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Happy Valley · 2023-03-01 · 19:17

Race 2

Class 4 GOOD 1650m Course A 12 runners

Race 2 at Happy Valley on 2023-03-01 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. HK DRAGON, ridden by L Hewitson and trained by D J Whyte, won by 2-1/4, with CORDYCEPS ONE second and HAPPY JAI JAI third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.2 favourite SIXTH GENERATION finished 5th.

Result

Official · 1.39.64
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 1 HK DRAGON Closed strongly B-/V1/TT 1.39.64 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) L Hewitson · D J Whyte 6 16.0 2-1/4
2 12 CORDYCEPS ONE Closed strongly H-/B K Teetan · K W Lui 4 6.3 2-1/4
3 9 HAPPY JAI JAI TT M L Yeung · T P Yung 2 11.0 3
4 11 CHATER PINS Closed strongly SR C Y Ho · D A Hayes 1 4.2 4-1/4
5 5 SIXTH GENERATION Led early H/TT S De Sousa · J Richards 11 3.2 5-1/4
6 3 ROBOT WARRIOR Closed strongly V Z Purton · P F Yiu 8 6.5 6-3/4
7 7 CHARMING STEED TT K H Chan · C Fownes 10 31.0 7-1/2
8 8 CIRCUIT ELITE CP2/TT M Chadwick · A S Cruz 9 25.0 7-3/4
9 2 EXUBERANT B-/TT C L Chau · C S Shum 5 10.0 7-3/4
10 6 PEAK TO PEAK Closed strongly PC/TT M F Poon · F C Lor 12 59.0 8-1/2
11 10 JUST GREAT TWO B L Currie · D J Hall 7 107.0 8-3/4
12 4 SCHOLARLY KING B1/TT1 H Bentley · K L Man 3 91.0 20-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. HK DRAGON2. CORDYCEPS ONE+2.25L3. HAPPY JAI JAI+3L4. CHATER PINS+4.25L5. SIXTH GENERATION+5.25L6. ROBOT WARRIOR+6.75L7. CHARMING STEED+7.5L8. CIRCUIT ELITE+7.75L9. EXUBERANT+7.75L10. PEAK TO PEAK+8.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick SIXTH GENERATION (23.3%) finished 5th — the winner HK DRAGON was rated #8. 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 SIXTH GENERATION 23.3% 4.30 5
2 11 CHATER PINS 15.6% 6.40 4
3 2 EXUBERANT 13.0% 7.72 9
4 3 ROBOT WARRIOR 12.9% 7.76 6
5 12 CORDYCEPS ONE 8.4% 11.87 2
6 9 HAPPY JAI JAI 6.9% 14.53 3
7 6 PEAK TO PEAK 5.2% 19.12 10
8 1 HK DRAGON 4.6% 21.78 1
9 8 CIRCUIT ELITE 4.2% 23.93 8
10 7 CHARMING STEED 2.7% 36.37 7
11 4 SCHOLARLY KING 2.4% 41.73 12
12 10 JUST GREAT TWO 0.8% 122.20 11
SIXTH GENERATIONCHATER PINSEXUBERANTROBOT WARRIORCORDYCEPS ONEHAPPY JAI JAIPEAK TO PEAKHK DRAGON — wonCIRCUIT ELITECHARMING STEEDSCHOLARLY KINGJUST GREAT TWO

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

1 166.5

PLACE

1 43.5

9 27.5

12 22

QUINELLA

1,12 492.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,9 186

1,12 134.5

9,12 83

FORECAST

1,12 1,150

TIERCE

1,12,9 8,164

TRIO

1,9,12 1,306

FIRST 4

1,9,11,12 907

QUARTET

1,12,9,11 27,353

All pools (2 more)

1ST DOUBLE

6/1 1,031.5

6/12 117.5

3 PICK 1

A3 31

A2

A1