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Happy Valley · 2022-12-28 · 22:58

Race 9

Class 3 GOOD 1650m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 9 at Happy Valley on 2022-12-28 was Class 3 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. LOYAL BABY, ridden by M F Poon and trained by F C Lor, won by 3/4, with AMAZING ONE PLUS second and STORM LEGEND third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.3 favourite COMET SPLENDIDO finished 4th.

Result

Official · 1.39.85
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 11 LOYAL BABY Closed strongly TT 1.39.85 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) M F Poon · F C Lor 7 17.0 3/4
2 4 AMAZING ONE PLUS Closed strongly XB/TT C L Chau · T P Yung 3 18.0 3/4
3 12 STORM LEGEND Closed strongly C Y Ho · C Fownes 11 7.6 1
4 2 COMET SPLENDIDO Closed strongly TT Z Purton · C S Shum 2 2.3 2
5 6 MALDIVES Closed strongly B/XB H Bowman · D J Hall 8 11.0 2-1/4
6 7 THE RUNNER V M L Yeung · K H Ting 10 136.0 2-1/2
7 1 WINNING DRAGON H/TT L Ferraris · A S Cruz 6 12.0 2-3/4
8 10 WIN WIN FIGHTER S De Sousa · K W Lui 1 4.9 3-1/2
9 5 SUPER DYNAMITE K C Leung · P F Yiu 4 24.0 4
10 8 EXCEPTIONAL NICE Led early E/TT K Teetan · W Y So 9 11.0 5
11 9 TRADER CP/TT H Bentley · P C Ng 5 69.0 6-1/2
12 3 MASTER DELIGHT B A Hamelin · J Size 12 56.0 7-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. LOYAL BABY2. AMAZING ONE PLUS+0.75L3. STORM LEGEND+1L4. COMET SPLENDIDO+2L5. MALDIVES+2.25L6. THE RUNNER+2.5L7. WINNING DRAGON+2.75L8. WIN WIN FIGHTER+3.5L9. SUPER DYNAMITE+4L10. EXCEPTIONAL NICE+5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick COMET SPLENDIDO (36.2%) finished 4th — the winner LOYAL BABY was rated #10. 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 COMET SPLENDIDO 36.2% 2.76 4
2 10 WIN WIN FIGHTER 14.1% 7.08 8
3 1 WINNING DRAGON 9.2% 10.83 7
4 4 AMAZING ONE PLUS 8.3% 12.08 2
5 5 SUPER DYNAMITE 6.4% 15.52 9
6 12 STORM LEGEND 5.7% 17.57 3
7 8 EXCEPTIONAL NICE 5.7% 17.59 10
8 6 MALDIVES 4.4% 22.59 5
9 9 TRADER 3.1% 32.46 11
10 11 LOYAL BABY 2.5% 39.46 1
11 3 MASTER DELIGHT 2.3% 43.13 12
12 7 THE RUNNER 2.0% 51.18 6
COMET SPLENDIDOWIN WIN FIGHTERWINNING DRAGONAMAZING ONE PLUSSUPER DYNAMITESTORM LEGENDEXCEPTIONAL NICEMALDIVESTRADERLOYAL BABY — wonMASTER DELIGHTTHE RUNNER

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

11 178.5

PLACE

4 37.5

11 40

12 23.5

QUINELLA

4,11 821.5

QUINELLA PLACE

4,11 292.5

4,12 149.5

11,12 150

FORECAST

11,4 1,545

TIERCE

11,4,12 12,405

TRIO

4,11,12 1,374

FIRST 4

2,4,11,12 1,026

QUARTET

11,4,12,2 38,435

All pools (5 more)

3 PICK 1

A2

A3 35.5

A1

3RD DOUBLE TRIO

3,8,11/4,11,12 452,077

8TH DOUBLE

11/4 124

11/11 2,230

SIX UP

1,9/3,8,10/2,5/2,3/3,11/4,11 6,429

1/10/5/3/11/11 2,986,812

5 [P C Ng]

5 [K Teetan]

TREBLE

3/11/4 407

3/11/11 4,853