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Sha Tin · 2021-01-31

Race 2

Class 5 GOOD 1400m Course B+2 14 runners

Race 2 at Sha Tin on 2021-01-31 was Class 5 over 1400m, run on GOOD going. GALAXY EMPEROR, ridden by J Moreira and trained by A S Cruz, won by 3/4, with SEIZE THE SPIRIT second and CITY LEGEND third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 4.7 favourite CITY LEGEND finished 3rd.

Result

Official · 1.22.50
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 8 GALAXY EMPEROR Closed strongly B/H/TT 1.22.50 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J Moreira · A S Cruz 11 11.0 3/4
2 9 SEIZE THE SPIRIT Closed strongly T Piccone · Y S Tsui 9 90.0 3/4
3 3 CITY LEGEND Closed strongly B/TT C L Chau · T P Yung 1 4.7 3/4
4 7 VICTORIOUS LEADER Closed strongly C Soumillon · C H Yip 14 12.0 1-1/4
5 12 GOLDEN MISSION Led early B A Hamelin · C W Chang 5 14.0 2-1/4
6 2 WINWIN THIRTYTHREE Closed strongly B K H Chan · P F Yiu 4 12.0 2-1/4
7 11 FOR FUN'S SAKE Closed strongly H-/V- B Shinn · C Fownes 6 13.0 2-1/2
8 6 SPICY GRILL H/TT V Borges · K W Lui 3 5.3 3
9 10 GALAXY RACER V-/TT M Chadwick · R Gibson 8 73.0 3-3/4
10 4 RED MAJESTY CP-/B1/TT1 C Schofield · D A Hayes 2 50.0 4
11 1 DESTIN B Z Purton · P O'Sullivan 10 5.1 4-1/2
12 13 LITTLE GENERAL Closed strongly CP2/TT A Badel · C S Shum 12 16.0 5-1/4
13 5 VIVA COUNCIL H2/TT1 H T Mo · L Ho 7 24.0 5-3/4
14 14 WONDER BRAHMA N Callan · D J Hall 13 12.0 7-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. GALAXY EMPEROR2. SEIZE THE SPIRIT+0.75L3. CITY LEGEND+0.75L4. VICTORIOUS LEADER+1.25L5. GOLDEN MISSION+2.25L6. WINWIN THIRTYTHREE+2.25L7. FOR FUN'S SAKE+2.5L8. SPICY GRILL+3L9. GALAXY RACER+3.75L10. RED MAJESTY+4L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick GALAXY EMPEROR (19.5%) 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 GALAXY EMPEROR 19.5% 5.12 1
2 3 CITY LEGEND 16.0% 6.24 3
3 1 DESTIN 13.7% 7.30 11
4 14 WONDER BRAHMA 7.5% 13.42 14
5 6 SPICY GRILL 6.6% 15.19 8
6 12 GOLDEN MISSION 6.5% 15.46 5
7 2 WINWIN THIRTYTHREE 5.6% 18.00 6
8 7 VICTORIOUS LEADER 5.4% 18.60 4
9 5 VIVA COUNCIL 4.6% 21.55 13
10 13 LITTLE GENERAL 4.6% 21.76 12
11 10 GALAXY RACER 4.0% 24.92 9
12 11 FOR FUN'S SAKE 2.3% 43.57 7
13 4 RED MAJESTY 2.2% 45.34 10
14 9 SEIZE THE SPIRIT 1.5% 65.00 2
GALAXY EMPEROR — wonCITY LEGENDDESTINWONDER BRAHMASPICY GRILLGOLDEN MISSIONWINWIN THIRTYTHREEVICTORIOUS LEADERVIVA COUNCILLITTLE GENERALGALAXY RACERFOR FUN'S SAKERED MAJESTYSEIZE THE SPIRIT

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

8 113.5

PLACE

3 18.5

8 38

9 237

QUINELLA

8,9 4,518.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,8 92.5

3,9 665.5

8,9 1,041.5

FORECAST

8,9 4,376

TIERCE

8,9,3 39,940

TRIO

3,8,9 6,230

FIRST 4

3,7,8,9 11,099

QUARTET

8,9,3,7 337,343

All pools (2 more)

1ST DOUBLE

7/8 130.5

7/9 169.5

3 PICK 1

A2 42

A3

A1