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Happy Valley · 2023-10-11 · 13:20

Race 5

Class 4 GOOD 1000m Course A 12 runners

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2023-10-11 was Class 4 over 1000m, run on GOOD going. HAPPY DAY, ridden by C Y Ho and trained by J Richards, won by N, with SERGEANT PEPPER second and SAVVY DELIGHT third. The 4.1 favourite KOWLOON EAST STAR finished 8th.

Result

Official · 0.57.58
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 6 HAPPY DAY B1/TT2 0.57.58 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C Y Ho · J Richards 8 7.0 N
2 5 SERGEANT PEPPER Y L Chung · Y S Tsui 1 13.0 N
3 2 SAVVY DELIGHT P/TT H Bowman · J Size 9 14.0 N
4 11 CIRCUIT SEVEN B/H/TT M F Poon · A S Cruz 2 4.4 3/4
5 7 KING INVINCIBLE TT2 Z Purton · F C Lor 10 8.2 1-3/4
6 4 KING ECCELLENTE B/XB L Hewitson · D J Whyte 4 8.2 2
7 1 SUPER COMMANDER V/TT L Ferraris · P C Ng 12 15.0 2-1/4
8 8 KOWLOON EAST STAR H/SR/TT K C Leung · K L Man 5 4.1 2-3/4
9 12 ISLAND SURPRISE B/TT M Chadwick · K L Man 6 20.0 3-1/2
10 10 ACE TALENT H/PC/TT A Badel · C Fownes 7 21.0 3-3/4
11 3 G ONE EXCELLENT B/TT B Avdulla · C S Shum 3 25.0 9-3/4
12 9 SONIC PEGASUS B1 M L Yeung · K W Lui 11 68.0 19-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. HAPPY DAY2. SERGEANT PEPPER+0.05L3. SAVVY DELIGHT+0.05L4. CIRCUIT SEVEN+0.75L5. KING INVINCIBLE+1.75L6. KING ECCELLENTE+2L7. SUPER COMMANDER+2.25L8. KOWLOON EAST STAR+2.75L9. ISLAND SURPRISE+3.5L10. ACE TALENT+3.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick SERGEANT PEPPER (22.8%) finished 2nd — the winner HAPPY DAY 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 5 SERGEANT PEPPER 22.8% 4.38 2
2 4 KING ECCELLENTE 11.2% 8.90 6
3 6 HAPPY DAY 10.5% 9.51 1
4 11 CIRCUIT SEVEN 10.2% 9.83 4
5 7 KING INVINCIBLE 8.3% 12.03 5
6 8 KOWLOON EAST STAR 7.7% 12.92 8
7 10 ACE TALENT 7.1% 14.05 10
8 12 ISLAND SURPRISE 6.3% 15.79 9
9 2 SAVVY DELIGHT 6.2% 16.09 3
10 9 SONIC PEGASUS 3.7% 27.13 12
11 1 SUPER COMMANDER 3.7% 27.27 7
12 3 G ONE EXCELLENT 2.2% 46.15 11
SERGEANT PEPPERKING ECCELLENTEHAPPY DAY — wonCIRCUIT SEVENKING INVINCIBLEKOWLOON EAST STARACE TALENTISLAND SURPRISESAVVY DELIGHTSONIC PEGASUSSUPER COMMANDERG ONE EXCELLENT

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

6 70.5

PLACE

2 37

5 41.5

6 27.5

QUINELLA

5,6 561.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,5 236

2,6 196.5

5,6 169.5

FORECAST

6,5 879

TIERCE

6,5,2 9,258

TRIO

2,5,6 1,834

FIRST 4

2,5,6,11 1,827

QUARTET

6,5,2,11 37,612

All pools (2 more)

1ST TREBLE

8/4/5 2,851

8/4/6 15,653

4TH DOUBLE

4/5 251.5

4/6 1,198