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Happy Valley · 2026-02-25 · 11:10

KENNEDY HANDICAP

Race 2

Class 4 GOOD 1200m Course B 12 runners

Race 2 ("KENNEDY HANDICAP") at Happy Valley on 2026-02-25 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. NORTHERN FIRE BALL, ridden by K C Leung and trained by C H Yip, won, with BITS SUPERSTAR second and VICTOR THE RAPID third. The 2.3 favourite BITS SUPERSTAR finished 2nd.

Track detail
Penetrometer 2.71

Result

Official · 1:09.57
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 NORTHERN FIRE BALL TT 1:09.57 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K C Leung · C H Yip 9 3.3
2 8 BITS SUPERSTAR Z Purton · D J Hall 3 2.3 1-1/4
3 1 VICTOR THE RAPID B/TT C L Chau · P C Ng 8 6.7 2
4 7 AWESOME TREASURE TT- E C W Wong · J Richards 1 10.0 2-1/4
5 11 WINNING CIGAR CP-/B1 H Bentley · D A Hayes 4 13.0 2-1/2
6 12 HAPPY BUDDIES CP/TT K Teetan · W K Mo 12 103.0 3
7 2 AUTOMATED TT M L Yeung · W Y So 7 127.0 3-1/2
8 9 FULL OF LAUGHTER SR/TT R Kingscote · C W Chang 2 28.0 4
9 10 ZEPHYR TT L Hewitson · M Newnham 10 28.0 4
10 3 SIR CHARGE H1/TT D B McMonagle · D Eustace 6 25.0 5
11 6 TOPSPIN KING XB1 C Y Ho · K W Lui 11 34.0 5-1/4
12 4 IMPRESSIVE CHAMP TT B Avdulla · P F Yiu 5 117.0 5-3/4
0 YEE CHEONG SPIRIT B/XB/TT · C S Shum
0 SKY CAP B-/TT · C Fownes

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. NORTHERN FIRE BALL2. BITS SUPERSTAR+1.25L3. VICTOR THE RAPID+2L4. AWESOME TREASURE+2.25L5. WINNING CIGAR+2.5L6. HAPPY BUDDIES+3L7. AUTOMATED+3.5L8. FULL OF LAUGHTER+4L9. ZEPHYR+4L10. SIR CHARGE+5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick BITS SUPERSTAR (47.6%) finished 2nd — the winner NORTHERN FIRE BALL was rated #3. 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 8 BITS SUPERSTAR 47.6% 2.10 2
2 1 VICTOR THE RAPID 12.1% 8.28 3
3 5 NORTHERN FIRE BALL 10.6% 9.43 1
4 7 AWESOME TREASURE 8.7% 11.45 4
5 11 WINNING CIGAR 5.0% 19.83 5
6 6 TOPSPIN KING 4.0% 24.88 11
7 3 SIR CHARGE 3.8% 26.07 10
8 12 HAPPY BUDDIES 2.1% 46.86 6
9 9 FULL OF LAUGHTER 1.8% 54.84 8
10 10 ZEPHYR 1.8% 55.04 9
11 2 AUTOMATED 1.3% 79.86 7
12 4 IMPRESSIVE CHAMP 1.0% 95.75 12
BITS SUPERSTARVICTOR THE RAPIDNORTHERN FIRE BALL — wonAWESOME TREASUREWINNING CIGARTOPSPIN KINGSIR CHARGEHAPPY BUDDIESFULL OF LAUGHTERZEPHYRAUTOMATEDIMPRESSIVE CHAMP

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

5 33.5

PLACE

1 18

5 13.5

8 12

QUINELLA

5,8 39.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,5 41.5

1,8 28.5

5,8 19.5

FORECAST

5,8 97

TIERCE

5,8,1 328

TRIO

1,5,8 57

FIRST 4

1,5,7,8 76

QUARTET

5,8,1,7 1,594

All pools (1 more)

1ST DOUBLE

9/5 304.5

9/8 30