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Sha Tin · 2024-01-07 · 09:20

Race 9

Class 3 GOOD 1400m Course B+2 14 runners

Race 9 at Sha Tin on 2024-01-07 was Class 3 over 1400m, run on GOOD going. BLUE MARLIN, ridden by H Bentley and trained by D J Whyte, won by SH, with SUPERB BOY second and SILVER UP third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. Victory came as the 2.8 favourite.

Result

Official · 1.21.90
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 BLUE MARLIN Closed strongly H 1.21.90 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bentley · D J Whyte 4 2.8 SH
2 1 SUPERB BOY TT H Bowman · K W Lui 5 4.9 SH
3 11 SILVER UP Closed strongly B/H/TT M Chadwick · W K Mo 3 74.0 1-1/4
4 8 THE HEIR Closed strongly A Badel · C Fownes 10 6.0 1-1/4
5 5 MASTER OF FORTUNE B1/TT C Y Ho · P C Ng 7 7.6 1-3/4
6 13 SEIZING THE MOMENT PC-/B2 K Teetan · J Size 1 8.1 4-1/4
7 9 SIXTH GENERATION Closed strongly H/TT B Avdulla · J Richards 9 20.0 5
8 12 SOLAR PARTNER Led early TT M F Poon · P F Yiu 12 28.0 5
9 6 ORIENTAL SMOKE Closed strongly B/TT K H Chan · D A Hayes 8 138.0 5-3/4
10 14 FOREVER CHARM Closed strongly L Hewitson · M Newnham 13 21.0 6-3/4
11 3 WINNER METHOD B-/TT C L Chau · C S Shum 6 22.0 7-1/4
12 7 PINS PRINCE Closed strongly H/P/TT A Atzeni · J Size 11 46.0 7-3/4
13 2 TRUE GENIUS H-/TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 2 88.0 12-1/2
14 10 E LEGEND K De Melo · K L Man 14 73.0 13-1/4
0 SURUGA BAY · P C Ng

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. BLUE MARLIN2. SUPERB BOY+0.1L3. SILVER UP+1.25L4. THE HEIR+1.25L5. MASTER OF FORTUNE+1.75L6. SEIZING THE MOMENT+4.25L7. SIXTH GENERATION+5L8. SOLAR PARTNER+5L9. ORIENTAL SMOKE+5.75L10. FOREVER CHARM+6.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick THE HEIR (16.8%) finished 4th — the winner BLUE MARLIN was rated #2. 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 THE HEIR 16.8% 5.97 4
2 4 BLUE MARLIN 14.0% 7.15 1
3 5 MASTER OF FORTUNE 11.6% 8.62 5
4 1 SUPERB BOY 11.2% 8.90 2
5 13 SEIZING THE MOMENT 11.1% 9.02 6
6 7 PINS PRINCE 8.0% 12.50 12
7 12 SOLAR PARTNER 6.3% 15.83 8
8 3 WINNER METHOD 4.8% 20.71 11
9 14 FOREVER CHARM 4.5% 22.06 10
10 9 SIXTH GENERATION 4.1% 24.25 7
11 10 E LEGEND 3.7% 27.24 14
12 6 ORIENTAL SMOKE 2.0% 49.41 9
13 11 SILVER UP 1.2% 86.23 3
14 2 TRUE GENIUS 0.7% 145.64 13
THE HEIRBLUE MARLIN — wonMASTER OF FORTUNESUPERB BOYSEIZING THE MOMENTPINS PRINCESOLAR PARTNERWINNER METHODFOREVER CHARMSIXTH GENERATIONE LEGENDORIENTAL SMOKESILVER UPTRUE GENIUS

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 28.5

PLACE

1 17

4 14

11 159

QUINELLA

1,4 84.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,4 36.5

1,11 612.5

4,11 389.5

FORECAST

4,1 152

TIERCE

4,1,11 6,154

TRIO

1,4,11 2,044

FIRST 4

1,4,8,11 1,314

QUARTET

4,1,11,8 27,325

All pools (1 more)

8TH DOUBLE

4/1 89.5

4/4 289.5