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Happy Valley · 2024-06-12 · 10:41

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD 1650m Course B 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2024-06-12 was Class 5 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. CHARMING STEED, ridden by E C W Wong and trained by C Fownes, won by 2-1/2, with NINJA DERBY second and HANG'S CHOICE third. The winner led throughout. The 3.0 favourite SPEEDSTAR finished 4th.

Result

Official · 1.40.47
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 CHARMING STEED Wire to wire TT 1.40.47 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) E C W Wong · C Fownes 8 10.0 2-1/2
2 11 NINJA DERBY H/TT M Chadwick · A S Cruz 6 9.7 2-1/2
3 12 HANG'S CHOICE Closed strongly B/TT K Teetan · W Y So 2 20.0 3-1/2
4 6 SPEEDSTAR Closed strongly B Z Purton · D J Hall 3 3.0 4
5 10 VIVA A LA B/TT M F Poon · K L Man 1 5.9 5-1/4
6 2 MASTER OF LUCK Closed strongly TT H Bowman · M Newnham 10 10.0 5-1/2
7 7 FORTUNE PRESIDENT Closed strongly C Y Ho · Y S Tsui 4 11.0 5-3/4
8 8 DOUBLE SHOW B/TT K De Melo · D J Whyte 5 19.0 5-3/4
9 3 KEEN UNITY V/TT H Bentley · K H Ting 7 7.0 7-1/2
10 9 SUPERB MOVE Closed strongly B/TT A Atzeni · C H Yip 12 23.0 11
11 1 DRAGON PRIDE Closed strongly A Badel · T P Yung 9 29.0 13
12 5 SMART FOLKS B/SR B Thompson · C W Chang 11 48.0 16
0 HAPPIHOOD M L Yeung · W K Mo

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. CHARMING STEED2. NINJA DERBY+2.5L3. HANG'S CHOICE+3.5L4. SPEEDSTAR+4L5. VIVA A LA+5.25L6. MASTER OF LUCK+5.5L7. FORTUNE PRESIDENT+5.75L8. DOUBLE SHOW+5.75L9. KEEN UNITY+7.5L10. SUPERB MOVE+11L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick SPEEDSTAR (22.8%) finished 4th — the winner CHARMING STEED was rated #2. 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 SPEEDSTAR 22.8% 4.39 4
2 4 CHARMING STEED 17.3% 5.78 1
3 10 VIVA A LA 14.4% 6.96 5
4 11 NINJA DERBY 7.6% 13.20 2
5 8 DOUBLE SHOW 7.4% 13.53 8
6 3 KEEN UNITY 7.0% 14.32 9
7 2 MASTER OF LUCK 6.2% 16.10 6
8 9 SUPERB MOVE 5.6% 17.78 10
9 12 HANG'S CHOICE 4.1% 24.65 3
10 7 FORTUNE PRESIDENT 3.2% 31.51 7
11 5 SMART FOLKS 2.4% 42.53 12
12 1 DRAGON PRIDE 2.2% 46.15 11
SPEEDSTARCHARMING STEED — wonVIVA A LANINJA DERBYDOUBLE SHOWKEEN UNITYMASTER OF LUCKSUPERB MOVEHANG'S CHOICEFORTUNE PRESIDENTSMART FOLKSDRAGON PRIDE

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

4 103

PLACE

4 29

11 31

12 51.5

QUINELLA

4,11 462.5

QUINELLA PLACE

4,11 136

4,12 260

11,12 279

FORECAST

4,11 950

TIERCE

4,11,12 13,854

TRIO

4,11,12 2,906

FIRST 4

4,6,11,12 2,136

QUARTET

4,11,12,6 77,437