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Happy Valley · 2023-11-08 · 10:45

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD 1200m Course A 11 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2023-11-08 was Class 5 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. SPICY SO SMART, ridden by A Hamelin and trained by P C Ng, won by 1-1/4, with CHARMING STEED second and RATTAN WORLD third. The 3.5 favourite DASHING TRIUMPH finished 8th.

Result

Official · 1.09.96
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 3 SPICY SO SMART B/XB 1.09.96 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Hamelin · P C Ng 6 14.0 1-1/4
2 2 CHARMING STEED B-/H/P1/TT K H Chan · C Fownes 12 10.0 1-1/4
3 1 RATTAN WORLD B/TT K De Melo · J Richards 8 15.0 2-3/4
4 9 NOBLE BOYZ B-/V1/TT K C Leung · K L Man 7 8.4 3-1/2
5 8 HAPPILY FRIENDS V M Chadwick · W Y So 4 5.1 3-3/4
6 4 BRAVE AND BOLD B Avdulla · J Size 3 9.0 4-1/4
7 5 DEVIL AND GOLD M F Poon · C H Yip 1 11.0 4-1/4
8 7 DASHING TRIUMPH B/TT Z Purton · Y S Tsui 5 3.5 6-3/4
9 12 TUNG HAYE HAYE H/TT Y L Chung · W K Mo 11 46.0 7-3/4
10 11 BELL OF VICTORY B/TT2 K Teetan · D J Whyte 9 15.0 8
11 10 FORTUNE TURBO B H T Mo · T P Yung 2 52.0 12
6 SOARING TOWER B/TT A Atzeni · C S Shum 10 12.0

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SPICY SO SMART2. CHARMING STEED+1.25L3. RATTAN WORLD+2.75L4. NOBLE BOYZ+3.5L5. HAPPILY FRIENDS+3.75L6. BRAVE AND BOLD+4.25L7. DEVIL AND GOLD+4.25L8. DASHING TRIUMPH+6.75L9. TUNG HAYE HAYE+7.75L10. BELL OF VICTORY+8L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick DASHING TRIUMPH (34.0%) finished 8th — the winner SPICY SO SMART was rated #10. 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 DASHING TRIUMPH 34.0% 2.94 8
2 8 HAPPILY FRIENDS 16.0% 6.26 5
3 2 CHARMING STEED 8.2% 12.26 2
4 9 NOBLE BOYZ 7.5% 13.41 4
5 11 BELL OF VICTORY 7.4% 13.45 10
6 4 BRAVE AND BOLD 6.5% 15.29 6
7 1 RATTAN WORLD 6.4% 15.67 3
8 5 DEVIL AND GOLD 4.2% 23.93 7
9 12 TUNG HAYE HAYE 4.0% 24.71 9
10 3 SPICY SO SMART 3.7% 26.83 1
11 10 FORTUNE TURBO 2.2% 46.41 11
DASHING TRIUMPHHAPPILY FRIENDSCHARMING STEEDNOBLE BOYZBELL OF VICTORYBRAVE AND BOLDRATTAN WORLDDEVIL AND GOLDTUNG HAYE HAYESPICY SO SMART — wonFORTUNE TURBO

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

3 145

PLACE

1 41

2 31

3 62

QUINELLA

2,3 1,027.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,2 184.5

1,3 372

2,3 288.5

FORECAST

3,2 1,956

TIERCE

3,2,1 18,480

TRIO

1,2,3 3,690

FIRST 4

1,2,3,9 6,227

QUARTET

3,2,1,9 191,463