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Happy Valley · 2023-12-13 · 12:45

Race 5

Class 3 GOOD 1000m Course B 9 runners

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2023-12-13 was Class 3 over 1000m, run on GOOD going. EXPLOSIVE WITNESS, ridden by J McDonald and trained by C Fownes, won by 2-1/4, with FORTUNE WARRIOR second and HAPPY UNITED third. The 3.4 favourite ATOMIC ENERGY finished 5th.

Result

Official · 0.57.04
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 EXPLOSIVE WITNESS SR/XB 0.57.04 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J McDonald · C Fownes 7 8.7 2-1/4
2 10 FORTUNE WARRIOR CP K Teetan · P C Ng 4 7.7 2-1/4
3 9 HAPPY UNITED P/TT C Y Ho · J Richards 5 3.6 2-1/2
4 1 HARMONY N BLESSED B/TT K C Leung · D A Hayes 3 11.0 2-3/4
5 6 ATOMIC ENERGY TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 1 3.4 2-3/4
6 5 CHEVAL VALIANT B/H/TT K De Melo · D J Whyte 6 5.0 4
7 3 CALIFORNIA DEEPLY TT L Ferraris · A S Cruz 9 18.0 4-1/4
8 7 SUGAR BALL CP1/H1/TT1 M Chadwick · W K Mo 2 47.0 5
9 8 MUST GO A Badel · J Size 8 28.0 11-1/4
2 HUMBLE STAR Z Purton · P C Ng

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. EXPLOSIVE WITNESS2. FORTUNE WARRIOR+2.25L3. HAPPY UNITED+2.5L4. HARMONY N BLESSED+2.75L5. ATOMIC ENERGY+2.75L6. CHEVAL VALIANT+4L7. CALIFORNIA DEEPLY+4.25L8. SUGAR BALL+5L9. MUST GO+11.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick HAPPY UNITED (23.6%) finished 3rd — the winner EXPLOSIVE WITNESS was rated #6. 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 9 HAPPY UNITED 23.6% 4.24 3
2 6 ATOMIC ENERGY 21.2% 4.72 5
3 10 FORTUNE WARRIOR 12.5% 8.01 2
4 1 HARMONY N BLESSED 10.0% 10.05 4
5 5 CHEVAL VALIANT 9.9% 10.07 6
6 4 EXPLOSIVE WITNESS 8.8% 11.30 1
7 3 CALIFORNIA DEEPLY 5.6% 17.81 7
8 7 SUGAR BALL 4.9% 20.26 8
9 8 MUST GO 3.5% 28.72 9
HAPPY UNITEDATOMIC ENERGYFORTUNE WARRIORHARMONY N BLESSEDCHEVAL VALIANTEXPLOSIVE WITNESS — wonCALIFORNIA DEEPLYSUGAR BALLMUST GO

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

4 87

PLACE

4 22.5

9 14.5

10 21.5

QUINELLA

4,10 283

QUINELLA PLACE

4,9 46.5

4,10 87

9,10 47

FORECAST

4,10 610

TIERCE

4,10,9 1,929

TRIO

4,9,10 255

FIRST 4

1,4,9,10 495

QUARTET

4,10,9,1 14,927

All pools (3 more)

1ST TREBLE

3/3/4 23,113

3/3/10 5,849

2ND DOUBLE TRIO

3,6,7/4,9,10 69,349

4TH DOUBLE

3/4 714

3/10 235