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Sha Tin · 2026-01-04 · 15:05

THE PO LEUNG KUK CUP (HANDICAP)

Race 6

Class 4 GOOD 1400m Course C 14 runners

Result

Official · 1:21.54
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 11 POSITIVE SMILE Closed strongly B/TT 1:21.54 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) M L Yeung · D A Hayes 3 5.6 —
2 4 FLOW WATER FLOW Closed strongly B H Bowman · J Size 4 4.2 1-1/4
3 2 MR COOL Closed strongly CP-/TT Z Purton · F C Lor 7 2.2 2
4 14 FIGHT TIME Closed strongly B-/V2 K Teetan · D J Hall 9 16.0 4-1/4
5 13 DIRIYA M Guyon · C H Yip 12 48.0 4-1/4
6 3 NORTHERN FIRE BALL Led early H/TT K C Leung · C H Yip 5 45.0 5-1/2
7 9 VIVA FIRECRACKER TT A Atzeni · A S Cruz 14 45.0 6-1/4
8 12 DASHING MAURISON Closed strongly CP R Kingscote · D A Hayes 6 110.0 6-1/4
9 10 INVICTUS DRAGON Closed strongly C Y Ho · K W Lui 11 14.0 6-1/4
10 8 MADE FOR LIFE B1/TT1 B Avdulla · M Newnham 13 11.0 7-1/4
11 6 EXCELLENT BOY H-/CP1 E C W Wong · C W Chang 1 61.0 7-1/2
12 7 LUCK SMILES Closed strongly TT J Orman · W Y So 2 139.0 7-3/4
13 5 DERRYNBLUE H/TT L Ferraris · C H Yip 8 143.0 9-1/2
14 1 LUCKY XANDER V-/B1 M F Poon · P F Yiu 10 60.0 16-1/4
— 0 FORTUNE WARRIOR TT · C H Yip — — —
— 0 WORLD HERO CP-/B2 · D A Hayes — — —

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

Race 6 ("THE PO LEUNG KUK CUP (HANDICAP)") at Sha Tin on 2026-01-04 was Class 4 over 1400m, run on GOOD going. POSITIVE SMILE, ridden by M L Yeung and trained by D A Hayes, won, with FLOW WATER FLOW second and MR COOL third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.2 favourite MR COOL finished 3rd.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. POSITIVE SMILE—2. FLOW WATER FLOW+1.25L3. MR COOL+2L4. FIGHT TIME+4.25L5. DIRIYA+4.25L6. NORTHERN FIRE BALL+5.5L7. VIVA FIRECRACKER+6.25L8. DASHING MAURISON+6.25L9. INVICTUS DRAGON+6.25L10. MADE FOR LIFE+7.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick MR COOL (20.7%) finished 3rd — the winner POSITIVE SMILE 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 2 MR COOL 20.7% 4.82 3
2 4 FLOW WATER FLOW 17.4% 5.74 2
3 11 POSITIVE SMILE 9.2% 10.84 1
4 10 INVICTUS DRAGON 9.0% 11.06 9
5 8 MADE FOR LIFE 8.4% 11.84 10
6 13 DIRIYA 7.3% 13.65 5
7 14 FIGHT TIME 6.7% 14.91 4
8 3 NORTHERN FIRE BALL 5.6% 18.00 6
9 1 LUCKY XANDER 4.9% 20.22 14
10 9 VIVA FIRECRACKER 4.0% 25.07 7
11 12 DASHING MAURISON 2.5% 40.68 8
12 5 DERRYNBLUE 1.5% 67.40 13
13 7 LUCK SMILES 1.4% 72.99 12
14 6 EXCELLENT BOY 1.3% 77.64 11
MR COOLFLOW WATER FLOWPOSITIVE SMILE — wonINVICTUS DRAGONMADE FOR LIFEDIRIYAFIGHT TIMENORTHERN FIRE BALLLUCKY XANDERVIVA FIRECRACKERDASHING MAURISONDERRYNBLUELUCK SMILESEXCELLENT BOY

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

11 56.5

PLACE

2 12.5

4 17.5

11 14

QUINELLA

4,11 122

QUINELLA PLACE

2,4 26.5

2,11 26.5

4,11 40

FORECAST

11,4 266

TIERCE

11,4,2 730

TRIO

2,4,11 83

FIRST 4

2,4,11,14 176

QUARTET

11,4,2,14 4,153

All pools (1 more)

5TH DOUBLE

3/4 22

3/11 195