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Happy Valley · 2023-12-29 · 14:20

Race 7

Class 3 GOOD 1200m Course C+3 11 runners

Race 7 at Happy Valley on 2023-12-29 was Class 3 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. ARMOUR EAGLE, ridden by J McDonald and trained by J Richards, won by 1/2, with BON'S A PEARLA second and STREET CONQUEROR third. Victory came as the 3.9 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.10.24
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 ARMOUR EAGLE B/XB/TT 1.10.24 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J McDonald · J Richards 3 3.9 1/2
2 4 BON'S A PEARLA B A Atzeni · P C Ng 8 27.0 1/2
3 10 STREET CONQUEROR TT M L Yeung · A S Cruz 1 12.0 1/2
4 11 WATCH BUDDY A Badel · P F Yiu 5 5.2 3/4
5 2 VIVA CHALEUR TT H Bowman · C Fownes 10 13.0 1-1/4
6 3 LUCKY ARCHANGEL B/XB M F Poon · F C Lor 2 20.0 1-3/4
7 8 A AMERIC TE SPECSO Z Purton · J Size 7 4.8 2
8 9 DENFIELD TT B Avdulla · C S Shum 4 7.8 2-3/4
9 1 LIGHTNING BOLT TT C L Chau · C S Shum 6 11.0 4-1/4
10 7 GOLDEN EMPIRE B L Hewitson · K W Lui 9 18.0 5-1/4
11 6 BEAUTY GLORY CP/H/TT L Ferraris · A S Cruz 11 19.0 5-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. ARMOUR EAGLE2. BON'S A PEARLA+0.5L3. STREET CONQUEROR+0.5L4. WATCH BUDDY+0.75L5. VIVA CHALEUR+1.25L6. LUCKY ARCHANGEL+1.75L7. A AMERIC TE SPECSO+2L8. DENFIELD+2.75L9. LIGHTNING BOLT+4.25L10. GOLDEN EMPIRE+5.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick WATCH BUDDY (16.6%) finished 4th — the winner ARMOUR EAGLE was rated #4. 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 11 WATCH BUDDY 16.6% 6.04 4
2 8 A AMERIC TE SPECSO 16.3% 6.13 7
3 9 DENFIELD 15.8% 6.34 8
4 5 ARMOUR EAGLE 9.4% 10.65 1
5 1 LIGHTNING BOLT 9.1% 11.02 9
6 2 VIVA CHALEUR 8.2% 12.20 5
7 4 BON'S A PEARLA 7.5% 13.26 2
8 3 LUCKY ARCHANGEL 5.8% 17.28 6
9 10 STREET CONQUEROR 4.0% 25.24 3
10 7 GOLDEN EMPIRE 3.9% 25.63 10
11 6 BEAUTY GLORY 3.5% 28.66 11
WATCH BUDDYA AMERIC TE SPECSODENFIELDARMOUR EAGLE — wonLIGHTNING BOLTVIVA CHALEURBON'S A PEARLALUCKY ARCHANGELSTREET CONQUERORGOLDEN EMPIREBEAUTY GLORY

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

5 39

PLACE

4 63.5

5 16.5

10 43

QUINELLA

4,5 514

QUINELLA PLACE

4,5 156

4,10 342.5

5,10 91

FORECAST

5,4 863

TIERCE

5,4,10 9,007

TRIO

4,5,10 1,946

FIRST 4

4,5,10,11 2,444

QUARTET

5,4,10,11 48,007

All pools (1 more)

6TH DOUBLE

6/4 75.5

6/5 100