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Sha Tin · 2020-01-01

Race 5

Class 4 GOOD 1400m Course C 14 runners

Result

Official · 1.22.15
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 0 JOYFUL HEART Closed strongly CP1/TT 1.22.15 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · F C Lor 4 2.3 SH
2 0 CIRCUIT THREE Closed strongly B/TT C Schofield · A S Cruz 12 27.0 SH
3 0 BETTER CHOICE Closed strongly J Moreira · D J Whyte 5 5.6 1-1/2
4 0 VITAL SPRING Closed strongly TT C Y Ho · K W Lui 3 11.0 2
5 0 SONIC FIGHTER Closed strongly B1 N Callan · P O'Sullivan 9 14.0 2-1/4
6 0 SHOUSON B S De Sousa · J Moore 7 16.0 3
7 0 WAR LORD PC- K Teetan · J Size 2 10.0 3
8 0 EMERALD SPUR Closed strongly CP/TT G van Niekerk · P F Yiu 11 6.5 3-1/4
9 0 VOYAGE STAR Led early V/TT K C Leung · T P Yung 1 39.0 4
10 0 SUNSHINE UNIVERSE B M F Poon · R Gibson 8 31.0 9
11 0 MY FAMILY K H Chan · Y S Tsui 14 44.0 10-1/2
12 0 REGENCY POET XB1 A Badel · K L Man 10 50.0 15-3/4
13 0 MILLENNIUM DAWN V1/TT1 H T Mo · L Ho 6 189.0 16
14 0 FLYING EMPEROR H N Wong · C W Chang 13 210.0 17-1/4
— 0 DIGITAL TRIUMPH M L Yeung · K H Ting — — —
— 0 SIMPLY FLUKE A Badel · C H Yip — — —

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 2020-01-01 was Class 4 over 1400m, run on GOOD going. JOYFUL HEART, ridden by Z Purton and trained by F C Lor, won by SH, with CIRCUIT THREE second and BETTER CHOICE third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 2.3 favourite.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. JOYFUL HEART—2. CIRCUIT THREE+0.1L3. BETTER CHOICE+1.5L4. VITAL SPRING+2L5. SONIC FIGHTER+2.25L6. SHOUSON+3L7. WAR LORD+3L8. EMERALD SPUR+3.25L9. VOYAGE STAR+4L10. SUNSHINE UNIVERSE+9L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick EMERALD SPUR (19.3%) finished 8th — the winner JOYFUL HEART 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 0 EMERALD SPUR 19.3% 5.17 8
2 0 BETTER CHOICE 17.4% 5.75 3
3 0 JOYFUL HEART 14.7% 6.82 1
4 0 WAR LORD 9.1% 11.03 7
5 0 CIRCUIT THREE 7.3% 13.65 2
6 0 SHOUSON 6.1% 16.27 6
7 0 VITAL SPRING 6.1% 16.27 4
8 0 SUNSHINE UNIVERSE 5.1% 19.69 10
9 0 REGENCY POET 3.9% 25.78 12
10 0 SONIC FIGHTER 3.3% 29.85 5
11 0 MY FAMILY 3.1% 32.02 11
12 0 MILLENNIUM DAWN 2.9% 34.33 13
13 0 VOYAGE STAR 1.1% 86.98 9
14 0 FLYING EMPEROR 0.4% 244.90 14
EMERALD SPURBETTER CHOICEJOYFUL HEART — wonWAR LORDCIRCUIT THREESHOUSONVITAL SPRINGSUNSHINE UNIVERSEREGENCY POETSONIC FIGHTERMY FAMILYMILLENNIUM DAWNVOYAGE STARFLYING EMPEROR

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 23.5

PLACE

4 19.5

5 64

11 14

QUINELLA

5,11 311

QUINELLA PLACE

4,5 215.5

4,11 30

5,11 108

TIERCE

11,5,4 1,848

TRIO

4,5,11 488

FIRST 4

4,5,11,13 720

QUARTET

11,5,4,13 12,259

3 PICK 1

A1 16.5

A2 —

A3 —

All pools (1 more)

4TH DOUBLE

2/5 790.5

2/11 835.5