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Happy Valley · 2024-10-16 · 13:15

Race 5

Class 4 1200m Course B 12 runners

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2024-10-16 was Class 4 over 1200m. SPICY GOLD, ridden by A Badel and trained by M Newnham, won by 1, with STORMING DRAGON second and BEAUTY DESTINY third. The 1.6 favourite PERFECT GENERAL finished 6th.

Result

Official · 1.09.24
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 3 SPICY GOLD H/TT 1.09.24 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Badel · M Newnham 7 8.7 1
2 4 STORMING DRAGON B/TT Z Purton · J Richards 9 7.1 1
3 8 BEAUTY DESTINY H/P/TT A Atzeni · F C Lor 8 55.0 2
4 9 NEW POWER H C Y Ho · C W Chang 2 13.0 3
5 6 DRAGON AIR FORCE TT2 K Teetan · P F Yiu 4 20.0 3-1/4
6 2 PERFECT GENERAL TT H Bowman · C Fownes 5 1.6 3-3/4
7 5 TOP SCORER B Avdulla · J Size 3 10.0 4
8 10 LUCKY MAN SR-/CP1 L Hewitson · D A Hayes 10 211.0 5
9 12 STERLING WONGCHOY SR/XB M Chadwick · D J Whyte 12 87.0 6-1/4
10 7 MY DAY MY WAY CP H Bentley · C S Shum 11 239.0 6-1/4
11 1 GREENWICH TT M F Poon · P C Ng 6 14.0 6-3/4
12 11 SUPREME WINNER B- Y L Chung · C H Yip 1 144.0 9-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SPICY GOLD2. STORMING DRAGON+1L3. BEAUTY DESTINY+2L4. NEW POWER+3L5. DRAGON AIR FORCE+3.25L6. PERFECT GENERAL+3.75L7. TOP SCORER+4L8. LUCKY MAN+5L9. STERLING WONGCHOY+6.25L10. MY DAY MY WAY+6.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick PERFECT GENERAL (28.4%) finished 6th — the winner SPICY GOLD was rated #5. 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 2 PERFECT GENERAL 28.4% 3.52 6
2 4 STORMING DRAGON 16.5% 6.06 2
3 5 TOP SCORER 12.7% 7.89 7
4 6 DRAGON AIR FORCE 10.6% 9.47 5
5 3 SPICY GOLD 9.0% 11.12 1
6 9 NEW POWER 7.0% 14.28 4
7 1 GREENWICH 6.2% 16.20 11
8 8 BEAUTY DESTINY 3.2% 31.44 3
9 12 STERLING WONGCHOY 2.6% 38.83 9
10 10 LUCKY MAN 1.5% 66.74 8
11 7 MY DAY MY WAY 1.3% 75.18 10
12 11 SUPREME WINNER 1.1% 91.70 12
PERFECT GENERALSTORMING DRAGONTOP SCORERDRAGON AIR FORCESPICY GOLD — wonNEW POWERGREENWICHBEAUTY DESTINYSTERLING WONGCHOYLUCKY MANMY DAY MY WAYSUPREME WINNER

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

3 87.5

PLACE

3 20.5

4 19

8 98

QUINELLA

3,4 204.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,4 54.5

3,8 327

4,8 283.5

FORECAST

3,4 457

TIERCE

3,4,8 11,667

TRIO

3,4,8 1,848

FIRST 4

3,4,8,9 2,297

QUARTET

3,4,8,9 50,109

All pools (2 more)

1ST TREBLE

4/10/3 4,949

4/10/4 1,115

4TH DOUBLE

10/3 1,018.5

10/4 257