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Happy Valley · 2024-05-01 · 10:43

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD TO YIELDING 1000m Course A 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2024-05-01 was Class 5 over 1000m, run on GOOD TO YIELDING going. MODEST GENTLEMAN, ridden by C L Chau and trained by C H Yip, won by N, with KING INVINCIBLE second and AUGUST MOON third. Victory came as the 5.1 favourite.

Result

Official · 0.57.91
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 MODEST GENTLEMAN B/TT 0.57.91 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C L Chau · C H Yip 2 5.1 N
2 3 KING INVINCIBLE B/TT K C Leung · F C Lor 3 6.0 N
3 9 AUGUST MOON BO/TT K De Melo · J Richards 5 9.0 1-1/2
4 2 TACTICAL COMMAND B A Badel · M Newnham 6 7.4 2-1/4
5 12 DASHING GLORY K Teetan · Y S Tsui 7 22.0 3
6 1 DIAMOND SOARS TT H Bowman · P F Yiu 11 6.3 4-1/4
7 7 ISLAND SURPRISE PC/TT H Bentley · P C Ng 8 12.0 4-3/4
8 5 THE GOOD DEAL CP/TT A Atzeni · D J Whyte 12 10.0 5-1/2
9 11 HAPPILY FRIENDS V-/TT1 M Chadwick · W Y So 10 18.0 7
10 8 CRAIG'S MASTER H-/V-/XB1/B2/TT- A Hamelin · D J Hall 4 35.0 10-1/4
11 6 MULTIMORE B2/TT H T Mo · T P Yung 1 8.9 11
12 10 SIX BEST FRIENDS CP/TT Y L Chung · K L Man 9 31.0 12-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. MODEST GENTLEMAN2. KING INVINCIBLE+0.05L3. AUGUST MOON+1.5L4. TACTICAL COMMAND+2.25L5. DASHING GLORY+3L6. DIAMOND SOARS+4.25L7. ISLAND SURPRISE+4.75L8. THE GOOD DEAL+5.5L9. HAPPILY FRIENDS+7L10. CRAIG'S MASTER+10.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick MODEST GENTLEMAN (18.1%) 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 4 MODEST GENTLEMAN 18.1% 5.51 1
2 3 KING INVINCIBLE 16.5% 6.05 2
3 2 TACTICAL COMMAND 15.9% 6.30 4
4 6 MULTIMORE 10.9% 9.14 11
5 1 DIAMOND SOARS 9.3% 10.72 6
6 5 THE GOOD DEAL 7.0% 14.20 8
7 7 ISLAND SURPRISE 6.2% 16.18 7
8 9 AUGUST MOON 5.2% 19.34 3
9 11 HAPPILY FRIENDS 3.1% 32.07 9
10 10 SIX BEST FRIENDS 2.9% 34.36 12
11 12 DASHING GLORY 2.5% 40.67 5
12 8 CRAIG'S MASTER 2.3% 43.01 10
MODEST GENTLEMAN — wonKING INVINCIBLETACTICAL COMMANDMULTIMOREDIAMOND SOARSTHE GOOD DEALISLAND SURPRISEAUGUST MOONHAPPILY FRIENDSSIX BEST FRIENDSDASHING GLORYCRAIG'S MASTER

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

4 51.5

PLACE

3 22.5

4 19.5

9 26.5

QUINELLA

3,4 141.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,4 57

3,9 91.5

4,9 103

FORECAST

4,3 319

TIERCE

4,3,9 2,534

TRIO

3,4,9 521

FIRST 4

2,3,4,9 705

QUARTET

4,3,9,2 13,728