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Sha Tin · 2026-01-04 · 08:05

THE BAUHINIA SPRINT TROPHY (HANDICAP)

Race 8

Group 3 GOOD 1000m Course C 11 runners

Race 8 ("THE BAUHINIA SPRINT TROPHY (HANDICAP)") at Sha Tin on 2026-01-04 was Group 3 over 1000m, run on GOOD going. STELLAR EXPRESS, ridden by A Atzeni and trained by J Size, won, with COLOURFUL KING second and INVINCIBLE SAGE third. The 1.8 favourite COLOURFUL KING finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 0:55.85
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 10 STELLAR EXPRESS B 0:55.85 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Atzeni · J Size 5 13.0
2 6 COLOURFUL KING TT Z Purton · D Eustace 4 1.8 3
3 3 INVINCIBLE SAGE CP J Orman · D J Hall 6 45.0 4-1/4
4 2 WUNDERBAR E H Bowman · J Size 2 4.4 4-1/2
5 4 MAGIC CONTROL TT C L Chau · W K Mo 3 9.7 4-1/2
6 11 WE ARE HERO V/TT E C W Wong · K L Man 10 35.0 6
7 1 BEAUTY WAVES TT A Badel · A S Cruz 7 17.0 6-1/4
8 5 VICTOR THE WINNER B/TT K C Leung · P C Ng 9 61.0 8-1/4
9 7 LADY'S CHOICE B M F Poon · C W Chang 1 54.0 8-3/4
10 8 BABY CRYSTAL B/TT M L Yeung · B Crawford 8 15.0 9
11 9 CHATEAUNEUF B/TT H Bentley · D A Hayes 11 22.0 10-1/2

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. STELLAR EXPRESS2. COLOURFUL KING+3L3. INVINCIBLE SAGE+4.25L4. WUNDERBAR+4.5L5. MAGIC CONTROL+4.5L6. WE ARE HERO+6L7. BEAUTY WAVES+6.25L8. VICTOR THE WINNER+8.25L9. LADY'S CHOICE+8.75L10. BABY CRYSTAL+9L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick COLOURFUL KING (42.3%) finished 2nd — the winner STELLAR EXPRESS was rated #4. 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 COLOURFUL KING 42.3% 2.36 2
2 2 WUNDERBAR 9.1% 11.02 4
3 11 WE ARE HERO 8.2% 12.27 6
4 10 STELLAR EXPRESS 7.9% 12.69 1
5 4 MAGIC CONTROL 7.6% 13.23 5
6 7 LADY'S CHOICE 6.5% 15.32 9
7 9 CHATEAUNEUF 5.4% 18.45 11
8 8 BABY CRYSTAL 4.5% 22.35 10
9 1 BEAUTY WAVES 3.5% 28.20 7
10 3 INVINCIBLE SAGE 2.8% 36.04 3
11 5 VICTOR THE WINNER 2.3% 43.51 8
COLOURFUL KINGWUNDERBARWE ARE HEROSTELLAR EXPRESS — wonMAGIC CONTROLLADY'S CHOICECHATEAUNEUFBABY CRYSTALBEAUTY WAVESINVINCIBLE SAGEVICTOR THE WINNER

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

10 139

PLACE

3 94

6 11

10 33

QUINELLA

6,10 117.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,6 156

3,10 757.5

6,10 56.5

FORECAST

10,6 424

TIERCE

10,6,3 9,306

TRIO

3,6,10 1,217

FIRST 4

2,3,6,10 1,148

QUARTET

10,6,3,2 46,395

All pools (1 more)

7TH DOUBLE

1,4/6 11

1,4/10 558.5