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Happy Valley · 2024-05-22 · 18:02

Race 8

Class 3 GOOD 1650m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2024-05-22 was Class 3 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. ROMANTIC LAOS, ridden by K C Leung and trained by W K Mo, won by N, with RED HARE KING second and IVY LEAGUE third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 4.6 favourite RED HARE KING finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.40.24
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 6 ROMANTIC LAOS Closed strongly TT 1.40.24 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K C Leung · W K Mo 5 6.0 N
2 1 RED HARE KING Led early TT H Bowman · A S Cruz 12 4.6 N
3 3 IVY LEAGUE Closed strongly SR/XB/TT K De Melo · D J Whyte 8 16.0 N
4 4 SWEET BRIAR B-/V1/TT Z Purton · K W Lui 9 4.7 2-1/4
5 11 JUMBO LEGEND Closed strongly H/TT A Atzeni · C Fownes 10 11.0 2-3/4
6 7 SILVER UP B/TT L Hewitson · C S Shum 2 7.2 2-3/4
7 2 GIDDY UP Closed strongly P1/TT H Bentley · J Richards 1 9.7 3-1/4
8 5 GLORIOUS JOURNEY Closed strongly TT M Chadwick · F C Lor 11 40.0 5
9 9 RED MAJESTY B/TT B Thompson · D A Hayes 6 20.0 5
10 10 ESCAPE ROUTE H K Teetan · J Size 7 7.3 7-3/4
11 8 WAH MAY WAI WAI H Y L Chung · A S Cruz 4 66.0 9
12 12 ORIENTAL TYCOON P M F Poon · P C Ng 3 95.0 10-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. ROMANTIC LAOS2. RED HARE KING+0.05L3. IVY LEAGUE+0.05L4. SWEET BRIAR+2.25L5. JUMBO LEGEND+2.75L6. SILVER UP+2.75L7. GIDDY UP+3.25L8. GLORIOUS JOURNEY+5L9. RED MAJESTY+5L10. ESCAPE ROUTE+7.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick SWEET BRIAR (18.8%) finished 4th — the winner ROMANTIC LAOS was rated #8. 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 SWEET BRIAR 18.8% 5.31 4
2 10 ESCAPE ROUTE 15.6% 6.42 10
3 1 RED HARE KING 13.7% 7.31 2
4 11 JUMBO LEGEND 11.2% 8.89 5
5 7 SILVER UP 8.9% 11.22 6
6 2 GIDDY UP 8.3% 11.99 7
7 3 IVY LEAGUE 6.7% 15.00 3
8 6 ROMANTIC LAOS 6.0% 16.80 1
9 9 RED MAJESTY 4.4% 22.94 9
10 5 GLORIOUS JOURNEY 4.1% 24.16 8
11 8 WAH MAY WAI WAI 1.6% 62.76 11
12 12 ORIENTAL TYCOON 0.7% 146.26 12
SWEET BRIARESCAPE ROUTERED HARE KINGJUMBO LEGENDSILVER UPGIDDY UPIVY LEAGUEROMANTIC LAOS — wonRED MAJESTYGLORIOUS JOURNEYWAH MAY WAI WAIORIENTAL TYCOON

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

6 60.5

PLACE

1 17

3 45

6 22.5

QUINELLA

1,6 183

QUINELLA PLACE

1,3 126.5

1,6 67.5

3,6 167.5

FORECAST

6,1 443

TIERCE

6,1,3 3,955

TRIO

1,3,6 793

FIRST 4

1,3,4,6 655

QUARTET

6,1,3,4 15,537

All pools (1 more)

7TH DOUBLE

11/1 157

11/6 602