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Happy Valley · 2024-10-27 · 06:45

Race 1

Class 5 1200m Course C 12 runners

Race 1 at Happy Valley on 2024-10-27 was Class 5 over 1200m. SPICY SO SMART, ridden by M Chadwick and trained by W K Mo, won by N, with SUPER ELITE second and CHEER FOR SOUTH third. The 4.5 favourite COUNTRY DANCER finished 4th.

Result

Official · 1.10.22
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 SPICY SO SMART B-/V1/TT 1.10.22 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) M Chadwick · W K Mo 1 10.0 N
2 4 SUPER ELITE B/H/XB K Teetan · D J Hall 5 9.2 N
3 10 CHEER FOR SOUTH V-/PC1 Y L Chung · F C Lor 2 7.0 2
4 3 COUNTRY DANCER PC Z Purton · J Size 3 4.5 2
5 11 MORE RICE TT C L Chau · W Y So 11 14.0 2-1/4
6 9 JOYFUL FRIENDSHIP B K C Leung · P F Yiu 6 11.0 2-3/4
7 12 SUNNY SHINES B2/TT1 L Ferraris · D Eustace 8 55.0 3-1/2
8 1 THE KHAN SR H Bowman · C Fownes 7 4.9 3-3/4
9 2 WINNING HEART V-/B2/TT H Bentley · A S Cruz 9 30.0 4
10 6 VIVA A LA B/TT M F Poon · K L Man 10 12.0 4-1/4
11 7 SAME TO YOU H/P/TT B Avdulla · M Newnham 4 6.9 8
12 8 HAPPY FEELING B/SR2/TT B Thompson · J Richards 12 71.0 8

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SPICY SO SMART2. SUPER ELITE+0.05L3. CHEER FOR SOUTH+2L4. COUNTRY DANCER+2L5. MORE RICE+2.25L6. JOYFUL FRIENDSHIP+2.75L7. SUNNY SHINES+3.5L8. THE KHAN+3.75L9. WINNING HEART+4L10. VIVA A LA+4.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick COUNTRY DANCER (17.0%) finished 4th — the winner SPICY SO SMART 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 COUNTRY DANCER 17.0% 5.87 4
2 4 SUPER ELITE 17.0% 5.89 2
3 1 THE KHAN 15.6% 6.40 8
4 5 SPICY SO SMART 10.6% 9.42 1
5 10 CHEER FOR SOUTH 10.4% 9.63 3
6 7 SAME TO YOU 8.3% 12.04 11
7 9 JOYFUL FRIENDSHIP 6.6% 15.18 6
8 6 VIVA A LA 4.3% 23.50 10
9 11 MORE RICE 3.5% 28.19 5
10 2 WINNING HEART 2.9% 34.71 9
11 12 SUNNY SHINES 2.4% 42.18 7
12 8 HAPPY FEELING 1.4% 69.36 12
COUNTRY DANCERSUPER ELITETHE KHANSPICY SO SMART — wonCHEER FOR SOUTHSAME TO YOUJOYFUL FRIENDSHIPVIVA A LAMORE RICEWINNING HEARTSUNNY SHINESHAPPY 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

5 108.5

PLACE

4 23

5 33.5

10 23.5

QUINELLA

4,5 499.5

QUINELLA PLACE

4,5 138

4,10 124.5

5,10 119

FORECAST

5,4 896

TIERCE

5,4,10 6,322

TRIO

4,5,10 957

FIRST 4

3,4,5,10 1,002

QUARTET

5,4,10,3 25,956