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Happy Valley · 2023-05-03 · 22:52

Race 9

Class 3 GOOD 1200m Course A 12 runners

Race 9 at Happy Valley on 2023-05-03 was Class 3 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. NORDIC DRAGON, ridden by H Bowman and trained by C S Shum, won by 1, with CALIFORNIA CIBLE second and PHOENIX LIGHT third. Victory came as the 4.3 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.09.91
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 2 NORDIC DRAGON TT 1.09.91 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bowman · C S Shum 6 4.3 1
2 5 CALIFORNIA CIBLE TT A Badel · A S Cruz 5 11.0 1
3 9 PHOENIX LIGHT H/TT Z Purton · C H Yip 7 9.2 1-1/4
4 11 MAGIC PHOENIX TT V Borges · K H Ting 12 47.0 1-1/2
5 4 LUCKY EIGHT S De Sousa · P F Yiu 1 4.8 1-3/4
6 6 NICCONI COUNTY TT B Avdulla · C Fownes 11 27.0 2-1/4
7 7 HEROIC MASTER H/P/TT M Chadwick · F C Lor 3 10.0 3
8 10 ACT OF FAITH K Teetan · J Size 8 9.2 3
9 3 JUMBO FORTUNE XB L Ferraris · P C Ng 4 17.0 3-3/4
10 8 EQUALETTA BLITZ V-/H/B2 L Hewitson · D J Whyte 10 34.0 5
11 1 GOLD GOLD BABY TT C Y Ho · K W Lui 9 7.5 5-1/4
12 12 COBHFIELD B H Bentley · A T Millard 2 10.0 8-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. NORDIC DRAGON2. CALIFORNIA CIBLE+1L3. PHOENIX LIGHT+1.25L4. MAGIC PHOENIX+1.5L5. LUCKY EIGHT+1.75L6. NICCONI COUNTY+2.25L7. HEROIC MASTER+3L8. ACT OF FAITH+3L9. JUMBO FORTUNE+3.75L10. EQUALETTA BLITZ+5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick LUCKY EIGHT (21.3%) finished 5th — the winner NORDIC DRAGON 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 4 LUCKY EIGHT 21.3% 4.70 5
2 9 PHOENIX LIGHT 14.8% 6.78 3
3 10 ACT OF FAITH 12.7% 7.90 8
4 2 NORDIC DRAGON 11.6% 8.58 1
5 7 HEROIC MASTER 10.3% 9.68 7
6 3 JUMBO FORTUNE 6.5% 15.43 9
7 5 CALIFORNIA CIBLE 6.2% 16.14 2
8 1 GOLD GOLD BABY 4.8% 20.91 11
9 6 NICCONI COUNTY 4.4% 22.84 6
10 8 EQUALETTA BLITZ 3.0% 33.04 10
11 12 COBHFIELD 3.0% 33.42 12
12 11 MAGIC PHOENIX 1.5% 68.35 4
LUCKY EIGHTPHOENIX LIGHTACT OF FAITHNORDIC DRAGON — wonHEROIC MASTERJUMBO FORTUNECALIFORNIA CIBLEGOLD GOLD BABYNICCONI COUNTYEQUALETTA BLITZCOBHFIELDMAGIC PHOENIX

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

2 43

PLACE

2 16.5

5 41

9 26.5

QUINELLA

2,5 249.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,5 98.5

2,9 72.5

5,9 163.5

FORECAST

2,5 481

TIERCE

2,5,9 3,389

TRIO

2,5,9 767

FIRST 4

2,5,9,11 6,560

QUARTET

2,5,9,11 79,781

All pools (5 more)

2ND TREBLE

7/4/2 3,102

7/4/5 1,002

3 PICK 1

A1 29.5

A2

A3

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

1,4,5/2,5,9 22,591

8TH DOUBLE

4/2 2,259

4/5 368

SIX UP

5,9/3,12/3,11/7,9/4,5/2,5 3,638

4 [A S Cruz]

1 [Z Purton]