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Happy Valley · 2024-12-26 · 10:50

Race 7

Class 4 1650m Course C+3 12 runners

Race 7 at Happy Valley on 2024-12-26 was Class 4 over 1650m. EMBRACES, ridden by C L Chau and trained by W K Mo, won by 2, with WAH MAY WAI WAI second and TAKE ACTION third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.9 favourite TAKE ACTION finished 3rd.

Result

Official · 1.39.92
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 6 EMBRACES Closed strongly TT 1.39.92 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) C L Chau · W K Mo 5 6.4 2
2 9 WAH MAY WAI WAI Led early Y L Chung · A S Cruz 6 14.0 2
3 10 TAKE ACTION Closed strongly B Avdulla · J Size 3 2.9 2
4 5 CORLEONE Closed strongly TT H Bowman · C Fownes 8 4.7 2-1/4
5 3 PRINCE ALEX Closed strongly CP/XB/TT H Bentley · D J Whyte 1 10.0 4-1/4
6 1 BIG RED E C W Wong · C W Chang 2 13.0 4-1/2
7 8 FASHION LEGEND Closed strongly XB/TT A Atzeni · D Eustace 12 17.0 4-3/4
8 2 HAPPY UNIVERSE Closed strongly A Hamelin · K H Ting 11 76.0 6
9 7 TEAM HAPPY B/TT1 A Pouchin · P C Ng 7 21.0 7
10 4 SMART CITY CP/TT Z Purton · P F Yiu 9 9.5 7-1/2
11 11 ISLAND GOLDEN TT M F Poon · K L Man 10 69.0 12-1/2
12 12 UNITED ENDEAVORS H/TT M L Yeung · W Y So 4 38.0 16-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. EMBRACES2. WAH MAY WAI WAI+2L3. TAKE ACTION+2L4. CORLEONE+2.25L5. PRINCE ALEX+4.25L6. BIG RED+4.5L7. FASHION LEGEND+4.75L8. HAPPY UNIVERSE+6L9. TEAM HAPPY+7L10. SMART CITY+7.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick SMART CITY (21.2%) finished 10th — the winner EMBRACES was rated #5. 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 SMART CITY 21.2% 4.72 10
2 5 CORLEONE 15.5% 6.45 4
3 10 TAKE ACTION 14.5% 6.90 3
4 3 PRINCE ALEX 8.7% 11.49 5
5 6 EMBRACES 8.1% 12.31 1
6 8 FASHION LEGEND 7.1% 14.00 7
7 1 BIG RED 6.8% 14.70 6
8 9 WAH MAY WAI WAI 6.7% 14.91 2
9 7 TEAM HAPPY 4.7% 21.17 9
10 11 ISLAND GOLDEN 3.4% 29.66 11
11 12 UNITED ENDEAVORS 2.0% 50.06 12
12 2 HAPPY UNIVERSE 1.3% 79.95 8
SMART CITYCORLEONETAKE ACTIONPRINCE ALEXEMBRACES — wonFASHION LEGENDBIG REDWAH MAY WAI WAITEAM HAPPYISLAND GOLDENUNITED ENDEAVORSHAPPY UNIVERSE

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

6 64

PLACE

6 21.5

9 48

10 13

QUINELLA

6,9 636.5

QUINELLA PLACE

6,9 173.5

6,10 40

9,10 99.5

FORECAST

6,9 1,020

TIERCE

6,9,10 3,128

TRIO

6,9,10 573

FIRST 4

5,6,9,10 435

QUARTET

6,9,10,5 13,877

All pools (1 more)

6TH DOUBLE

3/6 128

3/9 68