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Happy Valley · 2024-02-15 · 14:59

Race 9

Class 3 GOOD 1800m Course C 12 runners

Race 9 at Happy Valley on 2024-02-15 was Class 3 over 1800m, run on GOOD going. NOBLE PURSUIT, ridden by A Badel and trained by C Fownes, won by 1-1/2, with TURIN MASCOT second and FLAMINGO TRILLION third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 4.5 favourite FLAMINGO TRILLION finished 3rd.

Result

Official · 1.50.78
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 12 NOBLE PURSUIT Closed strongly TT 1.50.78 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Badel · C Fownes 4 4.7 1-1/2
2 3 TURIN MASCOT Closed strongly PC/TT K Teetan · P C Ng 11 8.5 1-1/2
3 11 FLAMINGO TRILLION K C Leung · F C Lor 3 4.5 1-1/2
4 5 ROMANTIC LAOS Closed strongly CP/H/TT B Avdulla · W K Mo 12 30.0 2-1/2
5 10 ALL BEAUTY Closed strongly M Chadwick · F C Lor 8 11.0 2-1/2
6 8 ESCAPE ROUTE H A Hamelin · J Size 2 11.0 2-1/2
7 7 ACCOLADE START Closed strongly TT H Bentley · C S Shum 6 40.0 2-3/4
8 1 HAMERON Led early B/TT L Ferraris · K W Lui 7 6.5 3-3/4
9 6 MAJESTIC VICTORY TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 10 22.0 3-3/4
10 4 LEAN HERO B/TT A Atzeni · D A Hayes 1 13.0 4
11 9 NICHOLSON RETURNS B Z Purton · D J Hall 9 9.4 4-3/4
12 2 PRIME MINISTER TT E C W Wong · P F Yiu 5 16.0 5-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. NOBLE PURSUIT2. TURIN MASCOT+1.5L3. FLAMINGO TRILLION+1.5L4. ROMANTIC LAOS+2.5L5. ALL BEAUTY+2.5L6. ESCAPE ROUTE+2.5L7. ACCOLADE START+2.75L8. HAMERON+3.75L9. MAJESTIC VICTORY+3.75L10. LEAN HERO+4L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick FLAMINGO TRILLION (24.4%) finished 3rd — the winner NOBLE PURSUIT was rated #3. 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 FLAMINGO TRILLION 24.4% 4.10 3
2 9 NICHOLSON RETURNS 17.5% 5.71 11
3 12 NOBLE PURSUIT 14.4% 6.93 1
4 4 LEAN HERO 8.3% 12.06 10
5 3 TURIN MASCOT 6.8% 14.79 2
6 10 ALL BEAUTY 5.6% 18.01 5
7 8 ESCAPE ROUTE 5.0% 20.03 6
8 1 HAMERON 4.4% 22.51 8
9 2 PRIME MINISTER 4.3% 23.30 12
10 6 MAJESTIC VICTORY 4.0% 24.73 9
11 5 ROMANTIC LAOS 3.5% 28.30 4
12 7 ACCOLADE START 1.8% 57.06 7
FLAMINGO TRILLIONNICHOLSON RETURNSNOBLE PURSUIT — wonLEAN HEROTURIN MASCOTALL BEAUTYESCAPE ROUTEHAMERONPRIME MINISTERMAJESTIC VICTORYROMANTIC LAOSACCOLADE START

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 47.5

PLACE

3 28

11 18

12 17.5

QUINELLA

3,12 184.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,11 74

3,12 69

11,12 43

FORECAST

12,3 316

TIERCE

12,3,11 1,367

TRIO

3,11,12 340

FIRST 4

3,5,11,12 2,363

QUARTET

12,3,11,5 37,396

All pools (4 more)

2ND TREBLE

2/3/3 5,559

2/3/12 18,544

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

2,3,4/3,11,12 85,647

8TH DOUBLE

3/3 548

3/12 2,363

SIX UP

1,11/1,3/2,3/2,9/2,3/3,12 38,580

2 [K Teetan]

13 [K W Lui]