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Happy Valley · 2023-01-18 · 19:16

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD 1650m Course C 12 runners

Result

Official · 1.41.12
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 0 DAILY BEAUTY Closed strongly V 1.41.12 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C Y Ho · C Fownes 6 9.4 SH
2 0 SMILING FACE Closed strongly B/SR2/TT L Hewitson · D J Whyte 9 18.0 SH
3 0 GLORIOUS LOVER Closed strongly B K Teetan · C H Yip 7 15.0 1-1/4
4 0 FORTUNE MASTER Closed strongly B/XB/TT Z Purton · J Richards 2 2.3 1-1/4
5 0 CONCERTO Closed strongly XB/TT S De Sousa · K H Ting 3 4.3 2-1/4
6 0 DAZZLING FELLOW B/XB H Bowman · D J Hall 5 7.7 2-3/4
7 0 HANG'S CHOICE Led early B/TT M F Poon · W Y So 12 51.0 3-1/2
8 0 SPLENDID STAR V- M L Yeung · L Ho 1 31.0 3-1/2
9 0 SHENRON PC-/XB/V1 C L Chau · P C Ng 11 23.0 5-1/2
10 0 TSUEN WAN GLORY H/TT L Ferraris · K L Man 8 26.0 5-1/2
11 0 GOLDEN FOUR Closed strongly L Currie · C W Chang 10 31.0 6-3/4
12 0 BLUSTITCH B/TT A Badel · A T Millard 4 34.0 16

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Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2023-01-18 was Class 5 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. DAILY BEAUTY, ridden by C Y Ho and trained by C Fownes, won by SH, with SMILING FACE second and GLORIOUS LOVER third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.3 favourite FORTUNE MASTER finished 4th.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. DAILY BEAUTY—2. SMILING FACE+0.1L3. GLORIOUS LOVER+1.25L4. FORTUNE MASTER+1.25L5. CONCERTO+2.25L6. DAZZLING FELLOW+2.75L7. HANG'S CHOICE+3.5L8. SPLENDID STAR+3.5L9. SHENRON+5.5L10. TSUEN WAN GLORY+5.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick FORTUNE MASTER (28.3%) finished 4th — the winner DAILY BEAUTY was rated #3. 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 FORTUNE MASTER 28.3% 3.54 4
2 0 CONCERTO 14.5% 6.88 5
3 0 DAILY BEAUTY 13.1% 7.64 1
4 0 DAZZLING FELLOW 12.6% 7.93 6
5 0 SMILING FACE 7.4% 13.50 2
6 0 HANG'S CHOICE 4.4% 22.67 7
7 0 GOLDEN FOUR 4.1% 24.16 11
8 0 GLORIOUS LOVER 3.9% 25.54 3
9 0 SHENRON 3.7% 27.05 9
10 0 TSUEN WAN GLORY 3.0% 33.65 10
11 0 BLUSTITCH 2.5% 40.17 12
12 0 SPLENDID STAR 2.5% 40.35 8
FORTUNE MASTERCONCERTODAILY BEAUTY — wonDAZZLING FELLOWSMILING FACEHANG'S CHOICEGOLDEN FOURGLORIOUS LOVERSHENRONTSUEN WAN GLORYBLUSTITCHSPLENDID STAR

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

5 94

PLACE

4 47

5 24

12 38.5

QUINELLA

5,12 547.5

QUINELLA PLACE

4,5 154

4,12 269.5

5,12 146

FORECAST

5,12 867

TIERCE

5,12,4 9,519

TRIO

4,5,12 1,966

FIRST 4

4,5,9,12 1,019

QUARTET

5,12,4,9 33,393

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A1 18.5

A2 —

A3 —