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Happy Valley · 2023-07-12 · 19:16

Race 2

Class 5 GOOD TO FIRM 2200m Course B 12 runners

Race 2 at Happy Valley on 2023-07-12 was Class 5 over 2200m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. VINCY, ridden by Z Purton and trained by C H Yip, won by 1-1/4, with LOYAL AMBITION second and CLASSIC ARCHI third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 3.1 favourite.

Result

Official · 2.16.66
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 VINCY Closed strongly SR/TT 2.16.66 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · C H Yip 3 3.1 1-1/4
2 6 LOYAL AMBITION Closed strongly TT C Y Ho · C Fownes 10 9.8 1-1/4
3 5 CLASSIC ARCHI Closed strongly B/TT L Hewitson · D J Whyte 2 10.0 2
4 1 DAZZLING FELLOW Closed strongly B/XB B Avdulla · D J Hall 7 27.0 2-3/4
5 10 JOLLY FOREVER Closed strongly B/XB/TT M L Yeung · W Y So 6 25.0 2-3/4
6 7 FORTUNE TRIPLE Closed strongly M Chadwick · Y S Tsui 5 6.3 3-3/4
7 8 CABLE SPEED Closed strongly TT K Teetan · C W Chang 9 17.0 4-1/2
8 9 BARON ZEE Closed strongly B/TT A Badel · R Gibson 8 33.0 7-1/4
9 11 YEE CHEONG BRAVE B/XB M F Poon · D J Hall 1 28.0 10-1/2
10 2 HELENE ALLIBOR V/TT H Bowman · D A Hayes 4 3.3 11
11 12 SHINY TWO B/XB H T Mo · P F Yiu 12 89.0 43-1/4
12 3 SINGAPORE SPIRIT Led early B/TT A Hamelin · A S Cruz 11 54.0 43-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. VINCY2. LOYAL AMBITION+1.25L3. CLASSIC ARCHI+2L4. DAZZLING FELLOW+2.75L5. JOLLY FOREVER+2.75L6. FORTUNE TRIPLE+3.75L7. CABLE SPEED+4.5L8. BARON ZEE+7.25L9. YEE CHEONG BRAVE+10.5L10. HELENE ALLIBOR+11L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick VINCY (21.1%) 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 4 VINCY 21.1% 4.75 1
2 5 CLASSIC ARCHI 21.0% 4.77 3
3 7 FORTUNE TRIPLE 14.0% 7.14 6
4 2 HELENE ALLIBOR 9.6% 10.39 10
5 6 LOYAL AMBITION 9.3% 10.76 2
6 11 YEE CHEONG BRAVE 6.1% 16.45 9
7 8 CABLE SPEED 4.8% 20.97 7
8 9 BARON ZEE 4.0% 25.04 8
9 1 DAZZLING FELLOW 3.9% 25.64 4
10 3 SINGAPORE SPIRIT 2.7% 37.72 12
11 10 JOLLY FOREVER 2.2% 45.68 5
12 12 SHINY TWO 1.5% 68.77 11
VINCY — wonCLASSIC ARCHIFORTUNE TRIPLEHELENE ALLIBORLOYAL AMBITIONYEE CHEONG BRAVECABLE SPEEDBARON ZEEDAZZLING FELLOWSINGAPORE SPIRITJOLLY FOREVERSHINY TWO

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 31

PLACE

4 16.5

5 28

6 33.5

QUINELLA

4,6 214

QUINELLA PLACE

4,5 58.5

4,6 75.5

5,6 125

FORECAST

4,6 350

TIERCE

4,6,5 1,500

TRIO

4,5,6 327

FIRST 4

1,4,5,6 1,566

QUARTET

4,6,5,1 22,649

All pools (2 more)

1ST DOUBLE

2/4 80.5

2/6 62

3 PICK 1

A1 16

A3

A2