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Sha Tin · 2022-05-01 · 15:36

Race 7

Class 4 GOOD TO YIELDING 1600m Course B 12 runners

Race 7 at Sha Tin on 2022-05-01 was Class 4 over 1600m, run on GOOD TO YIELDING going. NICHOLSON RETURNS, ridden by L Hewitson and trained by D J Hall, won by 4-1/2, with BEAUTY SPIRIT second and STUNNING IMPACT third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.5 favourite PRESIDENT'S CHOICE finished 10th.

Result

Official · 1.36.21
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 11 NICHOLSON RETURNS Closed strongly B 1.36.21 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) L Hewitson · D J Hall 11 11.0 4-1/2
2 3 BEAUTY SPIRIT Closed strongly B/TT A Badel · A S Cruz 1 8.7 4-1/2
3 12 STUNNING IMPACT B M Chadwick · P O'Sullivan 3 4.3 5-3/4
4 2 PALACE PAL Closed strongly C Wong · T P Yung 12 40.0 6-3/4
5 9 CELESTIAL WARRIOR CP1/TT H Bentley · K W Lui 4 32.0 7-1/4
6 4 EVER LAUGH B/TT L Ferraris · K L Man 6 22.0 7-1/4
7 6 DECISIVE ACTION Closed strongly CP/TT K C Leung · C S Shum 9 20.0 8-1/4
8 1 CHEVALIER PRINCE CP K Teetan · F C Lor 2 6.5 8-3/4
9 13 SHINY TWO V/TT M F Poon · P F Yiu 10 67.0 10-1/2
10 10 PRESIDENT'S CHOICE J Moreira · C W Chang 7 3.5 11
11 8 BUDDY SPIRIT Led early B C L Chau · C H Yip 8 66.0 13-1/2
12 5 BOOM STITCH B B Shinn · W Y So 5 6.0 16-1/2
7 ACCELERANDO Z Purton · J Size

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. NICHOLSON RETURNS2. BEAUTY SPIRIT+4.5L3. STUNNING IMPACT+5.75L4. PALACE PAL+6.75L5. CELESTIAL WARRIOR+7.25L6. EVER LAUGH+7.25L7. DECISIVE ACTION+8.25L8. CHEVALIER PRINCE+8.75L9. SHINY TWO+10.5L10. PRESIDENT'S CHOICE+11L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2021-22
The model's top pick PRESIDENT'S CHOICE (22.8%) finished 10th — the winner NICHOLSON RETURNS was rated #7. 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 10 PRESIDENT'S CHOICE 22.8% 4.38 10
2 12 STUNNING IMPACT 20.7% 4.84 3
3 5 BOOM STITCH 14.4% 6.95 12
4 1 CHEVALIER PRINCE 11.2% 8.90 8
5 3 BEAUTY SPIRIT 10.4% 9.58 2
6 6 DECISIVE ACTION 4.6% 21.64 7
7 11 NICHOLSON RETURNS 4.0% 24.79 1
8 4 EVER LAUGH 3.4% 29.54 6
9 9 CELESTIAL WARRIOR 2.7% 37.02 5
10 2 PALACE PAL 2.5% 40.28 4
11 13 SHINY TWO 1.9% 52.89 9
12 8 BUDDY SPIRIT 1.3% 74.71 11
PRESIDENT'S CHOICESTUNNING IMPACTBOOM STITCHCHEVALIER PRINCEBEAUTY SPIRITDECISIVE ACTIONNICHOLSON RETURNS — wonEVER LAUGHCELESTIAL WARRIORPALACE PALSHINY TWOBUDDY SPIRIT

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

11 112.5

PLACE

3 27.5

11 34

12 18

QUINELLA

3,11 476.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,11 139

3,12 84

11,12 90.5

FORECAST

11,3 1,360

TIERCE

11,3,12 5,278

TRIO

3,11,12 680

FIRST 4

2,3,11,12 5,762

QUARTET

11,3,12,2 136,080

All pools (4 more)

3 PICK 1

A1

A3 26

A2

6TH DOUBLE

2/3 44.5

2/11 399

TRIPLE TRIO

1>2,6,13/2,3,8/3,11,12 547,072

TRIPLE TRIO (CONSOLATION)

1>2,6,13/2,3,8/Any Combination 692