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Sha Tin · 2022-12-24 · 13:01

Race 1

Class 4 GOOD TO FIRM 1400m Course B 14 runners

Race 1 at Sha Tin on 2022-12-24 was Class 4 over 1400m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. FORERUNNER, ridden by H Bowman and trained by T P Yung, won by 1-1/4, with FAST BUCK second and GLORY BO BO third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.6 favourite GLORY BO BO finished 3rd.

Result

Official · 1.22.31
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 7 FORERUNNER Closed strongly 1.22.31 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bowman · T P Yung 9 5.3 1-1/4
2 11 FAST BUCK B1 Z Purton · J Size 13 2.9 1-1/4
3 14 GLORY BO BO Led early B/TT M F Poon · C S Shum 6 2.6 3-1/4
4 10 STRONGEST BOY Closed strongly CP-/B1 M L Yeung · D A Hayes 14 27.0 3-1/2
5 9 STARSHIP EIGHTY Closed strongly B/H K C Leung · P C Ng 12 136.0 4
6 2 HAPPY WON B-/PC1 K Teetan · F C Lor 3 20.0 4
7 3 LUCKY BANNER TT C Y Ho · C Fownes 5 15.0 5-1/2
8 4 COURIER MARVEL XB1/TT1 R Maia · J Richards 2 69.0 5-3/4
9 8 SMART BEAUTY B/H/TT L Currie · A S Cruz 7 78.0 5-3/4
10 13 JOYFUL CHAMPION CP-/B2/TT V Borges · C W Chang 4 29.0 8
11 5 CRAIG'S MASTER Closed strongly TT1 H Bentley · K H Ting 11 238.0 8-1/2
12 1 DASHING TRIUMPH TT H T Mo · L Ho 1 17.0 8-3/4
13 6 DEVIL AND GOLD TT L Hewitson · C H Yip 8 54.0 9
14 12 BEAU GOSSE CP A Hamelin · D J Whyte 10 96.0 9-3/4

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. FORERUNNER2. FAST BUCK+1.25L3. GLORY BO BO+3.25L4. STRONGEST BOY+3.5L5. STARSHIP EIGHTY+4L6. HAPPY WON+4L7. LUCKY BANNER+5.5L8. COURIER MARVEL+5.75L9. SMART BEAUTY+5.75L10. JOYFUL CHAMPION+8L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick FAST BUCK (30.0%) finished 2nd — the winner FORERUNNER 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 11 FAST BUCK 30.0% 3.33 2
2 2 HAPPY WON 11.5% 8.71 6
3 14 GLORY BO BO 11.3% 8.82 3
4 7 FORERUNNER 10.8% 9.22 1
5 3 LUCKY BANNER 9.2% 10.86 7
6 4 COURIER MARVEL 6.2% 16.20 8
7 1 DASHING TRIUMPH 4.4% 22.58 12
8 13 JOYFUL CHAMPION 3.6% 27.68 10
9 10 STRONGEST BOY 3.0% 33.27 4
10 8 SMART BEAUTY 2.8% 35.52 9
11 6 DEVIL AND GOLD 2.8% 35.98 13
12 12 BEAU GOSSE 1.9% 51.58 14
13 9 STARSHIP EIGHTY 1.2% 83.09 5
14 5 CRAIG'S MASTER 1.1% 87.29 11
FAST BUCKHAPPY WONGLORY BO BOFORERUNNER — wonLUCKY BANNERCOURIER MARVELDASHING TRIUMPHJOYFUL CHAMPIONSTRONGEST BOYSMART BEAUTYDEVIL AND GOLDBEAU GOSSESTARSHIP EIGHTYCRAIG'S MASTER

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 53.5

PLACE

7 20

11 15

14 12.5

QUINELLA

7,11 86.5

QUINELLA PLACE

7,11 38.5

7,14 31.5

11,14 22

FORECAST

7,11 269

TIERCE

7,11,14 536

TRIO

7,11,14 54

FIRST 4

7,10,11,14 233

QUARTET

7,11,14,10 3,787

All pools (1 more)

3 PICK 1

A1

A2 32.5

A3