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Happy Valley · 2023-09-20 · 14:54

Race 8

Class 2 GOOD 1650m Course B 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2023-09-20 was Class 2 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. HELENE FEELING, ridden by K Teetan and trained by C S Shum, won by 1-1/4, with NEARLY FINE second and RISE BRETHREN third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.2 favourite RISE BRETHREN finished 3rd.

Result

Official · 1.39.17
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 11 HELENE FEELING Closed strongly TT 1.39.17 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K Teetan · C S Shum 11 5.9 1-1/4
2 10 NEARLY FINE Closed strongly TT M L Yeung · C Fownes 1 9.1 1-1/4
3 6 RISE BRETHREN Closed strongly TT Z Purton · J Richards 4 3.2 1-1/2
4 3 SPIRITED EXPRESS Closed strongly B A Atzeni · P F Yiu 9 13.0 1-1/2
5 7 GALAXY WITNESS Closed strongly C Y Ho · C Fownes 10 4.8 1-1/2
6 9 BUTTERFIELD Closed strongly CP/TT L Ferraris · C S Shum 6 31.0 2
7 2 TELECOM FIGHTERS Led early L Hewitson · Y S Tsui 12 26.0 2
8 1 THE IRISHMAN H/XB/TT C L Chau · K W Lui 7 8.0 2-3/4
9 12 NATURAL STORM Closed strongly B K De Melo · P F Yiu 2 39.0 3
10 8 TURIN REDSUN B/TT K C Leung · P C Ng 8 49.0 3-1/2
11 4 BERLIN TANGO B/H/TT H Bowman · A S Cruz 3 12.0 7
12 5 EVERYONE'S DELIGHT V/TT A Badel · F C Lor 5 41.0 7-3/4
0 LOOKING GREAT M Chadwick · F C Lor

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. HELENE FEELING2. NEARLY FINE+1.25L3. RISE BRETHREN+1.5L4. SPIRITED EXPRESS+1.5L5. GALAXY WITNESS+1.5L6. BUTTERFIELD+2L7. TELECOM FIGHTERS+2L8. THE IRISHMAN+2.75L9. NATURAL STORM+3L10. TURIN REDSUN+3.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick RISE BRETHREN (23.8%) finished 3rd — the winner HELENE FEELING was rated #2. 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 6 RISE BRETHREN 23.8% 4.20 3
2 11 HELENE FEELING 14.6% 6.86 1
3 9 BUTTERFIELD 13.0% 7.72 6
4 4 BERLIN TANGO 10.6% 9.39 11
5 1 THE IRISHMAN 7.1% 14.17 8
6 3 SPIRITED EXPRESS 6.2% 16.07 4
7 7 GALAXY WITNESS 6.1% 16.30 5
8 10 NEARLY FINE 5.0% 20.14 2
9 12 NATURAL STORM 4.4% 22.49 9
10 5 EVERYONE'S DELIGHT 3.1% 32.44 12
11 8 TURIN REDSUN 3.1% 32.63 10
12 2 TELECOM FIGHTERS 3.1% 32.72 7
RISE BRETHRENHELENE FEELING — wonBUTTERFIELDBERLIN TANGOTHE IRISHMANSPIRITED EXPRESSGALAXY WITNESSNEARLY FINENATURAL STORMEVERYONE'S DELIGHTTURIN REDSUNTELECOM FIGHTERS

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

11 59.5

PLACE

6 15

10 25.5

11 23

QUINELLA

10,11 326

QUINELLA PLACE

6,10 70.5

6,11 53.5

10,11 103.5

FORECAST

11,10 526

TIERCE

11,10,6 3,073

TRIO

6,10,11 439

FIRST 4

3,6,10,11 1,005

QUARTET

11,10,6,3 23,189

All pools (4 more)

2ND TREBLE

2/1/10 799

2/1/11 1,266

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

1,7,10/6,10,11 21,818

7TH DOUBLE

1/10 93

1/11 199.5

SIX UP

3,5/8,9/1,3/2,6/1,10/10,11 5,442

5/9/1/2/1/11 3,045,399

1 [C Fownes]

2 [H Bowman]