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Happy Valley · 2024-11-27 · 22:54

Race 9

Class 3 1800m Course C+3 12 runners

Result

Official · 1.49.38
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 7 ROCKET SPADE Closed strongly XB/TT 1.49.38 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bowman · C Fownes 10 6.5 NOSE
2 3 SAMARKAND Closed strongly CP/TT C L Chau · D A Hayes 3 8.7 NOSE
3 12 TOY SOLTERO SR/XB B Thompson · C W Chang 8 40.0 1/2
4 9 SHARPEN BRIGHT B M F Poon · D J Hall 11 9.8 1/2
5 11 FORTUNE SUPERSTAR Led early L Hewitson · M Newnham 2 7.8 3/4
6 6 COMET SPLENDIDO Closed strongly TT A Atzeni · C S Shum 5 16.0 1
7 8 WINNING STEPS Closed strongly H/PC M Chadwick · P C Ng 7 14.0 1
8 2 HAMERON C Y Ho · K W Lui 6 13.0 1-1/4
9 1 CALIFORNIA VOCE TT B Avdulla · A S Cruz 4 38.0 2-1/4
10 4 CHAIN OF GOLD Closed strongly CP/H/TT Z Purton · W K Mo 12 5.3 2-3/4
11 5 ILLUMINOUS V J McDonald · F C Lor 1 3.7 3-1/4
12 10 ACE WAR CP1 M L Yeung · D J Whyte 9 130.0 8-3/4

This site does not show odds as they change: the odds here are final prices after a race, or overnight prices before it.

Race 9 at Happy Valley on 2024-11-27 was Class 3 over 1800m. ROCKET SPADE, ridden by H Bowman and trained by C Fownes, won by NOSE, with SAMARKAND second and TOY SOLTERO third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.7 favourite ILLUMINOUS finished 11th.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. ROCKET SPADE—2. SAMARKAND+0.05L3. TOY SOLTERO+0.5L4. SHARPEN BRIGHT+0.5L5. FORTUNE SUPERSTAR+0.75L6. COMET SPLENDIDO+1L7. WINNING STEPS+1L8. HAMERON+1.25L9. CALIFORNIA VOCE+2.25L10. CHAIN OF GOLD+2.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick CHAIN OF GOLD (17.9%) finished 10th — the winner ROCKET SPADE 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 4 CHAIN OF GOLD 17.9% 5.57 10
2 7 ROCKET SPADE 14.1% 7.11 1
3 5 ILLUMINOUS 13.9% 7.19 11
4 6 COMET SPLENDIDO 12.4% 8.05 6
5 9 SHARPEN BRIGHT 10.9% 9.17 4
6 8 WINNING STEPS 9.0% 11.11 7
7 3 SAMARKAND 7.7% 13.05 2
8 11 FORTUNE SUPERSTAR 5.3% 18.90 5
9 2 HAMERON 4.4% 22.86 8
10 1 CALIFORNIA VOCE 2.0% 50.43 9
11 12 TOY SOLTERO 1.8% 55.38 3
12 10 ACE WAR 0.6% 154.91 12
CHAIN OF GOLDROCKET SPADE — wonILLUMINOUSCOMET SPLENDIDOSHARPEN BRIGHTWINNING STEPSSAMARKANDFORTUNE SUPERSTARHAMERONCALIFORNIA VOCETOY SOLTEROACE WAR

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 65.5

PLACE

3 32

7 20.5

12 84

QUINELLA

3,7 442

QUINELLA PLACE

3,7 123

3,12 626.5

7,12 491.5

FORECAST

7,3 712

TIERCE

7,3,12 22,162

TRIO

3,7,12 6,135

FIRST 4

3,7,9,12 9,582

QUARTET

7,3,12,9 191,843

All pools (4 more)

2ND TREBLE

1/11/3 701

1/11/7 2,313

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

3,7,11/3,7,12 3,399,528

8TH DOUBLE

11/3 144.5

11/7 369.5

SIX UP

6/5/1/1/11/7 366,402

6,9/2,5/1,3/1,9/7,11/3,7 6,194

8 [P C Ng] —

2 [Z Purton] —