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Happy Valley · 2023-01-04 · 20:16

Race 4

Class 4 GOOD 1650m Course A 12 runners

Race 4 at Happy Valley on 2023-01-04 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. KUNG FU TEA, ridden by L Ferraris and trained by D J Hall, won by SH, with CHILL CHIBI second and YOUNG LIFE FOREVER third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 5.8 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.41.63
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 7 KUNG FU TEA Closed strongly B 1.41.63 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) L Ferraris · D J Hall 3 5.8 SH
2 5 CHILL CHIBI Closed strongly TT1 C L Chau · C S Shum 1 61.0 SH
3 6 YOUNG LIFE FOREVER Closed strongly H Bentley · C Fownes 9 15.0 1/2
4 9 PACKING MONKEYKING Closed strongly K C Leung · L Ho 5 7.5 1-1/4
5 3 COPARTNER FIONN Closed strongly H/PC/TT C Y Ho · J Richards 7 28.0 2
6 4 KUNGFUMASTER PANDA Led early B/TT Y L Chung · P C Ng 11 20.0 2
7 8 HAPPY JAI JAI TT M L Yeung · T P Yung 4 9.1 2-3/4
8 12 CONCERTO Closed strongly XB1/TT V Borges · K H Ting 8 15.0 3-1/2
9 10 CORDYCEPS ONE B/H2 S De Sousa · K W Lui 6 6.5 4-1/4
10 1 WIDE BLUE YONDER Closed strongly CP/XB1/TT H Bowman · D A Hayes 12 7.6 4-1/2
11 11 WINWIN THIRTYTHREE V R Maia · P F Yiu 2 6.4 6-1/2
12 2 RAINBOW LIGHT B/TT K Teetan · D J Whyte 10 7.9 12

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. KUNG FU TEA2. CHILL CHIBI+0.1L3. YOUNG LIFE FOREVER+0.5L4. PACKING MONKEYKING+1.25L5. COPARTNER FIONN+2L6. KUNGFUMASTER PANDA+2L7. HAPPY JAI JAI+2.75L8. CONCERTO+3.5L9. CORDYCEPS ONE+4.25L10. WIDE BLUE YONDER+4.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick CORDYCEPS ONE (19.3%) finished 9th — the winner KUNG FU TEA 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 10 CORDYCEPS ONE 19.3% 5.19 9
2 11 WINWIN THIRTYTHREE 10.4% 9.66 11
3 8 HAPPY JAI JAI 9.7% 10.34 7
4 2 RAINBOW LIGHT 9.5% 10.52 12
5 7 KUNG FU TEA 8.6% 11.58 1
6 1 WIDE BLUE YONDER 8.6% 11.61 10
7 5 CHILL CHIBI 8.2% 12.21 2
8 4 KUNGFUMASTER PANDA 7.3% 13.67 6
9 9 PACKING MONKEYKING 7.0% 14.23 4
10 12 CONCERTO 4.8% 20.65 8
11 3 COPARTNER FIONN 4.6% 21.58 5
12 6 YOUNG LIFE FOREVER 1.9% 51.40 3
CORDYCEPS ONEWINWIN THIRTYTHREEHAPPY JAI JAIRAINBOW LIGHTKUNG FU TEA — wonWIDE BLUE YONDERCHILL CHIBIKUNGFUMASTER PANDAPACKING MONKEYKINGCONCERTOCOPARTNER FIONNYOUNG LIFE FOREVER

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 58

PLACE

5 157.5

6 53

7 17.5

QUINELLA

5,7 1,812

QUINELLA PLACE

5,6 1,615

5,7 472

6,7 155.5

FORECAST

7,5 2,312

TIERCE

7,5,6 37,745

TRIO

5,6,7 11,668

FIRST 4

5,6,7,9 16,793

QUARTET

7,5,6,9 390,077

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A2 24.5

A1

A3

3RD DOUBLE

7/5 366.5

7/7 139.5