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Happy Valley · 2024-05-08 · 11:42

Race 3

Class 5 GOOD 1650m Course B 12 runners

Race 3 at Happy Valley on 2024-05-08 was Class 5 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. PRECISION GOAL, ridden by H Bentley and trained by D A Hayes, won by 1-1/4, with CHARMING STEED second and CASA LEGEND third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 4.0 favourite BEAU GOSSE finished 9th.

Result

Official · 1.41.20
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 11 PRECISION GOAL Closed strongly TT 1.41.20 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bentley · D A Hayes 5 6.4 1-1/4
2 3 CHARMING STEED Closed strongly TT C Y Ho · C Fownes 3 5.1 1-1/4
3 10 CASA LEGEND Closed strongly P/TT A Atzeni · C W Chang 2 14.0 1-1/4
4 9 VIVA A LA Led early B/TT M F Poon · K L Man 1 10.0 2
5 7 SMART BEAUTY Closed strongly B/H/TT Z Purton · A S Cruz 10 6.4 2-1/4
6 2 MEDIC ELITE Closed strongly PC/TT Y L Chung · P C Ng 4 13.0 2-1/4
7 4 SPEEDSTAR Closed strongly B A Badel · D J Hall 8 13.0 4-1/4
8 6 FORTUNE PRESIDENT Closed strongly M Chadwick · Y S Tsui 12 54.0 5
9 1 BEAU GOSSE B/TT H Bowman · D J Whyte 9 4.0 7-1/4
10 12 HANG'S CHOICE B/TT M L Yeung · W Y So 7 27.0 8
11 8 ASIAN ONE PC-/XB/B2/TT B Avdulla · J Richards 6 14.0 10-1/2
12 5 DIAMOND DIAMOND B/TT L Ferraris · T P Yung 11 91.0 12

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. PRECISION GOAL2. CHARMING STEED+1.25L3. CASA LEGEND+1.25L4. VIVA A LA+2L5. SMART BEAUTY+2.25L6. MEDIC ELITE+2.25L7. SPEEDSTAR+4.25L8. FORTUNE PRESIDENT+5L9. BEAU GOSSE+7.25L10. HANG'S CHOICE+8L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick CHARMING STEED (16.4%) finished 2nd — the winner PRECISION GOAL was rated #4. 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 CHARMING STEED 16.4% 6.10 2
2 9 VIVA A LA 13.5% 7.42 4
3 2 MEDIC ELITE 12.6% 7.92 6
4 11 PRECISION GOAL 11.4% 8.80 1
5 7 SMART BEAUTY 11.0% 9.12 5
6 10 CASA LEGEND 9.7% 10.33 3
7 1 BEAU GOSSE 8.7% 11.53 9
8 4 SPEEDSTAR 5.6% 17.82 7
9 8 ASIAN ONE 5.3% 18.78 11
10 6 FORTUNE PRESIDENT 2.4% 41.36 8
11 12 HANG'S CHOICE 2.1% 46.76 10
12 5 DIAMOND DIAMOND 1.3% 74.81 12
CHARMING STEEDVIVA A LAMEDIC ELITEPRECISION GOAL — wonSMART BEAUTYCASA LEGENDBEAU GOSSESPEEDSTARASIAN ONEFORTUNE PRESIDENTHANG'S CHOICEDIAMOND DIAMOND

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

11 64.5

PLACE

3 18.5

10 39.5

11 22

QUINELLA

3,11 155

QUINELLA PLACE

3,10 119

3,11 61

10,11 142.5

FORECAST

11,3 360

TIERCE

11,3,10 3,370

TRIO

3,10,11 711

FIRST 4

3,9,10,11 1,509

QUARTET

11,3,10,9 32,282

All pools (2 more)

1ST DOUBLE TRIO

1,8,12/3,10,11 26,648

2ND DOUBLE

12/3 75

12/11 432.5