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Sha Tin · 2025-12-07 · 15:03

Race 5

Class 4 1400m Course C+3 14 runners

Result

Official · 1:22.21
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 2 WITH A SMILE Closed strongly 1:22.21 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) Z Purton · W Y So 2 3.8 —
2 3 FIT FOR BEAUTY Closed strongly J McDonald · J Size 7 2.6 3/4
3 12 POSITIVE SMILE Closed strongly M L Yeung · D A Hayes 13 18.0 1-1/2
4 11 BETTER AND BETTER C Y Ho · F C Lor 4 6.6 1-1/2
5 6 RELIABLE DAD Closed strongly H Bowman · D J Hall 9 52.0 4-3/4
6 8 WINNING DATA Closed strongly E C W Wong · P F Yiu 3 19.0 5
7 14 TOP TO SKY Led early K C Leung · C H Yip 5 66.0 6
8 7 STAR ELEGANCE Closed strongly J Orman · D J Whyte 8 117.0 7-1/4
9 9 CALIFORNIA BANNER M Chadwick · W K Mo 12 13.0 8
10 1 FUN TOGETHER C L Chau · C W Chang 10 20.0 9
11 10 LAHORE L Ferraris · J Richards 1 19.0 10-1/4
12 5 STAR GLOW R Kingscote · K W Lui 14 81.0 16-3/4
13 13 WIN SPEED L Hewitson · B Crawford 11 16.0 17
14 4 FLYING TING LOK M F Poon · K L Man 6 56.0 30-1/2

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

Race 5 at Sha Tin on 2025-12-07 was Class 4 over 1400m. WITH A SMILE, ridden by Z Purton and trained by W Y So, won, with FIT FOR BEAUTY second and POSITIVE SMILE third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.6 favourite FIT FOR BEAUTY finished 2nd.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. WITH A SMILE—2. FIT FOR BEAUTY+0.75L3. POSITIVE SMILE+1.5L4. BETTER AND BETTER+1.5L5. RELIABLE DAD+4.75L6. WINNING DATA+5L7. TOP TO SKY+6L8. STAR ELEGANCE+7.25L9. CALIFORNIA BANNER+8L10. FUN TOGETHER+9L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick FIT FOR BEAUTY (26.9%) finished 2nd — the winner WITH A SMILE 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 3 FIT FOR BEAUTY 26.9% 3.72 2
2 2 WITH A SMILE 19.9% 5.03 1
3 11 BETTER AND BETTER 13.2% 7.60 4
4 8 WINNING DATA 7.3% 13.77 6
5 9 CALIFORNIA BANNER 6.9% 14.44 9
6 10 LAHORE 4.9% 20.26 11
7 1 FUN TOGETHER 4.8% 21.04 10
8 12 POSITIVE SMILE 4.7% 21.12 3
9 4 FLYING TING LOK 2.8% 35.58 14
10 13 WIN SPEED 2.8% 35.86 13
11 6 RELIABLE DAD 2.0% 50.24 5
12 14 TOP TO SKY 1.6% 60.70 7
13 7 STAR ELEGANCE 1.3% 78.44 8
14 5 STAR GLOW 1.0% 105.14 12
FIT FOR BEAUTYWITH A SMILE — wonBETTER AND BETTERWINNING DATACALIFORNIA BANNERLAHOREFUN TOGETHERPOSITIVE SMILEFLYING TING LOKWIN SPEEDRELIABLE DADTOP TO SKYSTAR ELEGANCESTAR GLOW

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 38

PLACE

2 15

3 14

12 41

QUINELLA

2,3 55.5

QUINELLA PLACE

2,3 24.5

2,12 93.5

3,12 78

FORECAST

2,3 120

TIERCE

2,3,12 994

TRIO

2,3,12 237

FIRST 4

2,3,11,12 213

QUARTET

2,3,12,11 4,459

All pools (2 more)

1ST TREBLE

3/4/2 20,650

3/4/3 2,282

4TH DOUBLE

4/2 564.5

4/3 55.5