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Sha Tin · 2019-10-20

Race 5

Class 4 GOOD TO FIRM 1600m Course A 14 runners

Result

Official · 1.34.38
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 0 SUCH A HAPPINESS Closed strongly 1.34.38 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · T P Yung 4 5.9 N
2 0 BLASTOISE Closed strongly U Rispoli · D E Ferraris 11 7.8 N
3 0 VILLA FIONN Closed strongly B A Domeyer · P F Yiu 5 4.7 N
4 0 SAVVY SEVEN Closed strongly B/TT J Moreira · J Moore 13 5.8 1/2
5 0 LITTLE GENERAL Closed strongly CP G van Niekerk · C S Shum 12 7.2 1-1/2
6 0 LONDON HALL Closed strongly B C Y Ho · D J Hall 3 9.5 2-3/4
7 0 WINNING CONTROLLER B H N Wong · C H Yip 1 34.0 3-1/2
8 0 SPEEDY OPTIMIST M F Poon · C H Yip 10 34.0 4-1/2
9 0 CALIFORNIA LEGEND TT K Teetan · A S Cruz 14 7.1 4-3/4
10 0 THE ONE B C Schofield · Y S Tsui 6 58.0 6-1/4
11 0 DASHING DART Closed strongly B/TT A Sanna · P O'Sullivan 7 86.0 6-1/2
12 0 SMART BABY V N Callan · C Fownes 9 118.0 6-3/4
13 0 WITNESS HUNTER SR/B2 K C Leung · F C Lor 8 20.0 8-3/4
14 0 PHENOMENAL Led early H-/B/TT M L Yeung · K H Ting 2 239.0 11-1/2

This site does not show odds as they change: the odds here are final prices after a race, or overnight prices before it.

Race 5 at Sha Tin on 2019-10-20 was Class 4 over 1600m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. SUCH A HAPPINESS, ridden by Z Purton and trained by T P Yung, won by N, with BLASTOISE second and VILLA FIONN third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 4.7 favourite VILLA FIONN finished 3rd.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SUCH A HAPPINESS—2. BLASTOISE+0.05L3. VILLA FIONN+0.05L4. SAVVY SEVEN+0.5L5. LITTLE GENERAL+1.5L6. LONDON HALL+2.75L7. WINNING CONTROLLER+3.5L8. SPEEDY OPTIMIST+4.5L9. CALIFORNIA LEGEND+4.75L10. THE ONE+6.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick SAVVY SEVEN (19.0%) finished 4th — the winner SUCH A HAPPINESS was rated #2. 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 0 SAVVY SEVEN 19.0% 5.27 4
2 0 SUCH A HAPPINESS 18.1% 5.51 1
3 0 LONDON HALL 14.0% 7.13 6
4 0 CALIFORNIA LEGEND 12.3% 8.16 9
5 0 VILLA FIONN 7.6% 13.13 3
6 0 BLASTOISE 5.7% 17.66 2
7 0 LITTLE GENERAL 5.2% 19.16 5
8 0 THE ONE 5.2% 19.34 10
9 0 WITNESS HUNTER 4.8% 21.02 13
10 0 SMART BABY 2.3% 43.01 12
11 0 SPEEDY OPTIMIST 2.3% 43.37 8
12 0 WINNING CONTROLLER 1.4% 69.72 7
13 0 DASHING DART 1.4% 73.41 11
14 0 PHENOMENAL 0.8% 131.90 14
SAVVY SEVENSUCH A HAPPINESS — wonLONDON HALLCALIFORNIA LEGENDVILLA FIONNBLASTOISELITTLE GENERALTHE ONEWITNESS HUNTERSMART BABYSPEEDY OPTIMISTWINNING CONTROLLERDASHING DARTPHENOMENAL

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 59

PLACE

3 21

6 26.5

10 19

QUINELLA

3,6 284

QUINELLA PLACE

3,6 93.5

3,10 58

6,10 89.5

TIERCE

3,6,10 2,535

TRIO

3,6,10 423

FIRST 4

3,6,10,14 413

QUARTET

3,6,10,14 9,398

3 PICK 1

A1 —

A2 19

A3 —

All pools (1 more)

4TH DOUBLE

4/3 2,466

4/6 436