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Happy Valley · 2023-10-29 · 04:50

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD 1200m Course C 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2023-10-29 was Class 5 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. NORDIC COMBINED, ridden by A Badel and trained by W Y So, won by 4, with BRILLIANT PIONEER second and AUGUST MOON third. The 4.2 favourite BRILLIANT PIONEER finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.10.99
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 8 NORDIC COMBINED B/TT 1.10.99 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Badel · W Y So 8 8.4 4
2 7 BRILLIANT PIONEER K Teetan · P F Yiu 9 4.2 4
3 1 AUGUST MOON V/TT K C Leung · J Richards 1 9.4 4
4 11 BELL OF VICTORY B K De Melo · D J Whyte 5 8.2 4
5 3 STARRY NIGHT B/TT Z Purton · D A Hayes 11 12.0 4-1/4
6 6 PRECISION GOAL P/TT M Chadwick · T P Yung 2 9.8 4-1/2
7 5 HAPPY TANGO B L Ferraris · Y S Tsui 6 9.2 4-1/2
7 10 TUNG HAYE HAYE B-/XB-/H1/TT A Hamelin · W K Mo 7 48.0 4-1/2
9 9 SIX BEST FRIENDS CP/TT Y L Chung · K L Man 4 17.0 4-3/4
10 2 DEVIL AND GOLD TT- M F Poon · C H Yip 12 27.0 5-1/4
11 12 BRILLIANT EIGHT B2 H T Mo · C W Chang 3 18.0 9-1/2
12 4 THETA HEDGE B/TT L Hewitson · K W Lui 10 5.7 9-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. NORDIC COMBINED2. BRILLIANT PIONEER+4L3. AUGUST MOON+4L4. BELL OF VICTORY+4L5. STARRY NIGHT+4.25L6. PRECISION GOAL+4.5L7. HAPPY TANGO+4.5L7. TUNG HAYE HAYE+4.5L9. SIX BEST FRIENDS+4.75L10. DEVIL AND GOLD+5.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick BRILLIANT PIONEER (18.4%) finished 2nd — the winner NORDIC COMBINED was rated #8. 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 7 BRILLIANT PIONEER 18.4% 5.45 2
2 4 THETA HEDGE 16.9% 5.91 12
3 3 STARRY NIGHT 16.3% 6.14 5
4 5 HAPPY TANGO 9.5% 10.47 7
5 11 BELL OF VICTORY 7.7% 12.94 4
6 6 PRECISION GOAL 6.3% 15.96 6
7 9 SIX BEST FRIENDS 5.6% 17.76 9
8 8 NORDIC COMBINED 5.6% 17.85 1
9 1 AUGUST MOON 4.6% 21.51 3
10 12 BRILLIANT EIGHT 4.2% 24.00 11
11 2 DEVIL AND GOLD 2.7% 37.13 10
12 10 TUNG HAYE HAYE 2.2% 46.25 7
BRILLIANT PIONEERTHETA HEDGESTARRY NIGHTHAPPY TANGOBELL OF VICTORYPRECISION GOALSIX BEST FRIENDSNORDIC COMBINED — wonAUGUST MOONBRILLIANT EIGHTDEVIL AND GOLDTUNG HAYE HAYE

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

8 84.5

PLACE

1 36

7 17

8 24

QUINELLA

7,8 161

QUINELLA PLACE

1,7 88.5

1,8 164

7,8 65

FORECAST

8,7 409

TIERCE

8,7,1 3,633

TRIO

1,7,8 602

FIRST 4

1,7,8,11 1,122

QUARTET

8,7,1,11 30,396