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Happy Valley · 2022-12-28 · 19:46

Race 3

Class 4 GOOD 1200m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 3 at Happy Valley on 2022-12-28 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. HARDLY SWEARS, ridden by H Bentley and trained by P C Ng, won by N, with ISLAND SURPRISE second and SURE JOYFUL third. Victory came as the 4.3 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.10.31
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 7 HARDLY SWEARS CP/TT 1.10.31 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bentley · P C Ng 2 4.3 N
2 8 ISLAND SURPRISE B/TT S De Sousa · K L Man 9 5.3 N
3 9 SURE JOYFUL V R Maia · P F Yiu 4 10.0 N
4 10 MY INTELLIGENT V2/TT H T Mo · L Ho 1 5.4 1
5 5 PROSECCO SR-/H/B1 A Hamelin · R Gibson 10 23.0 1-1/4
6 2 FLAMING PASSION TT K Teetan · F C Lor 12 20.0 2
7 1 FUN N GLORY E1/TT H Bowman · W Y So 8 6.5 2-1/4
8 3 D STAR B/H/TT L Ferraris · A S Cruz 6 8.1 2-3/4
9 4 EAGLE RUN B/TT1 C Y Ho · D J Whyte 5 70.0 3-1/4
10 11 FIGHTING STAR B-/XB-/TT- M F Poon · C H Yip 7 12.0 4-1/4
11 12 FARSHAD CP C Wong · Y S Tsui 3 34.0 5
12 6 INSPIRING CITY H K C Leung · D A Hayes 11 45.0 7-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. HARDLY SWEARS2. ISLAND SURPRISE+0.05L3. SURE JOYFUL+0.05L4. MY INTELLIGENT+1L5. PROSECCO+1.25L6. FLAMING PASSION+2L7. FUN N GLORY+2.25L8. D STAR+2.75L9. EAGLE RUN+3.25L10. FIGHTING STAR+4.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick ISLAND SURPRISE (16.4%) finished 2nd — the winner HARDLY SWEARS was rated #5. 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 8 ISLAND SURPRISE 16.4% 6.09 2
2 1 FUN N GLORY 11.6% 8.60 7
3 10 MY INTELLIGENT 9.9% 10.10 4
4 12 FARSHAD 9.4% 10.63 11
5 7 HARDLY SWEARS 9.3% 10.74 1
6 2 FLAMING PASSION 8.8% 11.30 6
7 9 SURE JOYFUL 8.1% 12.36 3
8 3 D STAR 7.5% 13.29 8
9 6 INSPIRING CITY 6.0% 16.64 12
10 11 FIGHTING STAR 6.0% 16.74 10
11 5 PROSECCO 5.4% 18.53 5
12 4 EAGLE RUN 1.5% 67.45 9
ISLAND SURPRISEFUN N GLORYMY INTELLIGENTFARSHADHARDLY SWEARS — wonFLAMING PASSIONSURE JOYFULD STARINSPIRING CITYFIGHTING STARPROSECCOEAGLE RUN

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 43.5

PLACE

7 16

8 18.5

9 33

QUINELLA

7,8 130

QUINELLA PLACE

7,8 49.5

7,9 69

8,9 97

FORECAST

7,8 343

TIERCE

7,8,9 2,001

TRIO

7,8,9 312

FIRST 4

7,8,9,10 432

QUARTET

7,8,9,10 9,329

All pools (2 more)

2ND DOUBLE

7/7 818

7/8 151.5

3 PICK 1

A1

A3

A2 19.5