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Happy Valley · 2023-02-08 · 21:46

Race 7

Class 1 GOOD 1650m Course B 11 runners

Race 7 at Happy Valley on 2023-02-08 was Class 1 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. THE IRISHMAN, ridden by C Y Ho and trained by K W Lui, won by 3/4, with SAVAQUIN second and EVERYONE'S DELIGHT third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.8 favourite PACKING AWARD finished 9th.

Result

Official · 1.39.06
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 THE IRISHMAN Closed strongly H/XB/TT 1.39.06 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C Y Ho · K W Lui 3 4.1 3/4
2 9 SAVAQUIN Closed strongly P- K Teetan · J Size 10 9.7 3/4
3 10 EVERYONE'S DELIGHT Led early V/TT A Badel · F C Lor 11 38.0 2
4 1 BERLIN TANGO Closed strongly B/H/TT H Bowman · A S Cruz 2 8.6 3
5 11 NEARLY FINE Closed strongly TT S De Sousa · C Fownes 1 5.4 3-1/4
6 3 CHEERFUL DAYS Closed strongly B C L Chau · K W Lui 9 43.0 4-1/4
7 2 FANTASTIC TREASURE Closed strongly CP-/TT L Currie · D A Hayes 8 26.0 4-1/2
8 6 CHANCHENG PRINCE XB/TT M F Poon · K W Lui 5 53.0 6
9 5 PACKING AWARD H Z Purton · L Ho 4 2.8 8-1/4
10 8 APACHE PASS BO/XB L Hewitson · P C Ng 6 69.0 10-3/4
11 7 BEAUTY LIVE TT K C Leung · F C Lor 7 10.0 11

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. THE IRISHMAN2. SAVAQUIN+0.75L3. EVERYONE'S DELIGHT+2L4. BERLIN TANGO+3L5. NEARLY FINE+3.25L6. CHEERFUL DAYS+4.25L7. FANTASTIC TREASURE+4.5L8. CHANCHENG PRINCE+6L9. PACKING AWARD+8.25L10. APACHE PASS+10.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick PACKING AWARD (20.5%) finished 9th — the winner THE IRISHMAN was rated #6. 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 5 PACKING AWARD 20.5% 4.88 9
2 11 NEARLY FINE 14.8% 6.75 5
3 1 BERLIN TANGO 13.9% 7.20 4
4 6 CHANCHENG PRINCE 10.6% 9.44 8
5 7 BEAUTY LIVE 10.0% 10.01 11
6 4 THE IRISHMAN 6.5% 15.46 1
7 9 SAVAQUIN 6.1% 16.40 2
8 8 APACHE PASS 4.9% 20.33 10
9 10 EVERYONE'S DELIGHT 4.6% 21.66 3
10 3 CHEERFUL DAYS 4.3% 23.36 6
11 2 FANTASTIC TREASURE 3.9% 25.93 7
PACKING AWARDNEARLY FINEBERLIN TANGOCHANCHENG PRINCEBEAUTY LIVETHE IRISHMAN — wonSAVAQUINAPACHE PASSEVERYONE'S DELIGHTCHEERFUL DAYSFANTASTIC TREASURE

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

4 41

PLACE

4 16

9 29

10 73.5

QUINELLA

4,9 225.5

QUINELLA PLACE

4,9 71.5

4,10 202.5

9,10 278.5

FORECAST

4,9 373

TIERCE

4,9,10 7,762

TRIO

4,9,10 1,888

FIRST 4

1,4,9,10 1,609

QUARTET

4,9,10,1 35,977

All pools (4 more)

3 PICK 1

A1

A3

A2 22.5

3RD DOUBLE TRIO

3,9,10/4,9,10 266,397

6TH DOUBLE

10/4 720.5

10/9 338

TRIPLE TRIO (CONSOLATION)

1,4,12/3,9,10/Any Combination 23,192