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Happy Valley · 2024-04-10 · 16:51

Race 9

Class 3 GOOD 1200m Course B 12 runners

Race 9 at Happy Valley on 2024-04-10 was Class 3 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. SPORTS LEGEND, ridden by Z Purton and trained by C S Shum, won by 3/4, with COLOURFUL EMPEROR second and SWEET BRIAR third. The 3.7 favourite COLOURFUL EMPEROR finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.09.68
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 8 SPORTS LEGEND B/TT 1.09.68 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · C S Shum 11 4.2 3/4
2 2 COLOURFUL EMPEROR TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 3 3.7 3/4
3 9 SWEET BRIAR B/TT L Hewitson · K W Lui 1 3.9 2-1/2
4 6 ARMOUR EAGLE B/XB/TT B Thompson · J Richards 6 33.0 3-1/4
5 7 SOLAR PARTNER TT M Chadwick · P F Yiu 5 13.0 4-3/4
6 4 HEALTHY HEALTHY PC/TT B Avdulla · P C Ng 4 8.8 5
7 11 NEBRASKAN PC1 K Teetan · J Size 10 24.0 7-1/2
8 3 ATOMIC FORCE C Y Ho · C Fownes 9 18.0 7-3/4
9 1 ASTROLOGER H Bowman · K L Man 8 35.0 8
10 12 KING ECCELLENTE SR/XB H Bentley · D J Whyte 12 13.0 9-3/4
11 10 MAGIC PHOENIX TT M L Yeung · K H Ting 2 49.0 12-3/4
12 5 O'LINER B1/TT L Ferraris · T P Yung 7 48.0 42-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SPORTS LEGEND2. COLOURFUL EMPEROR+0.75L3. SWEET BRIAR+2.5L4. ARMOUR EAGLE+3.25L5. SOLAR PARTNER+4.75L6. HEALTHY HEALTHY+5L7. NEBRASKAN+7.5L8. ATOMIC FORCE+7.75L9. ASTROLOGER+8L10. KING ECCELLENTE+9.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick SWEET BRIAR (32.3%) finished 3rd — the winner SPORTS LEGEND was rated #2. 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 9 SWEET BRIAR 32.3% 3.09 3
2 8 SPORTS LEGEND 20.7% 4.84 1
3 2 COLOURFUL EMPEROR 13.3% 7.52 2
4 1 ASTROLOGER 6.8% 14.63 9
5 4 HEALTHY HEALTHY 6.8% 14.77 6
6 7 SOLAR PARTNER 4.3% 23.52 5
7 12 KING ECCELLENTE 4.0% 24.70 10
8 3 ATOMIC FORCE 3.5% 28.37 8
9 11 NEBRASKAN 2.8% 35.97 7
10 5 O'LINER 2.6% 37.97 12
11 10 MAGIC PHOENIX 1.4% 69.44 11
12 6 ARMOUR EAGLE 1.4% 70.59 4
SWEET BRIARSPORTS LEGEND — wonCOLOURFUL EMPERORASTROLOGERHEALTHY HEALTHYSOLAR PARTNERKING ECCELLENTEATOMIC FORCENEBRASKANO'LINERMAGIC PHOENIXARMOUR EAGLE

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

8 42

PLACE

2 15.5

8 18

9 15

QUINELLA

2,8 102.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,8 42.5

2,9 31.5

8,9 46

FORECAST

8,2 162

TIERCE

8,2,9 408

TRIO

2,8,9 80

FIRST 4

2,6,8,9 695

QUARTET

8,2,9,6 8,396

All pools (4 more)

2ND TREBLE

2/8/2 760

2/8/8 3,478

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

3,8,12/2,8,9 45,255

8TH DOUBLE

8/2 164.5

8/8 636.5

SIX UP

1/1/9/2/8/8 2,392,099

1,12/1,9/9,11/2,9/3,8/2,8 17,028

4 [C S Shum]

1 [Z Purton]