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Sha Tin · 2023-01-29 · 15:03

Race 5

Class 3 GOOD (AWT) 1650m 14 runners

Race 5 at Sha Tin on 2023-01-29 was Class 3 over 1650m, run on GOOD (AWT) going. ROYAL BOMB, ridden by J Melham and trained by C Fownes, won by 2-1/2, with HANDSOME TWELVE second and SO WE JOY third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.7 favourite HANDSOME TWELVE finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.37.34
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 9 ROYAL BOMB Closed strongly V-/TT 1.37.34 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) J Melham · C Fownes 2 7.2 2-1/2
2 1 HANDSOME TWELVE Closed strongly Z Purton · T P Yung 3 3.7 2-1/2
3 3 SO WE JOY Closed strongly H/XB/TT C Y Ho · C W Chang 12 23.0 3-3/4
4 12 YES WE CAN Closed strongly B/TT V Borges · T P Yung 1 8.7 4
5 2 TRUE LEGEND Led early B S De Sousa · F C Lor 10 4.8 5-1/4
6 7 NORDIC STAR Closed strongly TT C L Chau · C S Shum 7 28.0 6-1/4
7 6 LEADING FORTUNE Closed strongly B-/PC1 K Teetan · J Size 13 33.0 7-3/4
8 10 SATIRICAL GLORY L Hewitson · D A Hayes 9 11.0 9-1/4
9 13 BEAUTY CHAMP H/P/XB/TT H Bentley · D J Whyte 5 8.4 9-1/2
10 4 FIND MY LOVE Closed strongly TT1 A Badel · K L Man 8 18.0 11-3/4
11 5 WINNING DRAGON H/TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 4 19.0 12
12 8 BEAR SLAM L Ferraris · D J Hall 6 36.0 14-1/2
13 14 NORDIC SKY SR/XB R Maia · A T Millard 11 59.0 21-3/4
14 11 TRADER CP/TT C Wong · P C Ng 14 66.0 23

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. ROYAL BOMB2. HANDSOME TWELVE+2.5L3. SO WE JOY+3.75L4. YES WE CAN+4L5. TRUE LEGEND+5.25L6. NORDIC STAR+6.25L7. LEADING FORTUNE+7.75L8. SATIRICAL GLORY+9.25L9. BEAUTY CHAMP+9.5L10. FIND MY LOVE+11.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick HANDSOME TWELVE (34.5%) finished 2nd — the winner ROYAL BOMB was rated #5. 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 HANDSOME TWELVE 34.5% 2.90 2
2 2 TRUE LEGEND 12.8% 7.78 5
3 12 YES WE CAN 9.9% 10.12 4
4 13 BEAUTY CHAMP 7.3% 13.69 9
5 9 ROYAL BOMB 6.7% 14.94 1
6 5 WINNING DRAGON 6.4% 15.64 11
7 6 LEADING FORTUNE 4.1% 24.59 7
8 8 BEAR SLAM 3.8% 26.39 12
9 10 SATIRICAL GLORY 3.4% 29.42 8
10 3 SO WE JOY 3.3% 30.50 3
11 11 TRADER 3.1% 32.63 14
12 7 NORDIC STAR 2.0% 49.10 6
13 14 NORDIC SKY 1.6% 61.37 13
14 4 FIND MY LOVE 1.1% 88.48 10
HANDSOME TWELVETRUE LEGENDYES WE CANBEAUTY CHAMPROYAL BOMB — wonWINNING DRAGONLEADING FORTUNEBEAR SLAMSATIRICAL GLORYSO WE JOYTRADERNORDIC STARNORDIC SKYFIND MY LOVE

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 72

PLACE

1 16

3 65.5

9 23

QUINELLA

1,9 143

QUINELLA PLACE

1,3 188

1,9 54.5

3,9 222.5

FORECAST

9,1 410

TIERCE

9,1,3 4,863

TRIO

1,3,9 1,073

FIRST 4

1,3,9,12 1,403

QUARTET

9,1,3,12 28,396

All pools (2 more)

3 PICK 1

A3

A1

A2 27

4TH DOUBLE

6/1 264

6/9 2,162.5