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Happy Valley · 2023-04-19 · 18:46

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD 1800m Course C 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2023-04-19 was Class 5 over 1800m, run on GOOD going. GALLANT HERO, ridden by Z Purton and trained by D J Hall, won by 2, with OWNERS' STAR second and FOXHUNTER WAY third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 3.7 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.49.30
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 1 GALLANT HERO Closed strongly 1.49.30 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · D J Hall 5 3.7 2
2 5 OWNERS' STAR Closed strongly B M Chadwick · W Y So 3 6.3 2
3 7 FOXHUNTER WAY Closed strongly C Y Ho · K W Lui 4 11.0 2-1/2
4 8 CABLE SPEED Closed strongly TT K Teetan · C W Chang 2 4.3 3
5 6 RING BELLS B/XB/TT L Ferraris · K H Ting 6 9.8 3-3/4
6 3 DAILY BEAUTY V H Bowman · C Fownes 11 18.0 4
7 12 FORTUNE WINNER XB/TT V Borges · R Gibson 12 32.0 4-1/4
8 10 SMILING FACE Closed strongly B-/SR/TT L Hewitson · D J Whyte 10 9.4 4-1/2
9 11 SPLENDID STAR P- A Badel · L Ho 1 13.0 4-1/2
10 2 SUPERB DADDY Closed strongly TT C L Chau · Y S Tsui 8 14.0 4-3/4
11 4 GOLDEN FAIRY B-/XB R Maia · A T Millard 9 61.0 5-3/4
12 9 LEISURE AND GOLD Led early B-/E-/XB- Y L Chung · C H Yip 7 49.0 5-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. GALLANT HERO2. OWNERS' STAR+2L3. FOXHUNTER WAY+2.5L4. CABLE SPEED+3L5. RING BELLS+3.75L6. DAILY BEAUTY+4L7. FORTUNE WINNER+4.25L8. SMILING FACE+4.5L9. SPLENDID STAR+4.5L10. SUPERB DADDY+4.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick CABLE SPEED (24.8%) finished 4th — the winner GALLANT HERO was rated #2. 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 8 CABLE SPEED 24.8% 4.03 4
2 1 GALLANT HERO 22.0% 4.54 1
3 7 FOXHUNTER WAY 11.9% 8.39 3
4 5 OWNERS' STAR 10.3% 9.69 2
5 11 SPLENDID STAR 6.2% 16.18 9
6 10 SMILING FACE 5.1% 19.78 8
7 6 RING BELLS 4.8% 20.63 5
8 3 DAILY BEAUTY 4.8% 20.78 6
9 2 SUPERB DADDY 4.2% 24.03 10
10 9 LEISURE AND GOLD 2.6% 38.05 12
11 4 GOLDEN FAIRY 1.7% 59.22 11
12 12 FORTUNE WINNER 1.5% 64.64 7
CABLE SPEEDGALLANT HERO — wonFOXHUNTER WAYOWNERS' STARSPLENDID STARSMILING FACERING BELLSDAILY BEAUTYSUPERB DADDYLEISURE AND GOLDGOLDEN FAIRYFORTUNE WINNER

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 37

PLACE

1 15.5

5 20

7 30.5

QUINELLA

1,5 119.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,5 44

1,7 82

5,7 87

FORECAST

1,5 177

TIERCE

1,5,7 1,415

TRIO

1,5,7 377

FIRST 4

1,5,7,8 153

QUARTET

1,5,7,8 3,555

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A1 23.5

A3

A2