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Happy Valley · 2023-12-29 · 13:15

Race 5

Class 4 GOOD 1200m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2023-12-29 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. LYRICAL MOTION, ridden by A Badel and trained by C Fownes, won by 2, with HAPPY TRIO second and HIGH RISE SOLDIER third. Victory came as the 3.2 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.09.87
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 12 LYRICAL MOTION B/TT 1.09.87 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Badel · C Fownes 1 3.2 2
2 3 HAPPY TRIO B L Ferraris · D J Whyte 7 17.0 2
3 4 HIGH RISE SOLDIER B Z Purton · K W Lui 11 15.0 3-1/4
4 11 COLONEL V M F Poon · P F Yiu 6 15.0 3-1/4
5 1 WOOD ON FIRE H/TT K C Leung · C W Chang 9 32.0 3-1/2
6 9 TATTENHAM K De Melo · P C Ng 3 13.0 3-1/2
7 2 KILINDINI H/TT J McDonald · W K Mo 8 6.3 5
8 6 WINNING HEART B/TT L Hewitson · A S Cruz 5 13.0 5-3/4
9 10 HERO STAR TT M Chadwick · K L Man 12 43.0 6-1/4
10 8 SEE U AGAIN C L Chau · C S Shum 4 4.9 6-3/4
11 7 FURY AND GOLD A Hamelin · C H Yip 10 55.0 8
12 5 GORGEOUS VITALITY CP H Bowman · F C Lor 2 7.4 8-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. LYRICAL MOTION2. HAPPY TRIO+2L3. HIGH RISE SOLDIER+3.25L4. COLONEL+3.25L5. WOOD ON FIRE+3.5L6. TATTENHAM+3.5L7. KILINDINI+5L8. WINNING HEART+5.75L9. HERO STAR+6.25L10. SEE U AGAIN+6.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick LYRICAL MOTION (23.4%) 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 12 LYRICAL MOTION 23.4% 4.27 1
2 8 SEE U AGAIN 12.1% 8.26 10
3 5 GORGEOUS VITALITY 11.0% 9.09 12
4 2 KILINDINI 9.0% 11.16 7
5 3 HAPPY TRIO 8.5% 11.71 2
6 4 HIGH RISE SOLDIER 7.9% 12.63 3
7 6 WINNING HEART 7.6% 13.09 8
8 9 TATTENHAM 5.8% 17.23 6
9 11 COLONEL 5.2% 19.16 4
10 10 HERO STAR 3.9% 25.64 9
11 1 WOOD ON FIRE 2.9% 34.81 5
12 7 FURY AND GOLD 2.6% 37.83 11
LYRICAL MOTION — wonSEE U AGAINGORGEOUS VITALITYKILINDINIHAPPY TRIOHIGH RISE SOLDIERWINNING HEARTTATTENHAMCOLONELHERO STARWOOD ON FIREFURY AND GOLD

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

12 32.5

PLACE

3 47.5

4 39

12 15

QUINELLA

3,12 311

QUINELLA PLACE

3,4 290

3,12 85

4,12 102

FORECAST

12,3 518

TIERCE

12,3,4 4,413

TRIO

3,4,12 1,206

FIRST 4

3,4,11,12 3,626

QUARTET

12,3,4,11 57,719

All pools (2 more)

1ST TREBLE

6/12/3 18,627

6/12/12 45,238

4TH DOUBLE

12/3 1,481

12/12 1,756.5