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Happy Valley · 2024-10-27 · 08:45

Race 8

Class 3 1200m Course C 12 runners

Race 8 at Happy Valley on 2024-10-27 was Class 3 over 1200m. YOUNG EMPEROR, ridden by L Ferraris and trained by D Eustace, won by 1/2, with ROMANTIC SON second and RIGHTEOUS ARION third. The 2.5 favourite ROMANTIC SON finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.09.79
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 7 YOUNG EMPEROR TT1 1.09.79 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) L Ferraris · D Eustace 8 42.0 1/2
2 8 ROMANTIC SON CP1 Z Purton · D A Hayes 1 2.5 1/2
3 10 RIGHTEOUS ARION TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 6 6.4 3/4
4 2 CELESTIAL COLOURS V/TT H Bowman · J Richards 5 3.8 3
5 4 RISING FROM ASHES B/TT H T Mo · C W Chang 4 45.0 3
6 3 BRIGHT DAY K C Leung · K L Man 10 31.0 3
7 6 FIND MY LOVE CP2/TT H Bentley · D J Whyte 2 7.9 4
8 9 LUCKY COMBINATION B1 M Chadwick · F C Lor 3 16.0 4-1/4
9 5 EQUATORIAL H/SR/TT K Teetan · P C Ng 7 135.0 4-3/4
10 11 STAR GLOW XB/TT C Y Ho · K W Lui 9 167.0 6-1/4
11 12 MEGA BONUS V M F Poon · P F Yiu 11 39.0 6-1/4
12 1 REWARD SMILE TT B Avdulla · J Size 12 10.0 8

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. YOUNG EMPEROR2. ROMANTIC SON+0.5L3. RIGHTEOUS ARION+0.75L4. CELESTIAL COLOURS+3L5. RISING FROM ASHES+3L6. BRIGHT DAY+3L7. FIND MY LOVE+4L8. LUCKY COMBINATION+4.25L9. EQUATORIAL+4.75L10. STAR GLOW+6.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick ROMANTIC SON (27.7%) finished 2nd — the winner YOUNG EMPEROR was rated #9. 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 8 ROMANTIC SON 27.7% 3.60 2
2 2 CELESTIAL COLOURS 20.0% 5.00 4
3 10 RIGHTEOUS ARION 15.8% 6.34 3
4 6 FIND MY LOVE 13.9% 7.18 7
5 1 REWARD SMILE 5.5% 18.23 12
6 9 LUCKY COMBINATION 4.9% 20.57 8
7 3 BRIGHT DAY 3.7% 26.81 6
8 4 RISING FROM ASHES 2.9% 33.96 5
9 7 YOUNG EMPEROR 2.0% 49.16 1
10 12 MEGA BONUS 1.6% 60.64 11
11 11 STAR GLOW 0.9% 106.20 10
12 5 EQUATORIAL 0.9% 108.54 9
ROMANTIC SONCELESTIAL COLOURSRIGHTEOUS ARIONFIND MY LOVEREWARD SMILELUCKY COMBINATIONBRIGHT DAYRISING FROM ASHESYOUNG EMPEROR — wonMEGA BONUSSTAR GLOWEQUATORIAL

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

7 428

PLACE

7 107

8 12.5

10 18.5

QUINELLA

7,8 735.5

QUINELLA PLACE

7,8 248

7,10 295

8,10 37.5

FORECAST

7,8 2,341

TIERCE

7,8,10 12,863

TRIO

7,8,10 1,434

FIRST 4

2,7,8,10 720

QUARTET

7,8,10,2 36,879

All pools (2 more)

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

9,10,11/7,8,10 596,046

7TH DOUBLE

10/7 11,054

10/8 136.5