNERGOODLUCK GOODLUCKFIGHTING STARRIGHTEOUS ARIONAMBITIOUS HEARTDRAGON KINGDOMEASY LIFE

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 48

PLACE

1 15

2 18.5

5 18.5

QUINELLA

2,5 183.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,2 36.5

1,5 38

2,5 64.5

FORECAST

2,5 419

TIERCE

2,5,1 1,169

TRIO

1,2,5 157

FIRST 4

1,2,5,7 175

QUARTET

2,5,1,7 5,087

All pools (2 more)

2ND DOUBLE

7/2 545

7/5 30

3 PICK 1

A1

A3 25

A2