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Sha Tin · 2019-12-01

Race 1

Class 4 GOOD 1400m Course C+3 14 runners

Race 1 at Sha Tin on 2019-12-01 was Class 4 over 1400m, run on GOOD going. SKY DARCI, ridden by U Rispoli and trained by C Fownes, won by N, with RICH AND LUCKY second and GALA NIGHT third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.2 favourite LEAP OF FAITH finished 4th.

Result

Official · 1.22.36
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 10 SKY DARCI Closed strongly TT1 1.22.36 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) U Rispoli · C Fownes 9 4.2 N
2 3 RICH AND LUCKY H T Mo · L Ho 7 45.0 N
3 13 GALA NIGHT XB- N Callan · J Moore 4 59.0 1-1/2
4 8 LEAP OF FAITH Closed strongly J Moreira · J Size 10 3.2 1-3/4
5 7 KING DRAGON Closed strongly A Badel · K L Man 2 11.0 1-3/4
6 5 INVALUABLE Closed strongly TT1 C Y Ho · R Gibson 3 13.0 2
7 1 KA YING EXCELLENT Closed strongly TT K Teetan · A S Cruz 11 3.7 2-1/4
8 12 MOMENTUM HAPPY Closed strongly CP K C Leung · T P Yung 12 11.0 3
9 9 LUCKY MISSILE Closed strongly R Bayliss · D J Hall 8 101.0 3
10 14 U W BROTHER Closed strongly P- L Hewitson · Y S Tsui 13 55.0 4-1/2
11 6 KELMIMI WINS TT M F Poon · C H Yip 14 169.0 5-1/2
12 4 APOLAR WARRIOR B1 S De Sousa · P F Yiu 1 35.0 6
13 11 UNITED WE STAND Led early B Shinn · C S Shum 5 25.0 9-1/4
14 2 CHATER KING H1 A Sanna · D J Whyte 6 63.0 27-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SKY DARCI2. RICH AND LUCKY+0.05L3. GALA NIGHT+1.5L4. LEAP OF FAITH+1.75L5. KING DRAGON+1.75L6. INVALUABLE+2L7. KA YING EXCELLENT+2.25L8. MOMENTUM HAPPY+3L9. LUCKY MISSILE+3L10. U W BROTHER+4.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick LEAP OF FAITH (28.3%) finished 4th — the winner SKY DARCI 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 8 LEAP OF FAITH 28.3% 3.54 4
2 10 SKY DARCI 17.3% 5.77 1
3 11 UNITED WE STAND 9.3% 10.74 13
4 1 KA YING EXCELLENT 8.5% 11.76 7
5 12 MOMENTUM HAPPY 7.2% 13.84 8
6 7 KING DRAGON 5.7% 17.52 5
7 5 INVALUABLE 5.2% 19.16 6
8 3 RICH AND LUCKY 4.8% 20.79 2
9 13 GALA NIGHT 3.4% 29.82 3
10 4 APOLAR WARRIOR 3.1% 32.34 12
11 9 LUCKY MISSILE 2.5% 39.55 9
12 14 U W BROTHER 2.4% 42.49 10
13 2 CHATER KING 1.2% 83.90 14
14 6 KELMIMI WINS 1.1% 89.28 11
LEAP OF FAITHSKY DARCI — wonUNITED WE STANDKA YING EXCELLENTMOMENTUM HAPPYKING DRAGONINVALUABLERICH AND LUCKYGALA NIGHTAPOLAR WARRIORLUCKY MISSILEU W BROTHERCHATER KINGKELMIMI WINS

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

10 42.5

PLACE

3 94.5

10 15.5

13 124

QUINELLA

3,10 1,103.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,10 278

3,13 1,703.5

10,13 320

TIERCE

10,3,13 53,359

TRIO

3,10,13 10,685

FIRST 4

3,8,10,13 8,188

QUARTET

10,3,13,8 370,341

3 PICK 1

A1 18.5

A2

A3