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Happy Valley · 2023-11-29 · 12:45

Race 4

Class 5 GOOD 1800m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 4 at Happy Valley on 2023-11-29 was Class 5 over 1800m, run on GOOD going. TURTLE AGAIN, ridden by K C Leung and trained by T P Yung, won by 2-3/4, with GOLD STERLING second and DIAMOND WINNER third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 4.8 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.50.09
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 7 TURTLE AGAIN Closed strongly B/TT 1.50.09 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K C Leung · T P Yung 1 4.8 2-3/4
2 4 GOLD STERLING Closed strongly TT A Badel · C H Yip 8 16.0 2-3/4
3 9 DIAMOND WINNER Closed strongly H A Hamelin · J Size 7 77.0 3-1/2
4 5 COLOURFUL BARON Closed strongly B/TT Z Purton · J Richards 11 5.8 3-3/4
5 10 JOYFUL CHAMPION Closed strongly TT A Atzeni · C W Chang 3 7.7 3-3/4
6 8 VIVA A LA Led early P/TT Y L Chung · K L Man 4 9.7 5
7 2 HAPPY HERO Closed strongly B L Hewitson · M Newnham 10 6.3 5
8 6 FORTUNE TRIPLE Closed strongly M Chadwick · Y S Tsui 5 8.1 5-3/4
9 12 GOLDEN FAIRY B K De Melo · W Y So 2 15.0 6-1/2
10 3 TRAVEL GUIDE B/XB2/TT L Ferraris · K H Ting 9 62.0 9-1/2
11 11 MIGHTY STAR B/H/TT C L Chau · A S Cruz 12 18.0 10-1/2
12 1 SUN OF MAKFI B/XB B Avdulla · D J Hall 6 8.9 11-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. TURTLE AGAIN2. GOLD STERLING+2.75L3. DIAMOND WINNER+3.5L4. COLOURFUL BARON+3.75L5. JOYFUL CHAMPION+3.75L6. VIVA A LA+5L7. HAPPY HERO+5L8. FORTUNE TRIPLE+5.75L9. GOLDEN FAIRY+6.5L10. TRAVEL GUIDE+9.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick TURTLE AGAIN (17.5%) won this race. 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 TURTLE AGAIN 17.5% 5.72 1
2 8 VIVA A LA 13.3% 7.50 6
3 10 JOYFUL CHAMPION 11.6% 8.62 5
4 5 COLOURFUL BARON 10.9% 9.21 4
5 2 HAPPY HERO 10.0% 10.04 7
6 1 SUN OF MAKFI 9.1% 10.95 12
7 12 GOLDEN FAIRY 8.2% 12.13 9
8 6 FORTUNE TRIPLE 7.8% 12.87 8
9 11 MIGHTY STAR 6.1% 16.44 11
10 4 GOLD STERLING 3.2% 31.68 2
11 3 TRAVEL GUIDE 1.7% 57.20 10
12 9 DIAMOND WINNER 0.6% 156.53 3
TURTLE AGAIN — wonVIVA A LAJOYFUL CHAMPIONCOLOURFUL BARONHAPPY HEROSUN OF MAKFIGOLDEN FAIRYFORTUNE TRIPLEMIGHTY STARGOLD STERLINGTRAVEL GUIDEDIAMOND WINNER

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 48

PLACE

4 51

7 18

9 214.5

QUINELLA

4,7 563.5

QUINELLA PLACE

4,7 139.5

4,9 1,326

7,9 822

FORECAST

7,4 908

TIERCE

7,4,9 28,051

TRIO

4,7,9 7,838

FIRST 4

4,5,7,9 16,460

QUARTET

7,4,9,5 311,963

All pools (2 more)

2ND DOUBLE TRIO

2,6,11/4,7,9 1,163,080

3RD DOUBLE

6/4 365.5

6/7 636