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Happy Valley · 2023-01-18 · 22:52

Race 8

Class 3 GOOD 1000m Course C 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2023-01-18 was Class 3 over 1000m, run on GOOD going. PRETTY QUEEN PRAWN, ridden by A Hamelin and trained by D J Whyte, won by N, with CALIFORNIA DEEPLY second and HARMONY N BLESSED third. The 2.4 favourite CALIFORNIA DEEPLY finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 0.56.67
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 PRETTY QUEEN PRAWN H/SR/TT 0.56.67 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Hamelin · D J Whyte 9 5.9 N
2 2 CALIFORNIA DEEPLY TT L Ferraris · A S Cruz 1 2.4 N
3 3 HARMONY N BLESSED XB-/B1/TT H Bowman · D A Hayes 12 14.0 2-1/4
4 1 SPECIAL M PC/TT K Teetan · J Size 10 15.0 3-1/4
5 4 GORGEOUS VITALITY Z Purton · F C Lor 4 3.4 3-1/4
6 6 FLYING DRAGON L Hewitson · C H Yip 5 16.0 3-1/2
7 10 SMOKEY BEAR B/XB/TT H Bentley · K H Ting 2 43.0 4-3/4
8 11 ISLAND GOLDEN TT S De Sousa · K L Man 6 35.0 5-1/4
9 7 SUPER AXIOM H/P/TT H N Wong · Y S Tsui 11 36.0 6-1/4
10 8 HIGH RISE SOLDIER B C Y Ho · K W Lui 3 17.0 7
11 12 MAGIC TORONADO XB H W Lai · W Y So 8 144.0 10-1/2
12 9 LIFE IS GOOD XB/TT1 R Maia · R Gibson 7 115.0 14

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. PRETTY QUEEN PRAWN2. CALIFORNIA DEEPLY+0.05L3. HARMONY N BLESSED+2.25L4. SPECIAL M+3.25L5. GORGEOUS VITALITY+3.25L6. FLYING DRAGON+3.5L7. SMOKEY BEAR+4.75L8. ISLAND GOLDEN+5.25L9. SUPER AXIOM+6.25L10. HIGH RISE SOLDIER+7L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick GORGEOUS VITALITY (24.7%) finished 5th — the winner PRETTY QUEEN PRAWN 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 4 GORGEOUS VITALITY 24.7% 4.04 5
2 2 CALIFORNIA DEEPLY 24.4% 4.09 2
3 8 HIGH RISE SOLDIER 10.7% 9.37 10
4 11 ISLAND GOLDEN 9.3% 10.75 8
5 5 PRETTY QUEEN PRAWN 8.6% 11.67 1
6 1 SPECIAL M 6.1% 16.37 4
7 3 HARMONY N BLESSED 4.2% 23.59 3
8 6 FLYING DRAGON 4.1% 24.56 6
9 7 SUPER AXIOM 3.5% 28.66 9
10 10 SMOKEY BEAR 2.9% 34.25 7
11 9 LIFE IS GOOD 0.8% 131.65 12
12 12 MAGIC TORONADO 0.7% 141.80 11
GORGEOUS VITALITYCALIFORNIA DEEPLYHIGH RISE SOLDIERISLAND GOLDENPRETTY QUEEN PRAWN — wonSPECIAL MHARMONY N BLESSEDFLYING DRAGONSUPER AXIOMSMOKEY BEARLIFE IS GOODMAGIC TORONADO

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 59.5

PLACE

2 11.5

3 48.5

5 18.5

QUINELLA

2,5 70.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,3 80

2,5 30.5

3,5 147

FORECAST

5,2 199

TIERCE

5,2,3 2,181

TRIO

2,3,5 274

FIRST 4

1,2,3,5 657

QUARTET

5,2,3,1 14,259

All pools (5 more)

3 PICK 1

A2 33

A3

A1

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

2,9,11/2,3,5 19,468

7TH DOUBLE

2/2 59.5

2/5 515.5

SIX UP

4,5/3,11/1,10/4,6/2,9/2,5 1,508

5/11/1/4/2/5 98,545

2 [C Fownes]

9 [L Hewitson]

TREBLE

4/2/2 215

4/2/5 2,255