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Happy Valley · 2023-01-04 · 19:46

Race 3

Class 4 GOOD 1650m Course A 12 runners

Race 3 at Happy Valley on 2023-01-04 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. LEGION OF MERIT, ridden by C Y Ho and trained by W Y So, won by HD, with RED BRICK FIGHTER second and EIGHTEEN PALMS third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 2.7 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.40.61
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 7 LEGION OF MERIT Closed strongly B/TT 1.40.61 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C Y Ho · W Y So 4 2.7 HD
2 2 RED BRICK FIGHTER Closed strongly B H Bowman · D J Hall 5 8.1 HD
3 4 EIGHTEEN PALMS CP1 Z Purton · C S Shum 6 8.1 3/4
4 1 VILLA FIONN Closed strongly B Y L Chung · P F Yiu 7 8.4 3-1/4
5 10 NOBLE STEED Closed strongly M F Poon · K W Lui 2 9.4 3-1/4
6 9 RIVER VIEWS B- C L Chau · T P Yung 1 11.0 3-3/4
7 8 LIFELINE VISION Closed strongly CP K C Leung · D A Hayes 10 15.0 4-1/2
8 3 GANG OF BROTHERS Led early V L Hewitson · P C Ng 8 10.0 5
9 6 LUCKY BANNER Closed strongly H1/TT H Bentley · C Fownes 11 29.0 5-1/4
10 5 RIGHT HONOURABLE Closed strongly H/PC/TT S De Sousa · R Gibson 12 49.0 5-1/4
11 12 SUPER HORNET B/XB1/TT K Teetan · D J Whyte 9 19.0 5-3/4
12 11 ON EXCEL STAR B/XB H N Wong · K H Ting 3 38.0 9

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. LEGION OF MERIT2. RED BRICK FIGHTER+0.2L3. EIGHTEEN PALMS+0.75L4. VILLA FIONN+3.25L5. NOBLE STEED+3.25L6. RIVER VIEWS+3.75L7. LIFELINE VISION+4.5L8. GANG OF BROTHERS+5L9. LUCKY BANNER+5.25L10. RIGHT HONOURABLE+5.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick EIGHTEEN PALMS (30.1%) finished 3rd — the winner LEGION OF MERIT 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 4 EIGHTEEN PALMS 30.1% 3.32 3
2 7 LEGION OF MERIT 14.9% 6.70 1
3 9 RIVER VIEWS 11.6% 8.65 6
4 2 RED BRICK FIGHTER 7.9% 12.67 2
5 10 NOBLE STEED 6.6% 15.21 5
6 3 GANG OF BROTHERS 6.1% 16.32 8
7 1 VILLA FIONN 5.7% 17.59 4
8 12 SUPER HORNET 5.3% 18.72 11
9 6 LUCKY BANNER 4.2% 23.58 9
10 8 LIFELINE VISION 3.5% 28.71 7
11 11 ON EXCEL STAR 2.3% 42.78 12
12 5 RIGHT HONOURABLE 1.8% 56.89 10
EIGHTEEN PALMSLEGION OF MERIT — wonRIVER VIEWSRED BRICK FIGHTERNOBLE STEEDGANG OF BROTHERSVILLA FIONNSUPER HORNETLUCKY BANNERLIFELINE VISIONON EXCEL STARRIGHT HONOURABLE

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 27.5

PLACE

2 22.5

4 30

7 12.5

QUINELLA

2,7 96.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,4 113.5

2,7 43

4,7 60

FORECAST

7,2 139

TIERCE

7,2,4 1,139

TRIO

2,4,7 281

FIRST 4

1,2,4,7 337

QUARTET

7,2,4,1 5,170

All pools (2 more)

2ND DOUBLE

8/2 87.5

8/7 207.5

3 PICK 1

A1 20.5

A2

A3