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Happy Valley · 2023-10-11 · 11:50

Race 2

Class 5 GOOD 1650m Course A 12 runners

Race 2 at Happy Valley on 2023-10-11 was Class 5 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. HAPPY HERO, ridden by L Hewitson and trained by M Newnham, won by 1-1/2, with HAPPY JAI JAI second and FORTUNE TRIPLE third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.8 favourite HAPPY JAI JAI finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.40.02
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 12 HAPPY HERO Closed strongly B 1.40.02 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) L Hewitson · M Newnham 9 16.0 1-1/2
2 3 HAPPY JAI JAI Closed strongly TT Z Purton · T P Yung 2 3.8 1-1/2
3 10 FORTUNE TRIPLE Closed strongly K Teetan · Y S Tsui 8 16.0 1-3/4
4 6 MEDIC ELITE PC/TT A Badel · P C Ng 10 4.2 2
5 11 SMART BEAUTY Closed strongly B/H/TT B Avdulla · A S Cruz 4 7.1 3-1/2
6 8 PERFECT ROCK H T Mo · Y S Tsui 3 76.0 5-3/4
7 2 COPARTNER ERA Closed strongly B M Chadwick · W Y So 6 10.0 6-1/2
8 7 EAGLE RUN CP/SR/TT K De Melo · D J Whyte 5 7.4 6-3/4
9 1 BRAVE AND BOLD L Currie · J Size 7 28.0 7-1/4
10 5 CHIRON CP/TT K C Leung · D A Hayes 1 9.5 8-1/2
11 9 STAR OF GLORY Led early B A Hamelin · C W Chang 11 36.0 8-3/4
12 4 REGENCY HAPPY STAR CP/H/TT H Bowman · A S Cruz 12 26.0 18-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. HAPPY HERO2. HAPPY JAI JAI+1.5L3. FORTUNE TRIPLE+1.75L4. MEDIC ELITE+2L5. SMART BEAUTY+3.5L6. PERFECT ROCK+5.75L7. COPARTNER ERA+6.5L8. EAGLE RUN+6.75L9. BRAVE AND BOLD+7.25L10. CHIRON+8.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick HAPPY JAI JAI (36.2%) finished 2nd — the winner HAPPY HERO was rated #12. 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 3 HAPPY JAI JAI 36.2% 2.76 2
2 6 MEDIC ELITE 13.7% 7.31 4
3 5 CHIRON 9.8% 10.19 10
4 7 EAGLE RUN 7.7% 12.97 8
5 10 FORTUNE TRIPLE 7.1% 14.02 3
6 11 SMART BEAUTY 6.4% 15.66 5
7 2 COPARTNER ERA 4.2% 23.84 7
8 4 REGENCY HAPPY STAR 3.4% 29.57 12
9 9 STAR OF GLORY 3.3% 30.56 11
10 8 PERFECT ROCK 3.1% 32.68 6
11 1 BRAVE AND BOLD 3.0% 33.25 9
12 12 HAPPY HERO 2.1% 46.96 1
HAPPY JAI JAIMEDIC ELITECHIRONEAGLE RUNFORTUNE TRIPLESMART BEAUTYCOPARTNER ERAREGENCY HAPPY STARSTAR OF GLORYPERFECT ROCKBRAVE AND BOLDHAPPY HERO — won

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

12 163.5

PLACE

3 15.5

10 37

12 52

QUINELLA

3,12 401.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,10 101

3,12 132.5

10,12 394.5

FORECAST

12,3 1,122

TIERCE

12,3,10 10,046

TRIO

3,10,12 1,872

FIRST 4

3,6,10,12 1,300

QUARTET

12,3,10,6 42,050

All pools (2 more)

1ST DOUBLE

2/3 93.5

2/12 3,987

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

2,3,7/3,10,12 1,356,031