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Happy Valley · 2023-03-08 · 19:46

Race 3

Class 4 GOOD 1650m Course B 12 runners

Race 3 at Happy Valley on 2023-03-08 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. YOUNG VICTORY, ridden by M Chadwick and trained by W Y So, won by 3/4, with HELENE WISDOM STAR second and EIGHTEEN PALMS third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.8 favourite EIGHTEEN PALMS finished 3rd.

Result

Official · 1.40.05
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 8 YOUNG VICTORY Closed strongly TT 1.40.05 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) M Chadwick · W Y So 12 62.0 3/4
2 6 HELENE WISDOM STAR Closed strongly B/H/TT C Y Ho · A S Cruz 1 3.9 3/4
3 3 EIGHTEEN PALMS CP H Bowman · C S Shum 7 2.8 3/4
4 2 FEARLESS FIRE B/XB L Currie · D A Hayes 2 13.0 1-3/4
5 5 BIG TWO Led early H/SR/XB L Hewitson · D J Whyte 3 12.0 2-1/4
6 11 THETA HEDGE H/TT H Bentley · K W Lui 10 19.0 2-1/4
7 9 PRESIDENT'S CHOICE Closed strongly L Ferraris · C W Chang 4 17.0 3-1/4
8 10 PERFECT ROCK Closed strongly B- M L Yeung · Y S Tsui 11 156.0 3-1/2
9 4 PROUD DRAGON V K Teetan · C Fownes 5 4.4 3-3/4
10 7 WIND N GRASS B/XB/TT C L Chau · J Richards 6 50.0 3-3/4
11 12 PASSING FASHION XB/TT R Maia · C H Yip 9 70.0 5-3/4
12 1 SAMARKAND H/XB/TT A Badel · P C Ng 8 17.0 8

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. YOUNG VICTORY2. HELENE WISDOM STAR+0.75L3. EIGHTEEN PALMS+0.75L4. FEARLESS FIRE+1.75L5. BIG TWO+2.25L6. THETA HEDGE+2.25L7. PRESIDENT'S CHOICE+3.25L8. PERFECT ROCK+3.5L9. PROUD DRAGON+3.75L10. WIND N GRASS+3.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick EIGHTEEN PALMS (35.4%) finished 3rd — the winner YOUNG VICTORY was rated #9. 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 3 EIGHTEEN PALMS 35.4% 2.82 3
2 4 PROUD DRAGON 12.0% 8.37 9
3 6 HELENE WISDOM STAR 8.0% 12.52 2
4 9 PRESIDENT'S CHOICE 7.8% 12.79 7
5 2 FEARLESS FIRE 7.0% 14.24 4
6 5 BIG TWO 5.7% 17.49 5
7 1 SAMARKAND 5.5% 18.12 12
8 11 THETA HEDGE 5.0% 19.90 6
9 8 YOUNG VICTORY 4.6% 21.63 1
10 12 PASSING FASHION 4.4% 22.67 11
11 7 WIND N GRASS 3.7% 26.69 10
12 10 PERFECT ROCK 0.8% 132.89 8
EIGHTEEN PALMSPROUD DRAGONHELENE WISDOM STARPRESIDENT'S CHOICEFEARLESS FIREBIG TWOSAMARKANDTHETA HEDGEYOUNG VICTORY — wonPASSING FASHIONWIND N GRASSPERFECT ROCK

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

8 625

PLACE

3 13.5

6 18

8 95.5

QUINELLA

6,8 1,116.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,6 36.5

3,8 226

6,8 261

FORECAST

8,6 2,580

TIERCE

8,6,3 11,492

TRIO

3,6,8 1,188

FIRST 4

2,3,6,8 1,373

QUARTET

8,6,3,2 70,142

All pools (3 more)

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

1,6,9/3,6,8 72,153

2ND DOUBLE

1/6 63.5

1/8 3,693

3 PICK 1

A1

A3 45.5

A2