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Happy Valley · 2023-10-04 · 11:18

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD TO FIRM 1650m Course C+3 11 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2023-10-04 was Class 5 over 1650m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. VIVA A LA, ridden by K C Leung and trained by K L Man, won by SH, with YEE CHEONG WARRIOR second and TSUEN WAN GLORY third. The winner led throughout. The 2.4 favourite YEE CHEONG WARRIOR finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.39.39
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 7 VIVA A LA Wire to wire P/TT 1.39.39 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K C Leung · K L Man 6 13.0 SH
2 3 YEE CHEONG WARRIOR Closed strongly CP/XB H Bowman · D J Hall 1 2.4 SH
3 8 TSUEN WAN GLORY Closed strongly H/TT L Hewitson · K L Man 3 20.0 1-3/4
4 2 M M NEBULA CP/TT M Chadwick · P C Ng 10 14.0 2
5 1 SUNNY BABY Closed strongly B Z Purton · D A Hayes 5 2.9 2-3/4
6 11 HANG'S CHOICE Closed strongly B/TT K Teetan · W Y So 4 12.0 3-1/4
7 5 SUPER BUDDY B H T Mo · Y S Tsui 2 31.0 4-1/4
8 9 BEAUTY NOVA Closed strongly H/TT A Badel · W K Mo 9 14.0 5-1/2
9 10 BRILLIANT EIGHT M F Poon · C W Chang 7 54.0 7
10 4 MILLENNIUM FALCON TT Y L Chung · T P Yung 8 32.0 11-1/4
11 6 DAILY BEAUTY B L Currie · C Fownes 11 27.0 12-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. VIVA A LA2. YEE CHEONG WARRIOR+0.1L3. TSUEN WAN GLORY+1.75L4. M M NEBULA+2L5. SUNNY BABY+2.75L6. HANG'S CHOICE+3.25L7. SUPER BUDDY+4.25L8. BEAUTY NOVA+5.5L9. BRILLIANT EIGHT+7L10. MILLENNIUM FALCON+11.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick SUNNY BABY (28.9%) finished 5th — the winner VIVA A LA was rated #3. 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 SUNNY BABY 28.9% 3.46 5
2 3 YEE CHEONG WARRIOR 18.8% 5.33 2
3 7 VIVA A LA 8.7% 11.49 1
4 9 BEAUTY NOVA 7.7% 13.00 8
5 2 M M NEBULA 7.5% 13.40 4
6 4 MILLENNIUM FALCON 6.5% 15.38 10
7 8 TSUEN WAN GLORY 6.1% 16.51 3
8 11 HANG'S CHOICE 5.9% 16.88 6
9 6 DAILY BEAUTY 4.6% 21.61 11
10 5 SUPER BUDDY 3.2% 30.94 7
11 10 BRILLIANT EIGHT 2.1% 46.79 9
SUNNY BABYYEE CHEONG WARRIORVIVA A LA — wonBEAUTY NOVAM M NEBULAMILLENNIUM FALCONTSUEN WAN GLORYHANG'S CHOICEDAILY BEAUTYSUPER BUDDYBRILLIANT EIGHT

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

7 130

PLACE

3 14

7 30.5

8 44.5

QUINELLA

3,7 174

QUINELLA PLACE

3,7 60.5

3,8 77

7,8 271

FORECAST

7,3 504

TIERCE

7,3,8 5,497

TRIO

3,7,8 737

FIRST 4

2,3,7,8 1,206

QUARTET

7,3,8,2 37,050