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Sha Tin · 2023-02-26 · 16:48

Race 8

Class 3 GOOD TO FIRM 1800m Course A+3 14 runners

Result

Official · 1.47.68
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 0 STRAIGHT ARRON Closed strongly SB- 1.47.68 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) B Shinn · C Fownes 1 6.5 1-1/4
2 0 NATURAL STORM Closed strongly B J Melham · P F Yiu 6 12.0 1-1/4
3 0 SNAFFLES Closed strongly K Teetan · D A Hayes 12 25.0 1-3/4
4 0 NICHOLSON RETURNS Closed strongly B L Hewitson · D J Hall 4 3.8 2
5 0 HAPPY TOGETHER TT A Badel · R Gibson 9 6.9 3-1/4
6 0 ESCAPE ROUTE Closed strongly H V Borges · J Size 2 11.0 3-3/4
7 0 ROMANTIC CHARM B1/TT J McDonald · C S Shum 5 9.5 3-3/4
8 0 WOODFIRE BRO TT K C Leung · L Ho 3 9.6 4
9 0 SUPERBELLA B/TT C Y Ho · F C Lor 10 56.0 4-1/2
10 0 S J TOURBILLON B/XB/TT H Bowman · D J Whyte 14 13.0 4-3/4
11 0 RIGHTEOUS DOCTRINE Closed strongly XB S De Sousa · C W Chang 8 47.0 5-3/4
12 0 ENTRUSTED Closed strongly CP/TT M Chadwick · W Y So 13 46.0 5-3/4
13 0 WINNING DRAGON Led early H/TT L Ferraris · A S Cruz 11 52.0 6-1/4
14 0 QUANTUM PATCH Z Purton · P C Ng 7 12.0 11-1/2

This site does not show odds as they change: the odds here are final prices after a race, or overnight prices before it.

Race 8 at Sha Tin on 2023-02-26 was Class 3 over 1800m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. STRAIGHT ARRON, ridden by B Shinn and trained by C Fownes, won by 1-1/4, with NATURAL STORM second and SNAFFLES third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.8 favourite NICHOLSON RETURNS finished 4th.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. STRAIGHT ARRON—2. NATURAL STORM+1.25L3. SNAFFLES+1.75L4. NICHOLSON RETURNS+2L5. HAPPY TOGETHER+3.25L6. ESCAPE ROUTE+3.75L7. ROMANTIC CHARM+3.75L8. WOODFIRE BRO+4L9. SUPERBELLA+4.5L10. S J TOURBILLON+4.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick NICHOLSON RETURNS (13.9%) finished 4th — the winner STRAIGHT ARRON was rated #14. 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 0 NICHOLSON RETURNS 13.9% 7.18 4
2 0 WOODFIRE BRO 12.6% 7.96 8
3 0 HAPPY TOGETHER 10.8% 9.29 5
4 0 NATURAL STORM 10.1% 9.88 2
5 0 QUANTUM PATCH 9.7% 10.33 14
6 0 SNAFFLES 7.4% 13.60 3
7 0 S J TOURBILLON 6.6% 15.25 10
8 0 ROMANTIC CHARM 6.1% 16.39 7
9 0 WINNING DRAGON 5.0% 20.20 13
10 0 ESCAPE ROUTE 4.4% 22.68 6
11 0 RIGHTEOUS DOCTRINE 4.4% 22.72 11
12 0 ENTRUSTED 4.0% 25.24 12
13 0 SUPERBELLA 3.4% 29.49 9
14 0 STRAIGHT ARRON 1.8% 55.12 1
NICHOLSON RETURNSWOODFIRE BROHAPPY TOGETHERNATURAL STORMQUANTUM PATCHSNAFFLESS J TOURBILLONROMANTIC CHARMWINNING DRAGONESCAPE ROUTERIGHTEOUS DOCTRINEENTRUSTEDSUPERBELLASTRAIGHT ARRON — won

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

5 65.5

PLACE

5 26

9 69.5

11 31.5

QUINELLA

5,11 436

QUINELLA PLACE

5,9 285

5,11 138.5

9,11 421.5

FORECAST

5,11 893

TIERCE

5,11,9 14,437

TRIO

5,9,11 2,988

FIRST 4

5,9,11,12 4,287

QUARTET

5,11,9,12 79,424

All pools (3 more)

3 PICK 1

A3 18.5

A2 —

A1 —

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

1,2,5/5,9,11 35,510

7TH DOUBLE

1/5 211

1/11 47