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Sha Tin · 2020-04-19

Race 2

Class 4 GOOD 1800m Course C+3 14 runners

Race 2 at Sha Tin on 2020-04-19 was Class 4 over 1800m, run on GOOD going. DEFINING MOMENT, ridden by J Moreira and trained by C Fownes, won by 1/2, with GOOD DAYS second and GALA NIGHT third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.9 favourite FULL POWER finished 12th.

Result

Official · 1.47.44
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 2 DEFINING MOMENT Closed strongly V 1.47.44 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J Moreira · C Fownes 14 6.1 1/2
2 11 GOOD DAYS Closed strongly B/TT V Borges · C S Shum 13 24.0 1/2
3 5 GALA NIGHT CP K C Leung · J Moore 12 8.9 1-1/2
4 10 CALIFORNIA LEGEND Led early TT K Teetan · A S Cruz 5 13.0 2-1/2
5 8 CHEERFUL STAR Closed strongly CP/TT C Y Ho · F C Lor 2 6.6 3-1/4
6 13 KING PRINT Closed strongly T H So · C H Yip 4 35.0 3-1/2
7 6 JIMMU Closed strongly SR B Shinn · Y S Tsui 11 36.0 4-3/4
8 1 GIANT TURTLE Closed strongly SR/TT C Wong · A T Millard 10 60.0 5-1/4
9 9 NATURAL STORM Closed strongly B M F Poon · P F Yiu 6 32.0 6-1/4
10 3 GO BALLISTIC B N Callan · D E Ferraris 3 10.0 6-1/2
11 14 PLIKCLONE M Chadwick · D J Hall 9 14.0 8-3/4
12 7 FULL POWER B/XB Z Purton · R Gibson 8 3.9 9-1/4
13 12 MISTER MONTE B K H Chan · C W Chang 1 45.0 13-3/4
14 4 RULE THEE A Hamelin · P O'Sullivan 7 8.3 14

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. DEFINING MOMENT2. GOOD DAYS+0.5L3. GALA NIGHT+1.5L4. CALIFORNIA LEGEND+2.5L5. CHEERFUL STAR+3.25L6. KING PRINT+3.5L7. JIMMU+4.75L8. GIANT TURTLE+5.25L9. NATURAL STORM+6.25L10. GO BALLISTIC+6.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick FULL POWER (24.3%) finished 12th — the winner DEFINING MOMENT 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 7 FULL POWER 24.3% 4.12 12
2 2 DEFINING MOMENT 16.7% 5.99 1
3 5 GALA NIGHT 13.1% 7.64 3
4 8 CHEERFUL STAR 7.8% 12.83 5
5 3 GO BALLISTIC 7.5% 13.36 10
6 4 RULE THEE 4.9% 20.33 14
7 14 PLIKCLONE 4.5% 22.02 11
8 9 NATURAL STORM 3.8% 26.00 9
9 10 CALIFORNIA LEGEND 3.8% 26.16 4
10 11 GOOD DAYS 3.7% 27.22 2
11 12 MISTER MONTE 2.9% 34.17 13
12 1 GIANT TURTLE 2.6% 38.24 8
13 6 JIMMU 2.5% 39.86 7
14 13 KING PRINT 1.8% 54.94 6
FULL POWERDEFINING MOMENT — wonGALA NIGHTCHEERFUL STARGO BALLISTICRULE THEEPLIKCLONENATURAL STORMCALIFORNIA LEGENDGOOD DAYSMISTER MONTEGIANT TURTLEJIMMUKING PRINT

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

2 61.5

PLACE

2 24.5

5 34.5

11 72.5

QUINELLA

2,11 513

QUINELLA PLACE

2,5 116.5

2,11 155

5,11 287

TIERCE

2,11,5 7,230

TRIO

2,5,11 954

FIRST 4

2,5,10,11 6,095

QUARTET

2,11,5,10 103,957

1ST DOUBLE

9/2 746

9/11 201

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A1

A3

A2 27