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Happy Valley · 2021-12-22 · 20:16

Race 4

Class 3 GOOD 2200m Course C+3 11 runners

Race 4 at Happy Valley on 2021-12-22 was Class 3 over 2200m, run on GOOD going. ABOVE, ridden by J Moreira and trained by A T Millard, won by 3/4, with EXCEPTIONAL NICE second and SAVVY KINGMAN third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 3.1 favourite.

Result

Official · 2.15.27
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 6 ABOVE Closed strongly B/TT 2.15.27 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J Moreira · A T Millard 1 3.1 3/4
2 7 EXCEPTIONAL NICE E C Y Ho · W Y So 4 6.6 3/4
3 3 SAVVY KINGMAN Led early H Bentley · F C Lor 3 7.9 2
4 5 NORDIC SKY Closed strongly SR/XB K C Leung · A T Millard 2 13.0 2-3/4
5 8 GOD OF DRAGON Closed strongly B/XB C L Chau · D J Whyte 7 9.8 3-1/4
6 2 KING TOURBILLON TT1 A Badel · Y S Tsui 5 51.0 4-1/4
7 4 VINCY Closed strongly SR/TT B Shinn · C H Yip 8 9.2 4-1/2
8 1 XIANG BAI QI B L Ferraris · D E Ferraris 6 16.0 4-1/2
9 12 AWE TT M Chadwick · D A Hayes 10 7.0 5-3/4
10 11 STIMULATION B/TT M F Poon · A S Cruz 9 27.0 18-1/4
11 10 ROYAL PRIDE B/TT K H Chan · C Fownes 11 15.0 23
9 PERFECT TO GREAT V Borges · C Fownes

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. ABOVE2. EXCEPTIONAL NICE+0.75L3. SAVVY KINGMAN+2L4. NORDIC SKY+2.75L5. GOD OF DRAGON+3.25L6. KING TOURBILLON+4.25L7. VINCY+4.5L8. XIANG BAI QI+4.5L9. AWE+5.75L10. STIMULATION+18.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2021-22
The model's top pick ABOVE (21.2%) won this race. 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 6 ABOVE 21.2% 4.72 1
2 3 SAVVY KINGMAN 20.9% 4.78 3
3 7 EXCEPTIONAL NICE 18.3% 5.45 2
4 8 GOD OF DRAGON 8.2% 12.20 5
5 12 AWE 7.5% 13.33 9
6 11 STIMULATION 6.6% 15.21 10
7 10 ROYAL PRIDE 5.2% 19.23 11
8 4 VINCY 4.7% 21.25 7
9 1 XIANG BAI QI 3.9% 25.89 8
10 5 NORDIC SKY 2.6% 38.79 4
11 2 KING TOURBILLON 1.0% 103.92 6
ABOVE — wonSAVVY KINGMANEXCEPTIONAL NICEGOD OF DRAGONAWESTIMULATIONROYAL PRIDEVINCYXIANG BAI QINORDIC SKYKING TOURBILLON

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 31

PLACE

3 19.5

6 15

7 23

QUINELLA

6,7 106.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,6 43

3,7 87

6,7 42.5

FORECAST

6,7 214

TIERCE

6,7,3 1,019

TRIO

3,6,7 285

FIRST 4

3,5,6,7 980

QUARTET

6,7,3,5 13,976

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A2

A1 23

A3

3RD DOUBLE

2/6,9 670

2/7 374