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Sha Tin · 2024-03-03

Race 9

Class 3 GOOD 2000m Course B+2 14 runners

Race 9 at Sha Tin on 2024-03-03 was Class 3 over 2000m, run on GOOD going. MASSIVE SOVEREIGN, ridden by Z Purton and trained by C H Yip, won by 3-1/4, with SIMPLE HEDGE second and BILLIONAIRE SECRET third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.9 favourite NOBLE PURSUIT finished 12th.

Result

Official · 2.02.37
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 4 MASSIVE SOVEREIGN Closed strongly 2.02.37 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · C H Yip 1 9.1 3-1/4
2 2 SIMPLE HEDGE Closed strongly B-/V1 R Moore · J Size 4 4.3 3-1/4
3 13 BILLIONAIRE SECRET Closed strongly H/PC/XB M Chadwick · P C Ng 9 30.0 3-1/4
4 9 HOLY LAKE B/XB A Atzeni · K W Lui 6 15.0 3-1/2
5 14 EIGHTEEN CARAT Led early B/XB A Badel · C S Shum 10 51.0 4-1/4
6 12 FLAMINGO TRILLION K C Leung · F C Lor 14 12.0 7
7 8 INTREPID WINNER Closed strongly B K De Melo · C W Chang 3 13.0 7
8 1 BRAVEHEARTS Closed strongly XB/TT A Hamelin · J Richards 11 142.0 7
9 10 NICHOLSON RETURNS Closed strongly B B Avdulla · D J Hall 8 17.0 7-1/2
10 7 DEVILDOM B1 C L Chau · T P Yung 5 12.0 7-1/2
11 11 ENIGMA TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 12 11.0 9-1/4
12 6 NOBLE PURSUIT TT H Bowman · C Fownes 2 2.9 12-1/4
13 5 LEAN HERO B/XB1/TT K Teetan · D A Hayes 7 49.0 18-3/4
14 3 SILVER KING H1/TT M L Yeung · F C Lor 13 91.0 48-1/4
9 AWESOME FLUKE B Shinn · C Fownes

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. MASSIVE SOVEREIGN2. SIMPLE HEDGE+3.25L3. BILLIONAIRE SECRET+3.25L4. HOLY LAKE+3.5L5. EIGHTEEN CARAT+4.25L6. FLAMINGO TRILLION+7L7. INTREPID WINNER+7L8. BRAVEHEARTS+7L9. NICHOLSON RETURNS+7.5L10. DEVILDOM+7.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2023-24
The model's top pick NOBLE PURSUIT (21.6%) finished 12th — the winner MASSIVE SOVEREIGN was rated #3. 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 6 NOBLE PURSUIT 21.6% 4.64 12
2 2 SIMPLE HEDGE 16.6% 6.02 2
3 4 MASSIVE SOVEREIGN 13.1% 7.63 1
4 12 FLAMINGO TRILLION 8.9% 11.29 6
5 9 HOLY LAKE 8.4% 11.84 4
6 5 LEAN HERO 6.0% 16.61 13
7 8 INTREPID WINNER 5.4% 18.37 7
8 13 BILLIONAIRE SECRET 5.0% 20.16 3
9 11 ENIGMA 4.1% 24.39 11
10 10 NICHOLSON RETURNS 3.7% 27.34 9
11 7 DEVILDOM 2.5% 40.27 10
12 14 EIGHTEEN CARAT 2.1% 48.59 5
13 3 SILVER KING 1.4% 69.09 14
14 1 BRAVEHEARTS 1.3% 78.35 8
NOBLE PURSUITSIMPLE HEDGEMASSIVE SOVEREIGN — wonFLAMINGO TRILLIONHOLY LAKELEAN HEROINTREPID WINNERBILLIONAIRE SECRETENIGMANICHOLSON RETURNSDEVILDOMEIGHTEEN CARATSILVER KINGBRAVEHEARTS

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 91.5

PLACE

2 16

4 30.5

13 72

QUINELLA

2,4 237

QUINELLA PLACE

2,4 91

2,13 197

4,13 447.5

FORECAST

4,2 537

TIERCE

4,2,13 10,926

TRIO

2,4,13 2,005

FIRST 4

2,4,9,13 7,193

QUARTET

4,2,13,9 143,620

All pools (1 more)

8TH DOUBLE

8/2 112.5

8/4 1,212