Skip to content

HKJC Guru is an independent statistics service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to The Hong Kong Jockey Club.

Sha Tin · 2021-01-24

Race 8

4YO GOOD 1600m Course A+3 12 runners

Race 8 at Sha Tin on 2021-01-24 was 4YO over 1600m, run on GOOD going. EXCELLENT PROPOSAL, ridden by B Shinn and trained by J Size, won by 3/4, with LUCKY EXPRESS second and TOURBILLON DIAMOND third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.3 favourite SKY DARCI finished 6th.

Result

Official · 1.33.81
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 2 EXCELLENT PROPOSAL Closed strongly E 1.33.81 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) B Shinn · J Size 10 23.0 3/4
2 5 LUCKY EXPRESS Closed strongly E/TT K Teetan · J Size 9 8.5 3/4
3 6 TOURBILLON DIAMOND Closed strongly B/TT A Badel · C S Shum 11 9.5 1
4 10 LUCKY PATCH Led early B/H M F Poon · K W Lui 4 12.0 1-3/4
5 7 SHADOW HERO B-/CP1 Z Purton · D A Hayes 5 6.9 3-1/4
6 1 SKY DARCI Closed strongly TT J Moreira · C Fownes 7 3.3 3-1/2
7 4 HEALTHY HAPPY Closed strongly V/TT C Y Ho · F C Lor 14 20.0 4
8 9 THE SUMMIT CP1/XB1 A Hamelin · D A Hayes 6 244.0 5-1/4
9 8 RUSSIAN EMPEROR Closed strongly XB M L Yeung · D J Whyte 13 192.0 6
10 12 MAXIMUS SR C Schofield · A T Millard 3 39.0 8-1/4
11 13 BEAUTY JOY XB N Callan · D A Hayes 12 72.0 9-1/4
12 11 CELESTIAL POWER V K C Leung · F C Lor 1 17.0 10-1/4
3 ENRICH DELIGHT C Soumillon · C Fownes 2 3.6
14 TSAR T Piccone · Y S Tsui

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. EXCELLENT PROPOSAL2. LUCKY EXPRESS+0.75L3. TOURBILLON DIAMOND+1L4. LUCKY PATCH+1.75L5. SHADOW HERO+3.25L6. SKY DARCI+3.5L7. HEALTHY HAPPY+4L8. THE SUMMIT+5.25L9. RUSSIAN EMPEROR+6L10. MAXIMUS+8.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick SKY DARCI (23.9%) finished 6th — the winner EXCELLENT PROPOSAL was rated #9. 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 SKY DARCI 23.9% 4.19 6
2 10 LUCKY PATCH 15.1% 6.61 4
3 4 HEALTHY HAPPY 13.0% 7.71 7
4 7 SHADOW HERO 12.0% 8.32 5
5 5 LUCKY EXPRESS 9.9% 10.11 2
6 6 TOURBILLON DIAMOND 8.1% 12.32 3
7 11 CELESTIAL POWER 7.3% 13.62 12
8 12 MAXIMUS 4.3% 23.39 10
9 2 EXCELLENT PROPOSAL 3.4% 29.38 1
10 13 BEAUTY JOY 2.1% 47.29 11
11 9 THE SUMMIT 0.4% 228.21 8
12 8 RUSSIAN EMPEROR 0.4% 235.74 9
SKY DARCILUCKY PATCHHEALTHY HAPPYSHADOW HEROLUCKY EXPRESSTOURBILLON DIAMONDCELESTIAL POWERMAXIMUSEXCELLENT PROPOSAL — wonBEAUTY JOYTHE SUMMITRUSSIAN 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

2 233

PLACE

2 58

5 21.5

6 27

QUINELLA

2,5 822

QUINELLA PLACE

2,5 237.5

2,6 239.5

5,6 109.5

FORECAST

2,5 2,763

TIERCE

2,5,6 11,496

TRIO

2,5,6 1,550

FIRST 4

2,5,6,10 3,669

QUARTET

2,5,6,10 99,208

All pools (3 more)

3 PICK 1

A2

A3 36.5

A1

7TH DOUBLE

1/2 214

1/5 27

WINNING TRAINER

B3

B4

B1

B2 62.5