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Happy Valley · 2024-11-20 · 12:45

Race 5

Class 4 1200m Course C 12 runners

Race 5 at Happy Valley on 2024-11-20 was Class 4 over 1200m. STORMING DRAGON, ridden by J McDonald and trained by J Richards, won by 1/2, with AFFIRM second and SPICY SPANGLE third. Victory came as the 2.1 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.09.81
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 2 STORMING DRAGON B-/V1/TT 1.09.81 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J McDonald · J Richards 5 2.1 1/2
2 10 AFFIRM V/TT L Ferraris · P F Yiu 4 4.9 1/2
3 6 SPICY SPANGLE TT E C W Wong · P C Ng 3 7.5 1-3/4
4 1 TRIUMPHANT MORE B Z Purton · F C Lor 8 4.4 4-1/2
5 4 EXUBERANT B/TT C L Chau · C S Shum 2 16.0 4-1/2
6 9 LUCKY MAN CP-/H/BO1 L Hewitson · D A Hayes 11 33.0 4-1/2
7 5 MACANESE MASTER Y L Chung · C H Yip 6 137.0 8-1/2
8 3 E UNIVERSE B/TT M Chadwick · W K Mo 10 78.0 9-1/4
9 7 SPORTIC WARRIOR H1/TT- M L Yeung · K L Man 7 195.0 9-1/4
10 11 SPEED SWORD TT M F Poon · M Newnham 12 32.0 9-3/4
11 12 FUNG B/TT B Thompson · C W Chang 1 43.0 10-1/4
12 8 CAMP FIRE H/SR1/TT H Bentley · D J Whyte 9 66.0 10-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. STORMING DRAGON2. AFFIRM+0.5L3. SPICY SPANGLE+1.75L4. TRIUMPHANT MORE+4.5L5. EXUBERANT+4.5L6. LUCKY MAN+4.5L7. MACANESE MASTER+8.5L8. E UNIVERSE+9.25L9. SPORTIC WARRIOR+9.25L10. SPEED SWORD+9.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick TRIUMPHANT MORE (29.5%) finished 4th — the winner STORMING DRAGON was rated #2. 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 1 TRIUMPHANT MORE 29.5% 3.39 4
2 2 STORMING DRAGON 25.9% 3.86 1
3 10 AFFIRM 14.5% 6.88 2
4 6 SPICY SPANGLE 10.8% 9.26 3
5 11 SPEED SWORD 6.6% 15.23 10
6 4 EXUBERANT 3.4% 29.43 5
7 8 CAMP FIRE 2.9% 34.53 12
8 9 LUCKY MAN 2.3% 43.90 6
9 3 E UNIVERSE 1.9% 53.14 8
10 12 FUNG 1.1% 90.23 11
11 5 MACANESE MASTER 0.6% 180.90 7
12 7 SPORTIC WARRIOR 0.5% 185.61 9
TRIUMPHANT MORESTORMING DRAGON — wonAFFIRMSPICY SPANGLESPEED SWORDEXUBERANTCAMP FIRELUCKY MANE UNIVERSEFUNGMACANESE MASTERSPORTIC WARRIOR

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

2 21

PLACE

2 10.1

6 20.5

10 16

QUINELLA

2,10 47.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,6 29.5

2,10 21

6,10 49

FORECAST

2,10 75

TIERCE

2,10,6 286

TRIO

2,6,10 90

FIRST 4

1,2,6,10 64

QUARTET

2,10,6,1 1,183

All pools (3 more)

1ST TREBLE

7/3/2 2,780

7/3/10 768

2ND DOUBLE TRIO

1,3,11/2,6,10 13,515

4TH DOUBLE

3/2 247

3/10 83.5