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Happy Valley · 2024-09-18

Race 3

Class 4 1200m Course B 9 runners

Race 3 at Happy Valley on 2024-09-18 was Class 4 over 1200m. SWEET BRIAR, ridden by L Hewitson and trained by K W Lui, won by 1/2, with SMART FIGHTER second and TACTICAL COMMAND third. The 2.7 favourite GALLANT VALOUR finished 4th.

Result

Official · 1.10.09
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 1 SWEET BRIAR V/TT 1.10.09 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) L Hewitson · K W Lui 4 5.2 1/2
2 8 SMART FIGHTER CP-/H-/TT A Atzeni · P F Yiu 9 15.0 1/2
3 9 TACTICAL COMMAND B A Badel · M Newnham 7 10.0 1-1/4
4 3 GALLANT VALOUR B/TT K Teetan · J Richards 2 2.7 1-1/2
5 4 EN PERFECTO TT M F Poon · C S Shum 6 80.0 2-3/4
6 5 SUNNY DARLING SR/TT C Y Ho · P C Ng 1 12.0 2-3/4
7 6 LUCKY PLANET B/TT M Chadwick · D J Whyte 3 2.9 4-1/2
8 7 TRIPLE BLISS K C Leung · F C Lor 5 86.0 9
9 2 E UNIVERSE TT E C W Wong · W K Mo 8 22.0 9-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SWEET BRIAR2. SMART FIGHTER+0.5L3. TACTICAL COMMAND+1.25L4. GALLANT VALOUR+1.5L5. EN PERFECTO+2.75L6. SUNNY DARLING+2.75L7. LUCKY PLANET+4.5L8. TRIPLE BLISS+9L9. E UNIVERSE+9.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick LUCKY PLANET (28.6%) finished 7th — the winner SWEET BRIAR 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 6 LUCKY PLANET 28.6% 3.49 7
2 9 TACTICAL COMMAND 19.5% 5.13 3
3 3 GALLANT VALOUR 18.9% 5.30 4
4 1 SWEET BRIAR 12.2% 8.18 1
5 5 SUNNY DARLING 7.3% 13.73 6
6 8 SMART FIGHTER 6.3% 15.83 2
7 2 E UNIVERSE 5.9% 17.06 9
8 4 EN PERFECTO 0.8% 121.18 5
9 7 TRIPLE BLISS 0.5% 184.96 8
LUCKY PLANETTACTICAL COMMANDGALLANT VALOURSWEET BRIAR — wonSUNNY DARLINGSMART FIGHTERE UNIVERSEEN PERFECTOTRIPLE BLISS

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

1 52.5

PLACE

1 17.5

8 35.5

9 26

QUINELLA

1,8 356

QUINELLA PLACE

1,8 95.5

1,9 67.5

8,9 152.5

FORECAST

1,8 646

TIERCE

1,8,9 4,229

TRIO

1,8,9 785

FIRST 4

1,3,8,9 345

QUARTET

1,8,9,3 12,485

All pools (1 more)

2ND DOUBLE

4/1 192.5

4/8 120