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Happy Valley · 2024-09-11

Race 1

Class 5 1200m Course A 9 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2024-09-11 was Class 5 over 1200m. VIVA A LA, ridden by M F Poon and trained by K L Man, won by 3, with JOYFUL LIFE second and SUPER EAGLE third. The 2.7 favourite JOYFUL LIFE finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.10.63
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 8 VIVA A LA B/TT 1.10.63 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) M F Poon · K L Man 2 5.6 3
2 2 JOYFUL LIFE TT K C Leung · P F Yiu 5 2.7 3
3 3 SUPER EAGLE TT Z Purton · W Y So 6 5.0 5
4 5 SPEEDY CHARIOT B/TT B Avdulla · D J Whyte 8 7.9 5-1/4
5 7 CHEER FOR SOUTH SR-/B1 K Teetan · F C Lor 9 6.4 7-1/4
6 6 HAPPY FEELING B/TT B Thompson · J Richards 4 43.0 7-1/2
7 1 DAILY TROPHY B/TT E C W Wong · C Fownes 1 17.0 7-1/2
8 9 WIND SPEEDER B M Chadwick · Y S Tsui 7 24.0 8
9 4 HIGH RISE POWER TT1 C L Chau · C H Yip 3 15.0 13-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. VIVA A LA2. JOYFUL LIFE+3L3. SUPER EAGLE+5L4. SPEEDY CHARIOT+5.25L5. CHEER FOR SOUTH+7.25L6. HAPPY FEELING+7.5L7. DAILY TROPHY+7.5L8. WIND SPEEDER+8L9. HIGH RISE POWER+13.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick SUPER EAGLE (23.9%) finished 3rd — the winner VIVA A LA 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 SUPER EAGLE 23.9% 4.19 3
2 1 DAILY TROPHY 18.1% 5.52 7
3 2 JOYFUL LIFE 16.2% 6.19 2
4 8 VIVA A LA 11.1% 9.01 1
5 7 CHEER FOR SOUTH 10.6% 9.46 5
6 4 HIGH RISE POWER 7.7% 12.98 9
7 9 WIND SPEEDER 6.0% 16.76 8
8 5 SPEEDY CHARIOT 3.9% 25.54 4
9 6 HAPPY FEELING 2.6% 38.53 6
SUPER EAGLEDAILY TROPHYJOYFUL LIFEVIVA A LA — wonCHEER FOR SOUTHHIGH RISE POWERWIND SPEEDERSPEEDY CHARIOTHAPPY FEELING

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

8 56.5

PLACE

2 13

3 17

8 18.5

QUINELLA

2,8 70.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,3 30

2,8 30.5

3,8 46

FORECAST

8,2 195

TIERCE

8,2,3 704

TRIO

2,3,8 89

FIRST 4

2,3,5,8 126

QUARTET

8,2,3,5 3,729