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Happy Valley · 2024-04-17 · 14:19

Race 8

Class 4 GOOD 1650m Course C 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2024-04-17 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. TURIN WARRIOR, ridden by K Teetan and trained by K L Man, won by 1, with JUMBO LEGEND second and SETANTA third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 4.0 favourite STRONGEST BOY finished 10th.

Result

Official · 1.41.21
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 8 TURIN WARRIOR Closed strongly B/XB 1.41.21 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K Teetan · K L Man 5 6.3 1
2 3 JUMBO LEGEND Closed strongly H/TT C Y Ho · C Fownes 10 8.0 1
3 7 SETANTA Closed strongly B/TT L Ferraris · M Newnham 9 20.0 1
4 2 COMET SPLENDIDO TT E C W Wong · C S Shum 1 7.3 1-3/4
5 5 PRECISE EXPRESS Closed strongly H K C Leung · P F Yiu 11 34.0 4
6 4 GOLDEN DARCI P/XB H Bowman · D J Hall 4 5.1 4-1/2
7 12 AROMATICA Closed strongly TT K De Melo · W Y So 12 118.0 4-1/2
8 11 TO INFINITY B/TT H Bentley · J Richards 2 20.0 5-1/2
9 1 EXCEL WONGCHOY Led early TT1 A Badel · P C Ng 6 10.0 8-1/2
10 6 STRONGEST BOY B/TT Z Purton · D A Hayes 8 4.0 8-3/4
11 10 UNITED ENDEAVORS H/TT M L Yeung · W Y So 7 12.0 12-3/4
12 9 LOOKING COOL CP-/SR1/V1 Y L Chung · F C Lor 3 27.0 13-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. TURIN WARRIOR2. JUMBO LEGEND+1L3. SETANTA+1L4. COMET SPLENDIDO+1.75L5. PRECISE EXPRESS+4L6. GOLDEN DARCI+4.5L7. AROMATICA+4.5L8. TO INFINITY+5.5L9. EXCEL WONGCHOY+8.5L10. STRONGEST BOY+8.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick STRONGEST BOY (24.0%) finished 10th — the winner TURIN WARRIOR 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 6 STRONGEST BOY 24.0% 4.17 10
2 4 GOLDEN DARCI 13.7% 7.28 6
3 8 TURIN WARRIOR 12.5% 8.03 1
4 11 TO INFINITY 10.5% 9.50 8
5 10 UNITED ENDEAVORS 9.4% 10.61 11
6 2 COMET SPLENDIDO 8.8% 11.34 4
7 3 JUMBO LEGEND 7.5% 13.34 2
8 7 SETANTA 3.8% 26.52 3
9 5 PRECISE EXPRESS 3.1% 31.91 5
10 1 EXCEL WONGCHOY 3.0% 33.66 9
11 9 LOOKING COOL 2.3% 43.46 12
12 12 AROMATICA 1.4% 71.75 7
STRONGEST BOYGOLDEN DARCITURIN WARRIOR — wonTO INFINITYUNITED ENDEAVORSCOMET SPLENDIDOJUMBO LEGENDSETANTAPRECISE EXPRESSEXCEL WONGCHOYLOOKING COOLAROMATICA

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 63.5

PLACE

3 22.5

7 63.5

8 19.5

QUINELLA

3,8 254

QUINELLA PLACE

3,7 366.5

3,8 81

7,8 224.5

FORECAST

8,3 452

TIERCE

8,3,7 8,287

TRIO

3,7,8 1,811

FIRST 4

2,3,7,8 3,313

QUARTET

8,3,7,2 66,077

All pools (1 more)

7TH DOUBLE

2/3 128

2/8 721.5