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Happy Valley · 2024-04-24 · 14:54

Race 9

Class 3 GOOD 1800m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 9 at Happy Valley on 2024-04-24 was Class 3 over 1800m, run on GOOD going. FLAMINGO TRILLION, ridden by K C Leung and trained by F C Lor, won by 1/2, with BERLIN TANGO second and NOBLE PURSUIT third. The winner led throughout. The 3.3 favourite NOBLE PURSUIT finished 3rd.

Result

Official · 1.50.24
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 9 FLAMINGO TRILLION Wire to wire 1.50.24 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K C Leung · F C Lor 7 3.8 1/2
2 2 BERLIN TANGO Closed strongly B/H/TT B Avdulla · A S Cruz 11 14.0 1/2
3 3 NOBLE PURSUIT Closed strongly TT A Atzeni · C Fownes 1 3.3 3/4
4 1 GALLANT WAKING Closed strongly C Y Ho · K W Lui 6 8.7 2
5 10 KIMBERLEY B/TT A Hamelin · J Richards 12 17.0 3
6 12 SMILING TIME Closed strongly V/TT M L Yeung · K H Ting 2 17.0 3-3/4
7 7 INTREPID WINNER Closed strongly B K De Melo · C W Chang 9 13.0 4-3/4
8 6 DEVILDOM B-/TT1 L Hewitson · T P Yung 3 9.5 5-1/2
9 8 AFFORDABLE CP/TT B Thompson · D A Hayes 8 66.0 7
10 4 EIGHTEEN PALMS B/TT A Badel · C S Shum 5 8.0 7-1/2
11 11 TRADITION B M F Poon · P C Ng 4 85.0 8-3/4
12 5 TRUE GENIUS H/B1/TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 10 40.0 13-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. FLAMINGO TRILLION2. BERLIN TANGO+0.5L3. NOBLE PURSUIT+0.75L4. GALLANT WAKING+2L5. KIMBERLEY+3L6. SMILING TIME+3.75L7. INTREPID WINNER+4.75L8. DEVILDOM+5.5L9. AFFORDABLE+7L10. EIGHTEEN PALMS+7.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick NOBLE PURSUIT (18.3%) finished 3rd — the winner FLAMINGO TRILLION 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 3 NOBLE PURSUIT 18.3% 5.48 3
2 4 EIGHTEEN PALMS 14.4% 6.93 10
3 9 FLAMINGO TRILLION 12.3% 8.10 1
4 1 GALLANT WAKING 11.3% 8.85 4
5 2 BERLIN TANGO 11.2% 8.97 2
6 6 DEVILDOM 8.3% 12.01 8
7 12 SMILING TIME 6.9% 14.45 6
8 10 KIMBERLEY 6.7% 14.90 5
9 7 INTREPID WINNER 6.3% 15.82 7
10 8 AFFORDABLE 1.8% 55.36 9
11 11 TRADITION 1.4% 72.45 11
12 5 TRUE GENIUS 1.0% 96.15 12
NOBLE PURSUITEIGHTEEN PALMSFLAMINGO TRILLION — wonGALLANT WAKINGBERLIN TANGODEVILDOMSMILING TIMEKIMBERLEYINTREPID WINNERAFFORDABLETRADITIONTRUE GENIUS

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

9 38.5

PLACE

2 37

3 16.5

9 16

QUINELLA

2,9 408

QUINELLA PLACE

2,3 89.5

2,9 124

3,9 31.5

FORECAST

9,2 630

TIERCE

9,2,3 2,439

TRIO

2,3,9 351

FIRST 4

1,2,3,9 398

QUARTET

9,2,3,1 12,185

All pools (4 more)

2ND TREBLE

2/4,12/2 355

2/4,12/9 656

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

2,10>4,12/2,3,9 8,909

8TH DOUBLE

4,12/2 71

4,12/9 171.5

SIX UP

2,5/5,7/6,10/2,7/2,4,10,12/2,9 1,088

5/5/6/2/4,12/9 87,003

2 [P C Ng]

9 [H Bentley]