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Sha Tin · 2021-04-17

Race 8

Class 4 GOOD 1400m Course C+3 14 runners

Race 8 at Sha Tin on 2021-04-17 was Class 4 over 1400m, run on GOOD going. UNICORNBABY, ridden by T Piccone and trained by R Gibson, won by 1-3/4, with DRAGON FORTUNE second and ZONE D third. The winner led throughout. The 3.1 favourite DRAGON FORTUNE finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.22.35
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 9 UNICORNBABY Wire to wire B/TT 1.22.35 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) T Piccone · R Gibson 13 12.0 1-3/4
2 5 DRAGON FORTUNE Closed strongly TT Z Purton · F C Lor 10 3.1 1-3/4
3 4 ZONE D Closed strongly H/P/TT A Hamelin · J Size 11 16.0 3
4 8 SO AWESOME B J Moreira · Y S Tsui 6 4.3 5-1/4
5 1 CHARGE ON Closed strongly B C L Chau · D J Hall 12 9.7 5-3/4
6 3 SPEED FAY FAY B K H Chan · T P Yung 3 11.0 6
7 7 SUPERB DADDY Closed strongly B Shinn · D E Ferraris 9 17.0 7
8 10 FARM BUMPER B K C Leung · K L Man 1 95.0 8
9 12 AMAZING KNIGHT V Borges · C H Yip 4 114.0 8-1/2
10 2 FLYING SWORD CP/TT M L Yeung · D A Hayes 7 36.0 8-1/2
11 6 MERCURIAL H/TT K Teetan · A S Cruz 2 7.8 12-3/4
12 13 RUN DES RUN Closed strongly B/TT C Y Ho · K W Lui 14 163.0 13-1/2
13 11 IRON KING H/TT M Chadwick · C H Yip 5 12.0 15-3/4
14 14 FOCUS B C Wong · P F Yiu 8 187.0 23-1/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. UNICORNBABY2. DRAGON FORTUNE+1.75L3. ZONE D+3L4. SO AWESOME+5.25L5. CHARGE ON+5.75L6. SPEED FAY FAY+6L7. SUPERB DADDY+7L8. FARM BUMPER+8L9. AMAZING KNIGHT+8.5L10. FLYING SWORD+8.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick SO AWESOME (21.1%) finished 4th — the winner UNICORNBABY was rated #7. 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 SO AWESOME 21.1% 4.73 4
2 5 DRAGON FORTUNE 14.7% 6.80 2
3 11 IRON KING 13.4% 7.48 13
4 6 MERCURIAL 12.3% 8.12 11
5 4 ZONE D 9.6% 10.41 3
6 3 SPEED FAY FAY 6.6% 15.15 6
7 9 UNICORNBABY 5.3% 18.73 1
8 1 CHARGE ON 4.7% 21.07 5
9 7 SUPERB DADDY 4.0% 25.00 7
10 2 FLYING SWORD 3.3% 30.58 10
11 10 FARM BUMPER 2.1% 47.89 8
12 14 FOCUS 1.1% 88.49 14
13 12 AMAZING KNIGHT 1.1% 92.70 9
14 13 RUN DES RUN 0.6% 155.41 12
SO AWESOMEDRAGON FORTUNEIRON KINGMERCURIALZONE DSPEED FAY FAYUNICORNBABY — wonCHARGE ONSUPERB DADDYFLYING SWORDFARM BUMPERFOCUSAMAZING KNIGHTRUN DES RUN

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

9 127

PLACE

4 44

5 13.5

9 36

QUINELLA

5,9 235

QUINELLA PLACE

4,5 105

4,9 369

5,9 89.5

FORECAST

9,5 511

TIERCE

9,5,4 12,964

TRIO

4,5,9 1,459

FIRST 4

4,5,8,9 1,417

QUARTET

9,5,4,8 48,980

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A1

A2

A3 26

7TH DOUBLE

11/5 66

11/9 1,547.5