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Happy Valley · 2024-01-04 · 13:20

Race 5

Class 4 GOOD 1000m Course A 11 runners

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2024-01-04 was Class 4 over 1000m, run on GOOD going. SUPER FAST DRAGON, ridden by L Hewitson and trained by J Richards, won by 1, with BEAUTY DESTINY second and OVERSUBSCRIBED third. The 3.1 favourite LIFE IS GOOD finished 8th.

Result

Official · 0.57.21
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 12 SUPER FAST DRAGON B/XB/TT 0.57.21 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) L Hewitson · J Richards 11 3.8 1
2 10 BEAUTY DESTINY CP/TT M Chadwick · F C Lor 1 8.1 1
3 9 OVERSUBSCRIBED XB A Badel · D J Hall 9 16.0 1-1/2
4 1 HARMONY FIRE SR/TT H Bentley · D J Whyte 2 8.4 1-3/4
5 11 CIRCUIT SEVEN B/H/TT M F Poon · W K Mo 6 36.0 2-1/2
6 3 SAVVY DELIGHT P/TT K Teetan · J Size 8 11.0 3
7 2 SERGEANT PEPPER C L Chau · Y S Tsui 4 20.0 3-1/2
8 5 LIFE IS GOOD H/P/XB/TT Y L Chung · P C Ng 3 3.1 3-3/4
9 7 KOWLOON EAST STAR H/SR/TT B Avdulla · K L Man 5 7.3 6
10 8 SAME TO YOU H1 L Ferraris · M Newnham 7 73.0 7-1/4
11 4 FALCON COURT A Atzeni · D A Hayes 10 92.0 36
6 YEE CHEONG SPIRIT K C Leung · C S Shum

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SUPER FAST DRAGON2. BEAUTY DESTINY+1L3. OVERSUBSCRIBED+1.5L4. HARMONY FIRE+1.75L5. CIRCUIT SEVEN+2.5L6. SAVVY DELIGHT+3L7. SERGEANT PEPPER+3.5L8. LIFE IS GOOD+3.75L9. KOWLOON EAST STAR+6L10. SAME TO YOU+7.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick LIFE IS GOOD (25.2%) finished 8th — the winner SUPER FAST DRAGON was rated #7. 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 5 LIFE IS GOOD 25.2% 3.96 8
2 9 OVERSUBSCRIBED 11.0% 9.12 3
3 3 SAVVY DELIGHT 10.5% 9.49 6
4 1 HARMONY FIRE 10.4% 9.66 4
5 10 BEAUTY DESTINY 8.5% 11.81 2
6 7 KOWLOON EAST STAR 8.3% 12.00 9
7 12 SUPER FAST DRAGON 7.5% 13.41 1
8 2 SERGEANT PEPPER 7.4% 13.52 7
9 11 CIRCUIT SEVEN 6.9% 14.52 5
10 4 FALCON COURT 3.0% 33.03 11
11 8 SAME TO YOU 1.3% 74.30 10
LIFE IS GOODOVERSUBSCRIBEDSAVVY DELIGHTHARMONY FIREBEAUTY DESTINYKOWLOON EAST STARSUPER FAST DRAGON — wonSERGEANT PEPPERCIRCUIT SEVENFALCON COURTSAME TO YOU

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 38

PLACE

9 32

10 27.5

12 15.5

QUINELLA

10,12 178.5

QUINELLA PLACE

9,10 184.5

9,12 89.5

10,12 66.5

FORECAST

12,10 321

TIERCE

12,10,9 2,960

TRIO

9,10,12 781

FIRST 4

1,9,10,12 815

QUARTET

12,10,9,1 15,430

All pools (2 more)

1ST TREBLE

5/10/10 1,456

5/10/12 3,559

4TH DOUBLE

10/10 121.5

10/12 370.5