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Sha Tin · 2021-07-01

Race 1

Class 5 GOOD TO FIRM 1600m Course C 14 runners

Race 1 at Sha Tin on 2021-07-01 was Class 5 over 1600m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. JOY MASTER, ridden by K H Chan and trained by C Fownes, won by 1/2, with DIAMOND STAR second and DAZZLING FEELING third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.2 favourite FORMULA EXCEL finished 9th.

Result

Official · 1.36.13
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 JOY MASTER Closed strongly V/TT 1.36.13 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) K H Chan · C Fownes 14 9.4 1/2
2 8 DIAMOND STAR Closed strongly E/TT Z Purton · J Size 12 9.2 1/2
3 2 DAZZLING FEELING Closed strongly B/TT N Callan · D E Ferraris 7 14.0 1/2
4 9 RIGHTEOUS WIN Closed strongly B H Bentley · P F Yiu 11 8.2 1
5 13 RED ZOFFANY B/TT V Borges · K L Man 3 27.0 1
6 5 CIGAR BUDDIES Led early B C Y Ho · K H Ting 9 51.0 2-1/2
7 7 RUN DES RUN Closed strongly TT K Teetan · K W Lui 10 8.6 3-1/4
8 10 SPEED FORCE SR-/XB/B2 C L Chau · D J Whyte 4 7.6 3-1/4
9 1 FORMULA EXCEL TT J Moreira · C Fownes 5 3.2 3-1/2
10 12 AFRICAN SKY B/TT C Wong · T P Yung 1 68.0 4-3/4
11 3 FORTUNE TRIPLE T Piccone · Y S Tsui 2 17.0 4-3/4
12 6 SEA MONARCH Closed strongly V-/H/TT M L Yeung · W Y So 13 140.0 5
13 14 STRAPPING BAUHINIA H T Mo · Y S Tsui 6 34.0 7-1/2
14 11 SMART THINKER M F Poon · C H Yip 8 12.0 7-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. JOY MASTER2. DIAMOND STAR+0.5L3. DAZZLING FEELING+0.5L4. RIGHTEOUS WIN+1L5. RED ZOFFANY+1L6. CIGAR BUDDIES+2.5L7. RUN DES RUN+3.25L8. SPEED FORCE+3.25L9. FORMULA EXCEL+3.5L10. AFRICAN SKY+4.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2020-21
The model's top pick FORMULA EXCEL (31.4%) finished 9th — the winner JOY MASTER 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 1 FORMULA EXCEL 31.4% 3.18 9
2 8 DIAMOND STAR 15.2% 6.57 2
3 10 SPEED FORCE 10.1% 9.87 8
4 4 JOY MASTER 8.8% 11.38 1
5 7 RUN DES RUN 6.3% 15.84 7
6 2 DAZZLING FEELING 5.0% 20.19 3
7 9 RIGHTEOUS WIN 4.8% 21.02 4
8 14 STRAPPING BAUHINIA 4.0% 24.69 13
9 3 FORTUNE TRIPLE 3.6% 27.56 11
10 5 CIGAR BUDDIES 3.2% 31.57 6
11 11 SMART THINKER 3.0% 32.88 14
12 12 AFRICAN SKY 2.7% 37.33 10
13 6 SEA MONARCH 1.1% 94.50 12
14 13 RED ZOFFANY 0.8% 130.78 5
FORMULA EXCELDIAMOND STARSPEED FORCEJOY MASTER — wonRUN DES RUNDAZZLING FEELINGRIGHTEOUS WINSTRAPPING BAUHINIAFORTUNE TRIPLECIGAR BUDDIESSMART THINKERAFRICAN SKYSEA MONARCHRED ZOFFANY

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

4 94.5

PLACE

2 50.5

4 30

8 31

QUINELLA

4,8 369.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,4 205

2,8 213.5

4,8 115.5

FORECAST

4,8 672

TIERCE

4,8,2 8,352

TRIO

2,4,8 1,738

FIRST 4

2,4,8,9 2,395

QUARTET

4,8,2,9 50,222

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A3

A1 24

A2