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Happy Valley · 2024-11-27 · 14:55

Race 9

Class 3 1800m Course C+3 12 runners

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.

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

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. ROCKET SPADE2. 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

2 [Z Purton]

8 [P C Ng]