Happy Valley Races Quality

Favourite runners' performance in Happy Valley

Meeting has improved compared to 5 years ago

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16% 26.6%

Happy Valley Races Quality

The placing percentage for favourite runners was

also in an upward trend.

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48.9% 52.7%

Happy Valley Races Quality

More than half of the races were won by the top 3

favourite runners

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47.5% 57.0%

Happy Valley Races QualityUpward trend also occurred for the top 2 favourite runners finishing in the first 3 places together (i.e. winning Quinella Place pool)

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98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03

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16.9% 22.5%

Happy Valley Races Quality

Among all Happy Valley winners, 40% of them could finish

in the first 3 places for their next run in Happy Valley

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98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03

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27.9% 39.9%

Happy Valley Races QualityThe track-bias characteristic in some courses did not affect the

winning chances of our favourite runners. This season, the

favourites winning % in all courses were at similar levels.

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Happy Valley Races QualityThe favourite runners' performance on C+3 course was

better than average in general. Customers may have

learnt to make use of the track-bias in HV to select horses.

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HV C+3

HV Overall