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Sha Tin · 2021-01-24

Race 1

Class 4 GOOD 1000m Course A+3 14 runners

Race 1 at Sha Tin on 2021-01-24 was Class 4 over 1000m, run on GOOD going. WINNER METHOD, ridden by Z Purton and trained by C S Shum, won by 1-1/2, with BELLA BABY second and NOBLE DESIRE third. Victory came as the 2.1 favourite.

Result

Official · 0.56.55
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 8 WINNER METHOD TT1 0.56.55 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · C S Shum 11 2.1 1-1/2
2 14 BELLA BABY XB/TT A Badel · W Y So 5 11.0 1-1/2
3 13 NOBLE DESIRE V/XB M F Poon · D J Whyte 7 7.4 1-3/4
4 2 SELL MY SOLE E J Moreira · J Size 6 9.5 3-1/4
5 12 SUNNY AND GOLD H/TT K C Leung · C H Yip 2 17.0 4-1/4
6 1 CALIFORNIA GUNGHO B/TT C Soumillon · A S Cruz 12 4.0 5-3/4
7 6 HOLYSHOWCASING T Piccone · D E Ferraris 13 192.0 6-1/2
8 7 ISLAND SUNSHINE V1 N Callan · K W Lui 1 113.0 6-3/4
9 4 DRAGON KINGDOM H1 K Teetan · Y S Tsui 9 37.0 7
10 5 E HONEY C Y Ho · C Fownes 8 120.0 7-3/4
11 10 FOCUS H W Lai · P F Yiu 14 72.0 7-3/4
12 3 MOMENTUM HAPPY CP H N Wong · K H Ting 3 50.0 9-1/2
13 11 HONEY BEE CP/TT B Shinn · D A Hayes 4 127.0 10-1/2
14 9 INCREDIBLE TT C L Chau · K L Man 10 137.0 12-1/2
0 JUMBO ENGINE C Wong · R Gibson

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. WINNER METHOD2. BELLA BABY+1.5L3. NOBLE DESIRE+1.75L4. SELL MY SOLE+3.25L5. SUNNY AND GOLD+4.25L6. CALIFORNIA GUNGHO+5.75L7. HOLYSHOWCASING+6.5L8. ISLAND SUNSHINE+6.75L9. DRAGON KINGDOM+7L10. E HONEY+7.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick WINNER METHOD (26.1%) won this race. 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 WINNER METHOD 26.1% 3.83 1
2 14 BELLA BABY 19.5% 5.12 2
3 2 SELL MY SOLE 14.0% 7.14 4
4 13 NOBLE DESIRE 9.4% 10.66 3
5 5 E HONEY 7.2% 13.82 10
6 1 CALIFORNIA GUNGHO 6.9% 14.50 6
7 7 ISLAND SUNSHINE 3.7% 26.87 8
8 4 DRAGON KINGDOM 3.5% 28.45 9
9 12 SUNNY AND GOLD 3.2% 31.29 5
10 10 FOCUS 2.3% 43.48 11
11 3 MOMENTUM HAPPY 1.6% 61.30 12
12 9 INCREDIBLE 1.6% 62.17 14
13 6 HOLYSHOWCASING 0.4% 227.79 7
14 11 HONEY BEE 0.4% 245.69 13
WINNER METHOD — wonBELLA BABYSELL MY SOLENOBLE DESIREE HONEYCALIFORNIA GUNGHOISLAND SUNSHINEDRAGON KINGDOMSUNNY AND GOLDFOCUSMOMENTUM HAPPYINCREDIBLEHOLYSHOWCASINGHONEY BEE

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

8 21

PLACE

8 10.1

13 19

14 22.5

QUINELLA

8,14 114

QUINELLA PLACE

8,13 30.5

8,14 48

13,14 59

FORECAST

8,14 167

TIERCE

8,14,13 498

TRIO

8,13,14 149

FIRST 4

2,8,13,14 219

QUARTET

8,14,13,2 2,740

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A2

A3

A1 14