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Happy Valley · 2023-05-17 · 20:16

Race 4

Class 4 GOOD 1650m Course B 12 runners

Race 4 at Happy Valley on 2023-05-17 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. THE HULK, ridden by L Currie and trained by C Fownes, won by 2-1/4, with NICE BIRDIE second and MANAGEMENT FOLKS third. The winner led throughout. The 2.1 favourite HOLY POWER finished 4th.

Result

Official · 1.40.46
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 THE HULK Wire to wire 1.40.46 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) L Currie · C Fownes 4 15.0 2-1/4
2 8 NICE BIRDIE Closed strongly B/TT C L Chau · C S Shum 2 10.0 2-1/4
3 10 MANAGEMENT FOLKS Closed strongly M F Poon · D J Hall 7 22.0 2-1/4
4 1 HOLY POWER B/XB/TT Z Purton · J Richards 3 2.1 2-1/2
5 9 BEAU GOSSE Closed strongly CP-/H L Hewitson · D J Whyte 5 17.0 3-1/4
6 7 HAPPY ANGEL B A Badel · P C Ng 12 7.0 3-1/2
7 2 WIN WIN FIGHTER C Y Ho · K W Lui 9 12.0 3-3/4
8 12 RIGHT HONOURABLE Closed strongly H/PC/TT A Hamelin · R Gibson 10 34.0 4
9 11 V CHEVALIERS B/TT M Chadwick · K L Man 1 7.8 6
10 5 ULTRA EXPRESS B/TT R Maia · A T Millard 6 55.0 6-1/4
11 3 KING'S CAPITAL H Bowman · D A Hayes 8 14.0 6-1/4
12 6 COPARTNER ERA B K Teetan · W Y So 11 64.0 9

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. THE HULK2. NICE BIRDIE+2.25L3. MANAGEMENT FOLKS+2.25L4. HOLY POWER+2.5L5. BEAU GOSSE+3.25L6. HAPPY ANGEL+3.5L7. WIN WIN FIGHTER+3.75L8. RIGHT HONOURABLE+4L9. V CHEVALIERS+6L10. ULTRA EXPRESS+6.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick HOLY POWER (32.8%) finished 4th — the winner THE HULK was rated #6. 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 HOLY POWER 32.8% 3.05 4
2 11 V CHEVALIERS 13.9% 7.22 9
3 8 NICE BIRDIE 9.5% 10.53 2
4 10 MANAGEMENT FOLKS 7.5% 13.39 3
5 7 HAPPY ANGEL 6.4% 15.59 6
6 4 THE HULK 6.3% 15.91 1
7 9 BEAU GOSSE 6.0% 16.63 5
8 12 RIGHT HONOURABLE 5.3% 18.87 8
9 3 KING'S CAPITAL 3.7% 26.94 11
10 6 COPARTNER ERA 3.4% 29.37 12
11 2 WIN WIN FIGHTER 3.3% 30.31 7
12 5 ULTRA EXPRESS 1.9% 52.15 10
HOLY POWERV CHEVALIERSNICE BIRDIEMANAGEMENT FOLKSHAPPY ANGELTHE HULK — wonBEAU GOSSERIGHT HONOURABLEKING'S CAPITALCOPARTNER ERAWIN WIN FIGHTERULTRA EXPRESS

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

4 159

PLACE

4 38.5

8 32.5

10 46.5

QUINELLA

4,8 877

QUINELLA PLACE

4,8 223.5

4,10 291.5

8,10 282

FORECAST

4,8 1,550

TIERCE

4,8,10 22,810

TRIO

4,8,10 3,646

FIRST 4

1,4,8,10 1,647

QUARTET

4,8,10,1 63,556

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A3

A1

A2 36

3RD DOUBLE

4/4 670

4/8 76.5