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Happy Valley · 2023-01-18 · 19:16

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD 1650m Course C 12 runners

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.

Result

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

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. DAILY BEAUTY2. 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 9 FORTUNE MASTER 28.3% 3.54 4
2 3 CONCERTO 14.5% 6.88 5
3 5 DAILY BEAUTY 13.1% 7.64 1
4 1 DAZZLING FELLOW 12.6% 7.93 6
5 12 SMILING FACE 7.4% 13.50 2
6 7 HANG'S CHOICE 4.4% 22.67 7
7 10 GOLDEN FOUR 4.1% 24.16 11
8 4 GLORIOUS LOVER 3.9% 25.54 3
9 11 SHENRON 3.7% 27.05 9
10 6 TSUEN WAN GLORY 3.0% 33.65 10
11 2 BLUSTITCH 2.5% 40.17 12
12 8 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