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Sha Tin · 2021-01-31

Race 6

Class 2 GOOD 1400m Course B+2 14 runners

Race 6 at Sha Tin on 2021-01-31 was Class 2 over 1400m, run on GOOD going. BEAUTY SMILE, ridden by M Chadwick and trained by A S Cruz, won by 3/4, with NOT USUAL TALENT second and BALLISTIC KING third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.8 favourite NOT USUAL TALENT finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.21.09
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 12 BEAUTY SMILE Closed strongly B/TT 1.21.09 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) M Chadwick · A S Cruz 8 6.8 3/4
2 2 NOT USUAL TALENT Closed strongly TT C L Chau · T P Yung 2 3.8 3/4
3 3 BALLISTIC KING Closed strongly N Callan · K H Ting 6 7.9 1-3/4
4 10 HIGHLY PROACTIVE Led early H/P/TT C Y Ho · K W Lui 9 19.0 2
5 8 WINNING METHOD Closed strongly TT A Badel · C S Shum 11 11.0 2-3/4
6 5 BEAUTY LEGACY TT K Teetan · J Size 3 6.3 2-3/4
7 1 BAND OF BROTHERS Closed strongly Z Purton · P O'Sullivan 12 11.0 4
8 14 WATER DIVINER Closed strongly B/H/TT H N Wong · C W Chang 5 18.0 4
9 4 BEAUTY RUSH E V Borges · J Size 14 47.0 4-1/4
10 9 HAPPY FUN B/TT T Piccone · C H Yip 7 51.0 7-1/2
11 13 GOLDEN SPECTRUM CP/H/TT C Wong · A S Cruz 1 63.0 11
12 11 MS ALLY B1 J Moreira · A T Millard 4 5.9 12-3/4
13 7 SMILING TIME Closed strongly K C Leung · K H Ting 13 105.0 15-1/2
14 6 PERPETUUM TT M F Poon · A S Cruz 10 109.0 16-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. BEAUTY SMILE2. NOT USUAL TALENT+0.75L3. BALLISTIC KING+1.75L4. HIGHLY PROACTIVE+2L5. WINNING METHOD+2.75L6. BEAUTY LEGACY+2.75L7. BAND OF BROTHERS+4L8. WATER DIVINER+4L9. BEAUTY RUSH+4.25L10. HAPPY FUN+7.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick NOT USUAL TALENT (14.9%) finished 2nd — the winner BEAUTY SMILE 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 2 NOT USUAL TALENT 14.9% 6.73 2
2 1 BAND OF BROTHERS 14.2% 7.03 7
3 5 BEAUTY LEGACY 11.5% 8.67 6
4 12 BEAUTY SMILE 11.1% 8.98 1
5 3 BALLISTIC KING 10.0% 10.01 3
6 11 MS ALLY 8.3% 12.12 12
7 8 WINNING METHOD 6.5% 15.36 5
8 4 BEAUTY RUSH 5.2% 19.29 9
9 10 HIGHLY PROACTIVE 5.0% 20.08 4
10 13 GOLDEN SPECTRUM 4.4% 22.86 11
11 9 HAPPY FUN 4.0% 24.94 10
12 7 SMILING TIME 2.7% 37.12 13
13 14 WATER DIVINER 1.7% 60.20 8
14 6 PERPETUUM 0.6% 167.60 14
NOT USUAL TALENTBAND OF BROTHERSBEAUTY LEGACYBEAUTY SMILE — wonBALLISTIC KINGMS ALLYWINNING METHODBEAUTY RUSHHIGHLY PROACTIVEGOLDEN SPECTRUMHAPPY FUNSMILING TIMEWATER DIVINERPERPETUUM

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

12 68

PLACE

2 14.5

3 19

12 24.5

QUINELLA

2,12 124

QUINELLA PLACE

2,3 53.5

2,12 52

3,12 85.5

FORECAST

12,2 385

TIERCE

12,2,3 1,686

TRIO

2,3,12 304

FIRST 4

2,3,10,12 2,151

QUARTET

12,2,3,10 37,708

All pools (4 more)

3 PICK 1

A2 25.5

A3

A1

5TH DOUBLE

1/2 60

1/12 367

TRIPLE TRIO

6,9,10/1,2,5/2,3,12 10,259,138

TRIPLE TRIO (CONSOLATION)

6,9,10/1,2,5/Any Combination 59,407