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Sha Tin · 2021-01-31

Race 1

Class 4 GOOD 1200m Course B+2 14 runners

Race 1 at Sha Tin on 2021-01-31 was Class 4 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. FANTASTIC WAY, ridden by J Moreira and trained by J Size, won by 3/4, with FIRE BALL second and VUKAN third. Victory came as the 1.4 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.08.97
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 7 FANTASTIC WAY 1.08.97 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J Moreira · J Size 1 1.4 3/4
2 14 FIRE BALL TT V Borges · C H Yip 6 7.2 3/4
3 12 VUKAN K C Leung · P O'Sullivan 2 15.0 3
4 3 SIMPLY SPECTACULAR H Z Purton · C W Chang 3 7.7 5
5 8 GLADSOME RYDER N Callan · R Gibson 13 285.0 7
6 2 XPONENTIAL CP1 C L Chau · D J Whyte 7 21.0 7-1/2
7 1 FLYING ON THE TURF B/XB M L Yeung · K H Ting 9 61.0 8-1/2
8 5 CHIRON CP1/TT1 C Soumillon · D A Hayes 5 21.0 8-1/2
9 9 STRATHMARTINE B Shinn · A T Millard 11 282.0 8-1/2
10 6 COBY OPPA CP2 H N Wong · D J Hall 4 49.0 8-3/4
11 4 HAPPY WARRIOR H K H Chan · C Fownes 14 195.0 10
12 10 THE SUBMARINE B1 H T Mo · Y S Tsui 8 312.0 10-1/2
13 13 TOP ACCOLADE B1/TT C Y Ho · C S Shum 10 249.0 12
14 11 VAST STARLIGHT H T Piccone · W Y So 12 110.0 16-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. FANTASTIC WAY2. FIRE BALL+0.75L3. VUKAN+3L4. SIMPLY SPECTACULAR+5L5. GLADSOME RYDER+7L6. XPONENTIAL+7.5L7. FLYING ON THE TURF+8.5L8. CHIRON+8.5L9. STRATHMARTINE+8.5L10. COBY OPPA+8.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick SIMPLY SPECTACULAR (40.3%) finished 4th — the winner FANTASTIC WAY 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 3 SIMPLY SPECTACULAR 40.3% 2.48 4
2 7 FANTASTIC WAY 22.0% 4.55 1
3 1 FLYING ON THE TURF 8.1% 12.34 7
4 14 FIRE BALL 6.2% 16.20 2
5 5 CHIRON 5.4% 18.47 8
6 12 VUKAN 5.0% 20.15 3
7 2 XPONENTIAL 3.1% 31.76 6
8 4 HAPPY WARRIOR 2.8% 35.10 11
9 8 GLADSOME RYDER 1.7% 60.52 5
10 9 STRATHMARTINE 1.6% 63.98 9
11 6 COBY OPPA 1.5% 64.82 10
12 11 VAST STARLIGHT 1.2% 85.61 14
13 13 TOP ACCOLADE 0.7% 144.14 13
14 10 THE SUBMARINE 0.5% 209.16 12
SIMPLY SPECTACULARFANTASTIC WAY — wonFLYING ON THE TURFFIRE BALLCHIRONVUKANXPONENTIALHAPPY WARRIORGLADSOME RYDERSTRATHMARTINECOBY OPPAVAST STARLIGHTTOP ACCOLADETHE SUBMARINE

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

7 14

PLACE

7 11

12 23.5

14 15

QUINELLA

7,14 39.5

QUINELLA PLACE

7,12 33.5

7,14 19

12,14 65.5

FORECAST

7,14 50

TIERCE

7,14,12 222

TRIO

7,12,14 125

FIRST 4

3,7,12,14 111

QUARTET

7,14,12,3 1,121

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A2

A3

A1 11.5