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Happy Valley · 2024-02-28 · 18:40

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD 1800m Course A 12 runners

Result

Official · 1.51.27
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 0 PALACE PAL Closed strongly V 1.51.27 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · D J Hall 4 4.9 2-1/4
2 0 LOYAL AMBITION Closed strongly K Teetan · C Fownes 12 10.0 2-1/4
3 0 COLOURFUL BARON Led early B/TT Y L Chung · J Richards 6 5.4 2-1/2
4 0 MIGHTY STAR Closed strongly B K De Melo · C W Chang 10 18.0 3-1/4
5 0 NICE BIRDIE TT C L Chau · C S Shum 7 14.0 3-1/4
6 0 DIAMOND WINNER Closed strongly H A Hamelin · J Size 5 4.7 3-3/4
7 0 GOLDEN FAIRY A Badel · W Y So 1 9.6 4-1/2
8 0 CIRCUIT ELITE B/TT K C Leung · W K Mo 3 42.0 5
9 0 BRILLIANT PIONEER CP1/TT H Bentley · P F Yiu 2 7.4 5-3/4
10 0 HAPPY HERO CP-/B2 M Chadwick · M Newnham 9 14.0 6
11 0 VINCY SR/TT H Bowman · C H Yip 8 21.0 6-1/2
12 0 CLASSIC ARCHI B/TT B Thompson · D J Whyte 11 47.0 13-1/2
— 0 AI ONE L Ferraris · K H Ting — — —

This site does not show odds as they change: the odds here are final prices after a race, or overnight prices before it.

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2024-02-28 was Class 5 over 1800m, run on GOOD going. PALACE PAL, ridden by Z Purton and trained by D J Hall, won by 2-1/4, with LOYAL AMBITION second and COLOURFUL BARON third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 4.7 favourite DIAMOND WINNER finished 6th.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. PALACE PAL—2. LOYAL AMBITION+2.25L3. COLOURFUL BARON+2.5L4. MIGHTY STAR+3.25L5. NICE BIRDIE+3.25L6. DIAMOND WINNER+3.75L7. GOLDEN FAIRY+4.5L8. CIRCUIT ELITE+5L9. BRILLIANT PIONEER+5.75L10. HAPPY HERO+6L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick PALACE PAL (22.9%) 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 0 PALACE PAL 22.9% 4.36 1
2 0 GOLDEN FAIRY 18.1% 5.51 7
3 0 BRILLIANT PIONEER 11.9% 8.38 9
4 0 DIAMOND WINNER 10.1% 9.92 6
5 0 COLOURFUL BARON 8.9% 11.23 3
6 0 HAPPY HERO 6.0% 16.62 10
7 0 VINCY 5.1% 19.69 11
8 0 NICE BIRDIE 4.8% 20.65 5
9 0 LOYAL AMBITION 4.8% 20.97 2
10 0 MIGHTY STAR 3.5% 28.96 4
11 0 CLASSIC ARCHI 2.4% 41.26 12
12 0 CIRCUIT ELITE 1.4% 70.75 8
PALACE PAL — wonGOLDEN FAIRYBRILLIANT PIONEERDIAMOND WINNERCOLOURFUL BARONHAPPY HEROVINCYNICE BIRDIELOYAL AMBITIONMIGHTY STARCLASSIC ARCHICIRCUIT ELITE

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 49.5

PLACE

3 18

5 21.5

10 33

QUINELLA

3,10 247

QUINELLA PLACE

3,5 57.5

3,10 84

5,10 110.5

FORECAST

3,10 376

TIERCE

3,10,5 2,780

TRIO

3,5,10 464

FIRST 4

3,5,10,12 2,322

QUARTET

3,10,5,12 37,682