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Happy Valley · 2023-01-04 · 19:46

Race 3

Class 4 GOOD 1650m Course A 12 runners

Result

Official · 1.40.61
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 0 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 0 RED BRICK FIGHTER Closed strongly B H Bowman · D J Hall 5 8.1 HD
3 0 EIGHTEEN PALMS CP1 Z Purton · C S Shum 6 8.1 3/4
4 0 VILLA FIONN Closed strongly B Y L Chung · P F Yiu 7 8.4 3-1/4
5 0 NOBLE STEED Closed strongly M F Poon · K W Lui 2 9.4 3-1/4
6 0 RIVER VIEWS B- C L Chau · T P Yung 1 11.0 3-3/4
7 0 LIFELINE VISION Closed strongly CP K C Leung · D A Hayes 10 15.0 4-1/2
8 0 GANG OF BROTHERS Led early V L Hewitson · P C Ng 8 10.0 5
9 0 LUCKY BANNER Closed strongly H1/TT H Bentley · C Fownes 11 29.0 5-1/4
10 0 RIGHT HONOURABLE Closed strongly H/PC/TT S De Sousa · R Gibson 12 49.0 5-1/4
11 0 SUPER HORNET B/XB1/TT K Teetan · D J Whyte 9 19.0 5-3/4
12 0 ON EXCEL STAR B/XB H N Wong · K H Ting 3 38.0 9

This site does not show odds as they change: the odds here are final prices after a race, or overnight prices before it.

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.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. LEGION OF MERIT—2. 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 0 EIGHTEEN PALMS 30.1% 3.32 3
2 0 LEGION OF MERIT 14.9% 6.70 1
3 0 RIVER VIEWS 11.6% 8.65 6
4 0 RED BRICK FIGHTER 7.9% 12.67 2
5 0 NOBLE STEED 6.6% 15.21 5
6 0 GANG OF BROTHERS 6.1% 16.32 8
7 0 VILLA FIONN 5.7% 17.59 4
8 0 SUPER HORNET 5.3% 18.72 11
9 0 LUCKY BANNER 4.2% 23.58 9
10 0 LIFELINE VISION 3.5% 28.71 7
11 0 ON EXCEL STAR 2.3% 42.78 12
12 0 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 —