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Sha Tin · 2019-12-15

Race 1

Class 4 GOOD 1000m Course C+3 14 runners

Race 1 at Sha Tin on 2019-12-15 was Class 4 over 1000m, run on GOOD going. VALIANT DREAM, ridden by B Shinn and trained by K W Lui, won by N, with WAR OF COURAGE second and COLONEL third. The 3.6 favourite SMART OF YOUTH finished 4th.

Result

Official · 0.56.39
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 1 VALIANT DREAM TT- 0.56.39 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) B Shinn · K W Lui 10 4.3 N
2 9 WAR OF COURAGE C Schofield · K L Man 2 6.7 N
3 4 COLONEL B1 H W Lai · P F Yiu 11 6.3 4-1/2
4 6 SMART OF YOUTH TT J Moreira · C S Shum 14 3.6 5-1/2
5 2 KA FORTUNE H/XB T H So · L Ho 6 30.0 6-1/2
6 12 TANG TREASURE TT U Rispoli · D E Ferraris 13 86.0 6-1/2
7 13 TRUST ME B K Teetan · C H Yip 7 5.9 7-1/4
8 11 AURORA STEED B S De Sousa · J Size 3 24.0 7-1/2
9 5 PACKING NOBLESSE H1/TT1 H T Mo · A S Cruz 12 37.0 9-3/4
10 3 BRAVERY AND POWER B-/H1/TT K C Leung · W Y So 5 88.0 11
11 14 TARGET FINDER H/XB H N Wong · C W Chang 8 132.0 11-1/4
12 8 STAR OF THEHARBOUR XB C Y Ho · D J Hall 1 23.0 12-1/4
13 7 SPARKLING LIFE B1 L Hewitson · Y S Tsui 9 30.0 13-1/2
14 10 WE THE SOUTH B1 N Callan · J Moore 4 45.0 13-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. VALIANT DREAM2. WAR OF COURAGE+0.05L3. COLONEL+4.5L4. SMART OF YOUTH+5.5L5. KA FORTUNE+6.5L6. TANG TREASURE+6.5L7. TRUST ME+7.25L8. AURORA STEED+7.5L9. PACKING NOBLESSE+9.75L10. BRAVERY AND POWER+11L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick WAR OF COURAGE (21.0%) finished 2nd — the winner VALIANT DREAM was rated #8. 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 9 WAR OF COURAGE 21.0% 4.76 2
2 6 SMART OF YOUTH 18.1% 5.51 4
3 10 WE THE SOUTH 10.4% 9.66 14
4 5 PACKING NOBLESSE 9.7% 10.30 9
5 13 TRUST ME 7.5% 13.37 7
6 4 COLONEL 6.7% 14.93 3
7 11 AURORA STEED 6.6% 15.19 8
8 1 VALIANT DREAM 6.5% 15.34 1
9 8 STAR OF THEHARBOUR 3.7% 27.08 12
10 2 KA FORTUNE 2.5% 40.17 5
11 12 TANG TREASURE 2.5% 40.52 6
12 7 SPARKLING LIFE 2.2% 45.13 13
13 14 TARGET FINDER 1.5% 67.46 11
14 3 BRAVERY AND POWER 1.1% 87.29 10
WAR OF COURAGESMART OF YOUTHWE THE SOUTHPACKING NOBLESSETRUST MECOLONELAURORA STEEDVALIANT DREAM — wonSTAR OF THEHARBOURKA FORTUNETANG TREASURESPARKLING LIFETARGET FINDERBRAVERY AND POWER

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

1 43.5

PLACE

1 17.5

4 24.5

9 24

QUINELLA

1,9 144.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,4 58.5

1,9 55.5

4,9 99

TIERCE

1,9,4 1,513

TRIO

1,4,9 301

FIRST 4

1,4,6,9 272

QUARTET

1,9,4,6 6,399

3 PICK 1

A3

A1

A2 18.5