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Happy Valley · 2023-03-15 · 20:46

Race 5

Class 4 GOOD 1000m Course C 12 runners

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2023-03-15 was Class 4 over 1000m, run on GOOD going. G ONE EXCELLENT, ridden by C Y Ho and trained by C S Shum, won by 1, with HEARTY WISH second and SERGEANT PEPPER third. Victory came as the 3.2 favourite.

Result

Official · 0.56.99
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 7 G ONE EXCELLENT B/TT 0.56.99 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C Y Ho · C S Shum 9 3.2 1
2 8 HEARTY WISH B/SR/TT H Bentley · D J Whyte 7 20.0 1
3 3 SERGEANT PEPPER M L Yeung · Y S Tsui 6 16.0 1-3/4
4 11 VAMOS H2 L Ferraris · D J Hall 3 6.1 1-3/4
5 10 DIAMOND SOARS H/P/TT Z Purton · P F Yiu 10 6.0 2
6 2 FARIBAULT B H Bowman · P C Ng 1 5.5 3-1/4
7 12 FINGERS CROSSED H1/TT A Badel · J Size 11 23.0 3-1/4
8 1 LIFE IS GOOD H/XB/TT V Borges · R Gibson 12 128.0 4
9 9 HANDSOME REBEL B/TT M Chadwick · J Richards 5 8.7 4
10 6 HAPPY HORSE H-/B1/TT M F Poon · K L Man 4 26.0 6
11 4 CHEER FOR SOUTH K Teetan · F C Lor 8 15.0 6
12 5 DASHING GLORY SR1/TT H T Mo · L Ho 2 106.0 8

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. G ONE EXCELLENT2. HEARTY WISH+1L3. SERGEANT PEPPER+1.75L4. VAMOS+1.75L5. DIAMOND SOARS+2L6. FARIBAULT+3.25L7. FINGERS CROSSED+3.25L8. LIFE IS GOOD+4L9. HANDSOME REBEL+4L10. HAPPY HORSE+6L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick G ONE EXCELLENT (25.9%) won this race. 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 7 G ONE EXCELLENT 25.9% 3.85 1
2 10 DIAMOND SOARS 20.2% 4.95 5
3 2 FARIBAULT 11.5% 8.72 6
4 11 VAMOS 9.4% 10.62 4
5 8 HEARTY WISH 8.9% 11.26 2
6 9 HANDSOME REBEL 8.0% 12.54 9
7 4 CHEER FOR SOUTH 5.6% 18.00 11
8 12 FINGERS CROSSED 4.9% 20.31 7
9 3 SERGEANT PEPPER 3.5% 28.39 3
10 5 DASHING GLORY 0.8% 132.55 12
11 1 LIFE IS GOOD 0.7% 137.07 8
12 6 HAPPY HORSE 0.6% 159.88 10
G ONE EXCELLENT — wonDIAMOND SOARSFARIBAULTVAMOSHEARTY WISHHANDSOME REBELCHEER FOR SOUTHFINGERS CROSSEDSERGEANT PEPPERDASHING GLORYLIFE IS GOODHAPPY HORSE

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

7 32

PLACE

3 43.5

7 15

8 46

QUINELLA

7,8 231.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,7 101

3,8 357

7,8 77.5

FORECAST

7,8 319

TIERCE

7,8,3 4,725

TRIO

3,7,8 1,165

FIRST 4

3,7,8,11 1,254

QUARTET

7,8,3,11 26,373

All pools (3 more)

2ND DOUBLE TRIO

3,5,8/3,7,8 51,271

3 PICK 1

A2

A3

A1 23.5

4TH DOUBLE

8/7 498

8/8 307