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Sha Tin · 2020-05-09

Race 5

Class 4 GOOD TO FIRM 1800m Course C 14 runners

Race 5 at Sha Tin on 2020-05-09 was Class 4 over 1800m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. PERFECT TO PLAY, ridden by J Moreira and trained by C Fownes, won by N, with NATURAL STORM second and JIMMU third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.1 favourite MCMUNIGAL finished 4th.

Result

Official · 1.47.60
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 5 PERFECT TO PLAY Closed strongly TT 1.47.60 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J Moreira · C Fownes 2 6.4 N
2 7 NATURAL STORM Closed strongly B C Y Ho · P F Yiu 9 11.0 N
3 2 JIMMU Closed strongly SR B Shinn · Y S Tsui 13 21.0 3/4
4 9 MCMUNIGAL B/TT M F Poon · D J Hall 5 3.1 3/4
5 10 BEAUTY ANGEL Closed strongly TT H T Mo · A S Cruz 11 75.0 2-1/4
6 11 INVALUABLE Closed strongly B K C Leung · R Gibson 6 18.0 2-1/2
7 1 KUNGFUMASTER PANDA Closed strongly TT N Callan · T P Yung 10 74.0 3-1/2
8 13 HAPPY ICHIBAN T H So · D J Whyte 7 95.0 4-1/4
9 12 DRAGON PRIDE Closed strongly B/XB M Chadwick · A T Millard 14 152.0 5
10 4 CHEERFUL STAR CP/TT A Hamelin · F C Lor 3 8.2 5-1/2
11 3 LEADING FORTUNE Closed strongly B C Schofield · J Size 12 14.0 6-3/4
12 6 CALIFORNIA LEGEND Led early TT K Teetan · A S Cruz 1 6.8 10
13 14 SHINEALOT B V Borges · P O'Sullivan 4 12.0 10-3/4
14 8 GORGEOUS INHERITOR B1 Z Purton · C H Yip 8 10.0 58

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. PERFECT TO PLAY2. NATURAL STORM+0.05L3. JIMMU+0.75L4. MCMUNIGAL+0.75L5. BEAUTY ANGEL+2.25L6. INVALUABLE+2.5L7. KUNGFUMASTER PANDA+3.5L8. HAPPY ICHIBAN+4.25L9. DRAGON PRIDE+5L10. CHEERFUL STAR+5.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2019-20
The model's top pick LEADING FORTUNE (17.4%) finished 11th — the winner PERFECT TO PLAY 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 3 LEADING FORTUNE 17.4% 5.76 11
2 9 MCMUNIGAL 17.2% 5.83 4
3 4 CHEERFUL STAR 17.0% 5.88 10
4 5 PERFECT TO PLAY 11.0% 9.13 1
5 6 CALIFORNIA LEGEND 8.2% 12.21 12
6 11 INVALUABLE 6.6% 15.14 6
7 14 SHINEALOT 6.3% 15.86 13
8 7 NATURAL STORM 3.1% 32.58 2
9 10 BEAUTY ANGEL 2.9% 34.55 5
10 13 HAPPY ICHIBAN 2.6% 38.92 8
11 2 JIMMU 2.4% 41.95 3
12 8 GORGEOUS INHERITOR 2.1% 47.43 14
13 1 KUNGFUMASTER PANDA 2.0% 50.17 7
14 12 DRAGON PRIDE 1.4% 70.93 9
LEADING FORTUNEMCMUNIGALCHEERFUL STARPERFECT TO PLAY — wonCALIFORNIA LEGENDINVALUABLESHINEALOTNATURAL STORMBEAUTY ANGELHAPPY ICHIBANJIMMUGORGEOUS INHERITORKUNGFUMASTER PANDADRAGON PRIDE

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

5 64

PLACE

2 56

5 19

7 43

QUINELLA

5,7 494.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,5 215

2,7 429

5,7 183.5

TIERCE

5,7,2 8,133

TRIO

2,5,7 2,358

FIRST 4

2,5,7,9 1,294

QUARTET

5,7,2,9 31,875

3 PICK 1

A1 21

A3

A2

All pools (1 more)

4TH DOUBLE

4/5 645.5

4/7 218