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Sha Tin · 2024-12-29 · 11:53

Race 1

Class 5 1000m Course B+2 14 runners

Race 1 at Sha Tin on 2024-12-29 was Class 5 over 1000m. COSMO NAVIGATOR, ridden by A Hamelin and trained by C W Chang, won by 1-1/2, with COUNTRY DANCER second and BEAU GOSSE third. The 3.3 favourite HO HO STAR finished 4th.

Result

Official · 0.57.26
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 2 COSMO NAVIGATOR B 0.57.26 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Hamelin · C W Chang 14 10.0 1-1/2
2 1 COUNTRY DANCER E B Avdulla · J Size 7 7.0 1-1/2
3 14 BEAU GOSSE XB-/B/TT2 M F Poon · K W Lui 11 11.0 1-3/4
4 10 HO HO STAR H Z Purton · C H Yip 6 3.3 2
5 6 ACE TALENT H-/P/TT H Bowman · C Fownes 9 11.0 2-1/2
6 8 PLENTIFUL XB/TT A Atzeni · P C Ng 5 12.0 3
7 7 GORGEOUS VITALITY TT L Hewitson · F C Lor 13 8.4 3-1/2
8 4 SUPER ELITE B/H/XB K Teetan · D J Hall 1 23.0 3-3/4
9 13 WIND SPEEDER B M L Yeung · Y S Tsui 8 19.0 4
10 9 YOO YOO KNIGHT TT1 C L Chau · W K Mo 3 25.0 4
11 12 HAPPY FEELING B2/TT2 A Badel · J Richards 4 41.0 7-1/2
12 11 ALLOY KING B H Bentley · K H Ting 2 57.0 9
13 5 GUSTY FIGHTER H-/PS-/XB/BO1 L Ferraris · D J Whyte 12 31.0 10-1/2
14 3 HAPPY HORSE H/P/TT M Chadwick · K L Man 10 11.0 13

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. COSMO NAVIGATOR2. COUNTRY DANCER+1.5L3. BEAU GOSSE+1.75L4. HO HO STAR+2L5. ACE TALENT+2.5L6. PLENTIFUL+3L7. GORGEOUS VITALITY+3.5L8. SUPER ELITE+3.75L9. WIND SPEEDER+4L10. YOO YOO KNIGHT+4L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2024-25
The model's top pick HO HO STAR (22.1%) finished 4th — the winner COSMO NAVIGATOR 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 10 HO HO STAR 22.1% 4.52 4
2 1 COUNTRY DANCER 10.3% 9.75 2
3 2 COSMO NAVIGATOR 10.2% 9.81 1
4 13 WIND SPEEDER 10.0% 10.05 9
5 4 SUPER ELITE 8.8% 11.36 8
6 6 ACE TALENT 6.7% 14.92 5
7 8 PLENTIFUL 6.6% 15.17 6
8 7 GORGEOUS VITALITY 5.7% 17.59 7
9 3 HAPPY HORSE 5.6% 17.99 14
10 9 YOO YOO KNIGHT 4.0% 24.85 10
11 14 BEAU GOSSE 3.2% 31.07 3
12 11 ALLOY KING 2.4% 41.14 12
13 12 HAPPY FEELING 2.3% 43.03 11
14 5 GUSTY FIGHTER 2.1% 46.72 13
HO HO STARCOUNTRY DANCERCOSMO NAVIGATOR — wonWIND SPEEDERSUPER ELITEACE TALENTPLENTIFULGORGEOUS VITALITYHAPPY HORSEYOO YOO KNIGHTBEAU GOSSEALLOY KINGHAPPY FEELINGGUSTY FIGHTER

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

2 104

PLACE

1 22.5

2 33.5

14 35.5

QUINELLA

1,2 379.5

QUINELLA PLACE

1,2 139.5

1,14 108

2,14 215.5

FORECAST

2,1 876

TIERCE

2,1,14 8,268

TRIO

1,2,14 1,471

FIRST 4

1,2,10,14 841

QUARTET

2,1,14,10 27,688