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Sha Tin · 2020-01-01

Race 5

Class 4 GOOD 1400m Course C 14 runners

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.

Result

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

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. JOYFUL HEART2. 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 1 EMERALD SPUR 19.3% 5.17 8
2 4 BETTER CHOICE 17.4% 5.75 3
3 11 JOYFUL HEART 14.7% 6.82 1
4 2 WAR LORD 9.1% 11.03 7
5 5 CIRCUIT THREE 7.3% 13.65 2
6 6 SHOUSON 6.1% 16.27 6
7 13 VITAL SPRING 6.1% 16.27 4
8 7 SUNSHINE UNIVERSE 5.1% 19.69 10
9 12 REGENCY POET 3.9% 25.78 12
10 3 SONIC FIGHTER 3.3% 29.85 5
11 14 MY FAMILY 3.1% 32.02 11
12 8 MILLENNIUM DAWN 2.9% 34.33 13
13 9 VOYAGE STAR 1.1% 86.98 9
14 10 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

A3

A2

All pools (1 more)

4TH DOUBLE

2/5 790.5

2/11 835.5