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Happy Valley · 2022-04-13 · 20:16

Race 4

Class 4 GOOD 1650m Course B 12 runners

Race 4 at Happy Valley on 2022-04-13 was Class 4 over 1650m, run on GOOD going. NEARLY FINE, ridden by J Moreira and trained by C Fownes, won by 1-3/4, with FEARLESS FIRE second and WIN WIN FIGHTER third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 4.1 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.39.98
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 3 NEARLY FINE Closed strongly TT 1.39.98 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J Moreira · C Fownes 10 4.1 1-3/4
2 2 FEARLESS FIRE Closed strongly XB B Shinn · D A Hayes 9 5.9 1-3/4
3 8 WIN WIN FIGHTER Closed strongly M F Poon · K W Lui 7 10.0 2-1/4
4 11 NICHOLSON RETURNS Closed strongly B L Hewitson · D J Hall 11 11.0 2-3/4
5 10 GO FOR TEA Led early K C Leung · F C Lor 3 17.0 3
6 5 RAINBOW LIGHT Closed strongly CP/SR/XB/TT Z Purton · D J Whyte 6 5.4 3-1/4
7 6 VIVA POPCORN Closed strongly H/TT A Badel · A S Cruz 1 8.2 3-1/4
8 7 ICE LEGEND H/TT H Bentley · T P Yung 5 26.0 4
9 12 VUKAN B/XB M Chadwick · P O'Sullivan 8 30.0 5-1/4
10 4 EVER LAUGH B/TT A Hamelin · K L Man 12 38.0 6
11 1 V CHEVALIERS B/H/TT C L Chau · K L Man 4 33.0 6-1/2
12 9 SUPER RED DRAGON B/TT C Y Ho · W Y So 2 8.4 6-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. NEARLY FINE2. FEARLESS FIRE+1.75L3. WIN WIN FIGHTER+2.25L4. NICHOLSON RETURNS+2.75L5. GO FOR TEA+3L6. RAINBOW LIGHT+3.25L7. VIVA POPCORN+3.25L8. ICE LEGEND+4L9. VUKAN+5.25L10. EVER LAUGH+6L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2021-22
The model's top pick NEARLY FINE (20.3%) 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 3 NEARLY FINE 20.3% 4.93 1
2 6 VIVA POPCORN 14.4% 6.93 7
3 5 RAINBOW LIGHT 14.4% 6.94 6
4 8 WIN WIN FIGHTER 10.6% 9.42 3
5 9 SUPER RED DRAGON 10.5% 9.52 12
6 7 ICE LEGEND 7.9% 12.63 8
7 1 V CHEVALIERS 5.3% 18.99 11
8 10 GO FOR TEA 5.2% 19.24 5
9 12 VUKAN 3.9% 25.51 9
10 2 FEARLESS FIRE 3.2% 30.85 2
11 4 EVER LAUGH 2.6% 38.45 10
12 11 NICHOLSON RETURNS 1.6% 62.07 4
NEARLY FINE — wonVIVA POPCORNRAINBOW LIGHTWIN WIN FIGHTERSUPER RED DRAGONICE LEGENDV CHEVALIERSGO FOR TEAVUKANFEARLESS FIREEVER LAUGHNICHOLSON RETURNS

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

3 41

PLACE

2 18.5

3 17.5

8 33

QUINELLA

2,3 136

QUINELLA PLACE

2,3 53.5

2,8 112

3,8 93

FORECAST

3,2 244

TIERCE

3,2,8 2,397

TRIO

2,3,8 476

FIRST 4

2,3,8,11 876

QUARTET

3,2,8,11 16,584

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A3

A2

A1 23

3RD DOUBLE

3/2 74.5

3/3 376.5