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Happy Valley · 2023-04-19 · 22:19

Race 8

Class 4 GOOD 1650m Course C 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2023-04-19 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. SIXTH GENERATION, ridden by C Y Ho and trained by J Richards, won by 4, with HELENE WISDOM STAR second and PERFECT TO GREAT third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.9 favourite PERFECT TO GREAT finished 3rd.

Result

Official · 1.40.59
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 1 SIXTH GENERATION Closed strongly H/TT 1.40.59 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C Y Ho · J Richards 9 4.0 4
2 4 HELENE WISDOM STAR Closed strongly B/H/TT Z Purton · A S Cruz 10 10.0 4
3 6 PERFECT TO GREAT Closed strongly SR/TT H Bowman · C Fownes 6 3.9 4-1/2
4 2 BLISSFUL STAR V/TT K Teetan · K H Ting 4 6.0 5
5 11 CHIU CHOW BROTHER B L Hewitson · T P Yung 1 7.5 5-1/4
6 3 FEARLESS FIRE B/XB Y L Chung · D A Hayes 11 28.0 5-1/2
7 5 BORN THE SAME DAY Closed strongly H/XB1 M Chadwick · C W Chang 12 47.0 6-1/4
8 10 STRATHPEFFER H/SR A Hamelin · D J Whyte 8 61.0 6-3/4
9 12 PEAK TO PEAK Closed strongly B2/TT S De Sousa · F C Lor 7 9.9 7
10 7 TELECOM CHEETAH B/XB/TT A Badel · C H Yip 3 12.0 7
11 8 SPEEDSTAR Led early B K H Chan · D J Hall 5 44.0 8
12 9 SUPER MAGIC B C L Chau · P C Ng 2 32.0 30-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SIXTH GENERATION2. HELENE WISDOM STAR+4L3. PERFECT TO GREAT+4.5L4. BLISSFUL STAR+5L5. CHIU CHOW BROTHER+5.25L6. FEARLESS FIRE+5.5L7. BORN THE SAME DAY+6.25L8. STRATHPEFFER+6.75L9. PEAK TO PEAK+7L10. TELECOM CHEETAH+7L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick SIXTH GENERATION (21.0%) 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 1 SIXTH GENERATION 21.0% 4.77 1
2 11 CHIU CHOW BROTHER 13.1% 7.65 5
3 2 BLISSFUL STAR 12.3% 8.15 4
4 8 SPEEDSTAR 9.5% 10.50 11
5 7 TELECOM CHEETAH 8.9% 11.26 10
6 4 HELENE WISDOM STAR 8.6% 11.59 2
7 6 PERFECT TO GREAT 8.2% 12.26 3
8 12 PEAK TO PEAK 6.3% 15.92 9
9 3 FEARLESS FIRE 5.9% 16.88 6
10 5 BORN THE SAME DAY 2.9% 34.08 7
11 10 STRATHPEFFER 2.0% 50.78 8
12 9 SUPER MAGIC 1.4% 71.52 12
SIXTH GENERATION — wonCHIU CHOW BROTHERBLISSFUL STARSPEEDSTARTELECOM CHEETAHHELENE WISDOM STARPERFECT TO GREATPEAK TO PEAKFEARLESS FIREBORN THE SAME DAYSTRATHPEFFERSUPER MAGIC

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 40.5

PLACE

1 17

4 28

6 14.5

QUINELLA

1,4 172.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,4 66

1,6 37.5

4,6 74.5

FORECAST

1,4 300

TIERCE

1,4,6 814

TRIO

1,4,6 184

FIRST 4

1,2,4,6 188

QUARTET

1,4,6,2 3,020

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A3

A1 30.5

A2

7TH DOUBLE

7/1 71

7/4 24