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Sha Tin · 2026-03-22 · 08:50

DESIGNS ON ROME HANDICAP

Race 8

Class 3 GOOD TO FIRM 1800m Course A 13 runners

Race 8 ("DESIGNS ON ROME HANDICAP") at Sha Tin on 2026-03-22 was Class 3 over 1800m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. SHAMUS STORM, ridden by H Bentley and trained by D A Hayes, won, with SMART AVENUE second and MONEY CATCHER third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 3.6 favourite SMART AVENUE finished 2nd.

Track detail
Penetrometer 2.7199999999999998

Result

Official · 1:46.79
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 13 SHAMUS STORM Closed strongly CP- 1:46.79 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) H Bentley · D A Hayes 2 15.0
2 6 SMART AVENUE Closed strongly B/TT C L Chau · C H Yip 5 3.6 SH
3 5 MONEY CATCHER Closed strongly CP K C Leung · F C Lor 3 17.0 1-1/2
4 3 LIVEANDLETLIVE Led early TT M Chadwick · A S Cruz 13 10.0 2
5 10 PACKING FIGHTER H-/SR/TT A Atzeni · P C Ng 6 6.4 2-1/4
6 11 ENTHRALLED A Badel · J Size 7 5.1 2-1/2
7 12 SHAMZ TT K Teetan · A S Cruz 4 76.0 3
8 7 BLAZING WUKONG Closed strongly L Ferraris · P F Yiu 8 12.0 5
9 8 THE AUSPICIOUS Closed strongly H Y L Chung · Y S Tsui 9 20.0 5
10 4 AERODYNAMICS Closed strongly CP1/TT Z Purton · M Newnham 10 6.1 5-1/2
11 1 KARMA TT D B McMonagle · C Fownes 11 23.0 6-3/4
12 2 WINDLORD CP-/TT H Bowman · W K Mo 1 41.0 8-1/2
13 9 EXCELLENCE VALUE CP/TT M L Yeung · W Y So 12 168.0 19

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. SHAMUS STORM2. SMART AVENUE+0.1L3. MONEY CATCHER+1.5L4. LIVEANDLETLIVE+2L5. PACKING FIGHTER+2.25L6. ENTHRALLED+2.5L7. SHAMZ+3L8. BLAZING WUKONG+5L9. THE AUSPICIOUS+5L10. AERODYNAMICS+5.5L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick SMART AVENUE (22.5%) finished 2nd — the winner SHAMUS STORM was rated #9. 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 SMART AVENUE 22.5% 4.44 2
2 4 AERODYNAMICS 15.1% 6.63 10
3 11 ENTHRALLED 10.3% 9.74 6
4 10 PACKING FIGHTER 10.0% 10.02 5
5 7 BLAZING WUKONG 6.9% 14.43 8
6 3 LIVEANDLETLIVE 6.6% 15.07 4
7 1 KARMA 6.3% 15.86 11
8 8 THE AUSPICIOUS 6.1% 16.47 9
9 13 SHAMUS STORM 5.2% 19.24 1
10 5 MONEY CATCHER 4.4% 22.48 3
11 2 WINDLORD 3.0% 33.43 12
12 9 EXCELLENCE VALUE 2.0% 49.17 13
13 12 SHAMZ 1.5% 65.52 7
SMART AVENUEAERODYNAMICSENTHRALLEDPACKING FIGHTERBLAZING WUKONGLIVEANDLETLIVEKARMATHE AUSPICIOUSSHAMUS STORM — wonMONEY CATCHERWINDLORDEXCELLENCE VALUESHAMZ

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

13 155

PLACE

5 40

6 15

13 40

QUINELLA

6,13 278

QUINELLA PLACE

5,6 92

5,13 295.5

6,13 104.5

FORECAST

13,6 698

TIERCE

13,6,5 8,199

TRIO

5,6,13 1,278

FIRST 4

3,5,6,13 2,759

QUARTET

13,6,5,3 70,155

All pools (2 more)

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

2,3,5/5,6,13 39,603

7TH DOUBLE

5/6 42

5/13 1,121