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Sha Tin · 2020-02-02

Race 7

Class 3 GOOD (AWT) 1650m 13 runners

Race 7 at Sha Tin on 2020-02-02 was Class 3 over 1650m, run on GOOD (AWT) going. CLEAR CHOICE, ridden by G van Niekerk and trained by C S Shum, won by 1/2, with HOLY HEART second and VOLPINO third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.5 favourite RIGHTEOUS DOCTRINE finished 6th.

Result

Official · 1.39.46
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 10 CLEAR CHOICE Closed strongly B/TT 1.39.46 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) G van Niekerk · C S Shum 7 11.0 1/2
2 1 HOLY HEART Closed strongly CP-/H/B1/TT C Y Ho · K W Lui 3 3.6 1/2
3 3 VOLPINO Closed strongly H/XB/TT Z Purton · T P Yung 1 7.5 3/4
4 4 CALIFORNIA ARGENT Led early H/TT K Teetan · A S Cruz 13 92.0 3/4
5 7 ENFOLDING Closed strongly V S De Sousa · C Fownes 11 17.0 1
6 8 RIGHTEOUS DOCTRINE Closed strongly XB J Moreira · C W Chang 4 2.5 1-3/4
7 9 UNITE SPIRIT Closed strongly XB M F Poon · D E Ferraris 9 284.0 2-1/4
8 6 SMILING CITY CP-/SR-/P1 B Shinn · D J Whyte 8 107.0 2-1/4
9 13 RULE THEE K C Leung · P O'Sullivan 12 81.0 3-3/4
10 5 MONGOLIAN LEGEND H W Lai · Y S Tsui 10 37.0 4
11 11 TRAVEL FIRST B/TT A Badel · C W Chang 5 6.7 6
12 2 ARCATRAZ CP-/XB/B1 K H Chan · J Moore 2 103.0 7
13 12 GENERAL DINO B L Hewitson · D E Ferraris 6 31.0 10-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. CLEAR CHOICE2. HOLY HEART+0.5L3. VOLPINO+0.75L4. CALIFORNIA ARGENT+0.75L5. ENFOLDING+1L6. RIGHTEOUS DOCTRINE+1.75L7. UNITE SPIRIT+2.25L8. SMILING CITY+2.25L9. RULE THEE+3.75L10. MONGOLIAN LEGEND+4L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick RIGHTEOUS DOCTRINE (28.5%) finished 6th — the winner CLEAR CHOICE was rated #4. 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 RIGHTEOUS DOCTRINE 28.5% 3.51 6
2 1 HOLY HEART 18.6% 5.38 2
3 3 VOLPINO 18.0% 5.56 3
4 10 CLEAR CHOICE 8.9% 11.26 1
5 7 ENFOLDING 5.8% 17.34 5
6 11 TRAVEL FIRST 4.0% 25.32 11
7 13 RULE THEE 3.9% 25.38 9
8 5 MONGOLIAN LEGEND 3.6% 27.68 10
9 6 SMILING CITY 2.4% 41.41 8
10 4 CALIFORNIA ARGENT 2.3% 43.55 4
11 12 GENERAL DINO 1.9% 51.39 13
12 2 ARCATRAZ 1.1% 87.37 12
13 9 UNITE SPIRIT 1.0% 100.97 7
RIGHTEOUS DOCTRINEHOLY HEARTVOLPINOCLEAR CHOICE — wonENFOLDINGTRAVEL FIRSTRULE THEEMONGOLIAN LEGENDSMILING CITYCALIFORNIA ARGENTGENERAL DINOARCATRAZUNITE SPIRIT

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

10 110.5

PLACE

1 15.5

3 19.5

10 28.5

QUINELLA

1,10 260

QUINELLA PLACE

1,3 48.5

1,10 71.5

3,10 116

TIERCE

10,1,3 3,676

TRIO

1,3,10 485

FIRST 4

1,3,4,10 7,062

QUARTET

10,1,3,4 166,071

2ND DOUBLE TRIO

12>5,7,13/1,3,10 9,688

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A2

A1

A3 45.5

6TH DOUBLE

5,13/1 17.5

5,13/10 577