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Happy Valley · 2024-02-21 · 11:42

Race 3

Class 4 GOOD 1200m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 3 at Happy Valley on 2024-02-21 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. HAPPY FAT CAT, ridden by M F Poon and trained by W K Mo, won by 1/2, with HERCULES second and HAYDAY third. Victory came as the 5.7 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.10.00
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 3 HAPPY FAT CAT TT 1.10.00 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) M F Poon · W K Mo 6 5.7 1/2
2 8 HERCULES B/TT A Badel · C H Yip 5 6.1 1/2
3 9 HAYDAY H/P/TT M Chadwick · P F Yiu 2 10.0 1
4 5 THE KHAN H/P/TT K Teetan · C Fownes 11 9.6 2-1/4
5 10 WOODFIRE CHAMP TT A Atzeni · C W Chang 9 17.0 2-1/4
6 4 GREAT ACHIEVER C L Chau · T P Yung 3 6.2 2-1/2
7 2 JOLLY COMPANION XB K C Leung · K L Man 7 10.0 3-3/4
8 11 ALLOY KING V M L Yeung · K H Ting 10 12.0 3-3/4
9 7 LAPRAS CP-/SR- L Hewitson · D J Whyte 4 42.0 4-1/4
10 12 VALIANT ELEGANCE B/TT B Thompson · D J Whyte 8 7.7 7-1/2
11 1 ENFOLDED TT B Avdulla · J Richards 1 36.0 9-1/4
12 6 SHANGHAI STYLE B/TT Y L Chung · C S Shum 12 9.6 11

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. HAPPY FAT CAT2. HERCULES+0.5L3. HAYDAY+1L4. THE KHAN+2.25L5. WOODFIRE CHAMP+2.25L6. GREAT ACHIEVER+2.5L7. JOLLY COMPANION+3.75L8. ALLOY KING+3.75L9. LAPRAS+4.25L10. VALIANT ELEGANCE+7.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick HERCULES (20.7%) finished 2nd — the winner HAPPY FAT CAT 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 8 HERCULES 20.7% 4.82 2
2 4 GREAT ACHIEVER 14.9% 6.70 6
3 3 HAPPY FAT CAT 10.9% 9.15 1
4 9 HAYDAY 9.4% 10.68 3
5 11 ALLOY KING 9.2% 10.90 8
6 2 JOLLY COMPANION 8.2% 12.24 7
7 10 WOODFIRE CHAMP 7.7% 13.02 5
8 12 VALIANT ELEGANCE 5.5% 18.33 10
9 5 THE KHAN 5.1% 19.43 4
10 6 SHANGHAI STYLE 5.1% 19.78 12
11 7 LAPRAS 2.3% 42.64 9
12 1 ENFOLDED 1.0% 98.69 11
HERCULESGREAT ACHIEVERHAPPY FAT CAT — wonHAYDAYALLOY KINGJOLLY COMPANIONWOODFIRE CHAMPVALIANT ELEGANCETHE KHANSHANGHAI STYLELAPRASENFOLDED

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

3 57

PLACE

3 21

8 22.5

9 35.5

QUINELLA

3,8 154

QUINELLA PLACE

3,8 56.5

3,9 107

8,9 108

FORECAST

3,8 329

TIERCE

3,8,9 2,679

TRIO

3,8,9 544

FIRST 4

3,5,8,9 1,422

QUARTET

3,8,9,5 26,317

All pools (2 more)

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

2,5,7/3,8,9 16,799

2ND DOUBLE

7/3 338.5

7/8 76.5