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Happy Valley · 2023-04-19 · 20:46

Race 5

Class 4 GOOD 1200m Course C 12 runners

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2023-04-19 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. VICTORY SCHOLARS, ridden by K H Chan and trained by C Fownes, won by 3/4, with EXUBERANT second and SIGHT HERO third. The 4.1 favourite EXUBERANT finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.09.68
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 3 VICTORY SCHOLARS V 1.09.68 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K H Chan · C Fownes 3 6.4 3/4
2 5 EXUBERANT B/TT Z Purton · C S Shum 7 4.1 3/4
3 4 SIGHT HERO B/TT H Bowman · D A Hayes 2 4.3 1
4 7 SPEEDY CHARIOT L Ferraris · D J Whyte 12 37.0 2
5 6 RACING FIGHTER B/TT A Hamelin · C H Yip 11 25.0 2
6 1 SMOKEY BEAR B/XB/TT S De Sousa · K H Ting 8 6.4 3-1/2
7 11 TRIUMPHANT RETURN V-/CP2/TT C Y Ho · F C Lor 4 10.0 4
8 12 HAPPY GATHERING M Chadwick · K L Man 9 21.0 4-1/4
9 10 MY INTELLIGENT V/TT H T Mo · L Ho 6 16.0 5-1/4
10 2 CIRCUIT TEN H/TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 10 49.0 5-1/2
11 8 SMART LEADER B/XB/TT K Teetan · W Y So 1 8.7 8-1/2
12 9 HURRY HURRY RICH XB1/PC2/TT C L Chau · P C Ng 5 69.0 11

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. VICTORY SCHOLARS2. EXUBERANT+0.75L3. SIGHT HERO+1L4. SPEEDY CHARIOT+2L5. RACING FIGHTER+2L6. SMOKEY BEAR+3.5L7. TRIUMPHANT RETURN+4L8. HAPPY GATHERING+4.25L9. MY INTELLIGENT+5.25L10. CIRCUIT TEN+5.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick EXUBERANT (17.0%) finished 2nd — the winner VICTORY SCHOLARS was rated #4. 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 EXUBERANT 17.0% 5.87 2
2 4 SIGHT HERO 15.4% 6.47 3
3 8 SMART LEADER 14.9% 6.69 11
4 3 VICTORY SCHOLARS 13.1% 7.62 1
5 1 SMOKEY BEAR 9.1% 10.94 6
6 10 MY INTELLIGENT 6.5% 15.28 9
7 11 TRIUMPHANT RETURN 5.8% 17.29 7
8 2 CIRCUIT TEN 4.7% 21.09 10
9 6 RACING FIGHTER 4.7% 21.26 5
10 12 HAPPY GATHERING 4.6% 21.66 8
11 7 SPEEDY CHARIOT 2.9% 34.51 4
12 9 HURRY HURRY RICH 1.0% 95.42 12
EXUBERANTSIGHT HEROSMART LEADERVICTORY SCHOLARS — wonSMOKEY BEARMY INTELLIGENTTRIUMPHANT RETURNCIRCUIT TENRACING FIGHTERHAPPY GATHERINGSPEEDY CHARIOTHURRY HURRY RICH

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

3 64

PLACE

3 17.5

4 18.5

5 16

QUINELLA

3,5 140

QUINELLA PLACE

3,4 42.5

3,5 56.5

4,5 41

FORECAST

3,5 337

TIERCE

3,5,4 1,141

TRIO

3,4,5 165

FIRST 4

3,4,5,7 1,818

QUARTET

3,5,4,7 29,670

All pools (3 more)

2ND DOUBLE TRIO

1,4,10/3,4,5 50,955

3 PICK 1

A1 25

A3

A2

4TH DOUBLE

1/3 319

1/5 63