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Happy Valley · 2022-12-21 · 18:46

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD TO FIRM 1200m Course C 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2022-12-21 was Class 5 over 1200m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. TELECOM MISSILE, ridden by C Y Ho and trained by C Fownes, won by HD, with M M JOHNNY second and ALLOY KING third. The 4.8 favourite STRIVE FOR GLORY finished 7th.

Result

Official · 1.09.92
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 TELECOM MISSILE B/TT 1.09.92 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C Y Ho · C Fownes 1 5.0 HD
2 6 M M JOHNNY B H Bowman · K L Man 7 5.6 HD
3 11 ALLOY KING V H Bentley · K H Ting 5 15.0 1/2
4 12 TRAVEL GLORY B K Teetan · Y S Tsui 9 7.4 1-1/4
5 2 SUNSHINE LEGENDARY B/XB K C Leung · R Gibson 11 32.0 2-1/4
6 8 DAY DAY RICH B/TT L Hewitson · T P Yung 3 6.4 3
7 1 STRIVE FOR GLORY P/TT Z Purton · W Y So 8 4.8 3-3/4
8 9 ONE STEP AHEAD L Currie · C W Chang 6 17.0 4-3/4
9 3 TOUCH FAITH V Borges · J Size 12 27.0 4-3/4
10 10 SPLENDID STAR V1 M L Yeung · L Ho 2 32.0 5-1/4
11 7 SHENRON H/PC/XB/TT L Ferraris · P C Ng 10 18.0 6-1/2
12 5 GLORIFIED FIRE A Hamelin · C H Yip 4 15.0 13-1/4
0 ENCORE M F Poon · C S Shum

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. TELECOM MISSILE2. M M JOHNNY+0.2L3. ALLOY KING+0.5L4. TRAVEL GLORY+1.25L5. SUNSHINE LEGENDARY+2.25L6. DAY DAY RICH+3L7. STRIVE FOR GLORY+3.75L8. ONE STEP AHEAD+4.75L9. TOUCH FAITH+4.75L10. SPLENDID STAR+5.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick STRIVE FOR GLORY (18.6%) finished 7th — the winner TELECOM MISSILE 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 1 STRIVE FOR GLORY 18.6% 5.39 7
2 4 TELECOM MISSILE 14.3% 7.02 1
3 8 DAY DAY RICH 14.1% 7.07 6
4 6 M M JOHNNY 10.8% 9.30 2
5 9 ONE STEP AHEAD 8.5% 11.75 8
6 12 TRAVEL GLORY 7.0% 14.33 4
7 7 SHENRON 6.4% 15.60 11
8 3 TOUCH FAITH 6.3% 15.97 9
9 5 GLORIFIED FIRE 5.9% 17.02 12
10 2 SUNSHINE LEGENDARY 3.6% 28.12 5
11 11 ALLOY KING 2.6% 38.37 3
12 10 SPLENDID STAR 2.1% 47.93 10
STRIVE FOR GLORYTELECOM MISSILE — wonDAY DAY RICHM M JOHNNYONE STEP AHEADTRAVEL GLORYSHENRONTOUCH FAITHGLORIFIED FIRESUNSHINE LEGENDARYALLOY KINGSPLENDID 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

4 50

PLACE

4 20.5

6 18.5

11 44

QUINELLA

4,6 138

QUINELLA PLACE

4,6 57.5

4,11 165

6,11 131

FORECAST

4,6 270

TIERCE

4,6,11 4,168

TRIO

4,6,11 824

FIRST 4

4,6,11,12 1,229

QUARTET

4,6,11,12 23,553

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A1

A2 18.5

A3