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Happy Valley · 2023-05-03 · 22:18

Race 8

Class 3 GOOD 1650m Course A 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2023-05-03 was Class 3 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. WINNING DRAGON, ridden by Y L Chung and trained by A S Cruz, won by 1/2, with HELENE FEELING second and ZONE D third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.5 favourite HELENE FEELING finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.40.17
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 WINNING DRAGON Closed strongly H/TT 1.40.17 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Y L Chung · A S Cruz 12 31.0 1/2
2 5 HELENE FEELING Closed strongly XB/TT Z Purton · C S Shum 8 2.5 1/2
3 1 ZONE D Closed strongly H/P/TT H Bowman · J Size 1 5.5 3/4
4 3 RED MAJESTY Led early B/TT K Teetan · D A Hayes 6 42.0 1-1/2
5 10 TOP TOP TEA S De Sousa · C H Yip 2 10.0 2
6 6 LOYAL BABY TT M F Poon · F C Lor 9 18.0 2
7 11 PACKING SUCCEEDER M Chadwick · L Ho 4 5.8 2-1/4
8 8 MALDIVES XB A Badel · D J Hall 5 10.0 2-1/2
9 2 C P BRAVE Closed strongly CP/TT R Maia · A T Millard 10 22.0 3-1/4
10 9 VILLA FIONN Closed strongly B B Avdulla · P F Yiu 11 24.0 3-1/2
11 7 CASA COSMO B/XB/TT L Hewitson · J Richards 7 19.0 6-1/4
12 12 TATTENHAM P/H1 H Bentley · P C Ng 3 62.0 6-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. WINNING DRAGON2. HELENE FEELING+0.5L3. ZONE D+0.75L4. RED MAJESTY+1.5L5. TOP TOP TEA+2L6. LOYAL BABY+2L7. PACKING SUCCEEDER+2.25L8. MALDIVES+2.5L9. C P BRAVE+3.25L10. VILLA FIONN+3.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick HELENE FEELING (22.0%) finished 2nd — the winner WINNING DRAGON was rated #10. 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 HELENE FEELING 22.0% 4.54 2
2 1 ZONE D 18.3% 5.47 3
3 8 MALDIVES 10.0% 10.02 8
4 7 CASA COSMO 9.3% 10.71 11
5 10 TOP TOP TEA 7.6% 13.10 5
6 11 PACKING SUCCEEDER 7.6% 13.13 7
7 3 RED MAJESTY 7.4% 13.57 4
8 9 VILLA FIONN 4.8% 20.63 10
9 6 LOYAL BABY 4.6% 21.80 6
10 4 WINNING DRAGON 4.3% 23.31 1
11 2 C P BRAVE 3.0% 33.31 9
12 12 TATTENHAM 1.0% 96.38 12
HELENE FEELINGZONE DMALDIVESCASA COSMOTOP TOP TEAPACKING SUCCEEDERRED MAJESTYVILLA FIONNLOYAL BABYWINNING DRAGON — wonC P BRAVETATTENHAM

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

4 312.5

PLACE

1 19.5

4 81.5

5 12

QUINELLA

4,5 342

QUINELLA PLACE

1,4 256

1,5 33.5

4,5 128.5

FORECAST

4,5 1,060

TIERCE

4,5,1 7,331

TRIO

1,4,5 784

FIRST 4

1,3,4,5 2,568

QUARTET

4,5,1,3 99,204

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A3 38

A2

A1

7TH DOUBLE

7/4 375.5

7/5 10.5