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Sha Tin · 2026-05-06 · 11:15

MAGNOLIA HANDICAP

Race 2

Class 5 GOOD 1200m 12 runners

Race 2 ("MAGNOLIA HANDICAP") at Sha Tin on 2026-05-06 was Class 5 over 1200m, run on GOOD going. ROBOT KNIGHT, ridden by P N Wong and trained by K L Man, won, with VIVA CHALEUR second and HAPPY ACTION third. The 3.2 favourite VIVA CHALEUR finished 2nd.

Track detail & race-day changes (2)
Hammer 8.04 #11 BRILLIANT FIRE — Weight Change #12 BINGO BABE — Weight Change

Result

Official · 1:10.90
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 9 ROBOT KNIGHT B/TT 1:10.90 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) P N Wong · K L Man 3 5.2
2 10 VIVA CHALEUR B/TT A Atzeni · A S Cruz 6 3.2 N
3 2 HAPPY ACTION B/TT H Bentley · D A Hayes 1 15.0 1-1/4
4 8 MACANESE MASTER V E Brown · Y S Tsui 5 9.5 2
5 5 VON BAER CP-/TT1 B Avdulla · J Richards 9 38.0 4
6 6 SPICY SPANGLE H/TT H Bowman · W K Mo 4 9.1 4-1/4
7 7 TOP TO SKY B1/TT H Y Yuen · C H Yip 12 22.0 4-3/4
8 11 BRILLIANT FIRE SR1/TT E C W Wong · D J Whyte 2 78.0 6
9 3 NO OTHER CHOICE H/PC/TT J Moreira · C Fownes 10 5.3 9-1/4
10 1 NOBLE DELUXE H/P/TT A Badel · J Size 11 17.0 14-3/4
11 4 SHINYU KOKOROE CP K Teetan · B Crawford 7 36.0 15
12 12 BINGO BABE CP M F Poon · P F Yiu 8 13.0 18-1/4
0 RUN YES RUN B/TT · W Y So
0 TAIHANG SCENERY TT · C S Shum

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. ROBOT KNIGHT2. VIVA CHALEUR+0.05L3. HAPPY ACTION+1.25L4. MACANESE MASTER+2L5. VON BAER+4L6. SPICY SPANGLE+4.25L7. TOP TO SKY+4.75L8. BRILLIANT FIRE+6L9. NO OTHER CHOICE+9.25L10. NOBLE DELUXE+14.75L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick VIVA CHALEUR (25.8%) finished 2nd — the winner ROBOT KNIGHT 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 10 VIVA CHALEUR 25.8% 3.88 2
2 9 ROBOT KNIGHT 20.6% 4.86 1
3 3 NO OTHER CHOICE 14.1% 7.09 9
4 8 MACANESE MASTER 9.8% 10.19 4
5 7 TOP TO SKY 5.1% 19.57 7
6 6 SPICY SPANGLE 4.7% 21.26 6
7 1 NOBLE DELUXE 3.8% 26.00 10
8 12 BINGO BABE 3.8% 26.44 12
9 11 BRILLIANT FIRE 3.7% 26.78 8
10 2 HAPPY ACTION 3.2% 31.30 3
11 4 SHINYU KOKOROE 3.2% 31.74 11
12 5 VON BAER 2.2% 45.60 5
VIVA CHALEURROBOT KNIGHT — wonNO OTHER CHOICEMACANESE MASTERTOP TO SKYSPICY SPANGLENOBLE DELUXEBINGO BABEBRILLIANT FIREHAPPY ACTIONSHINYU KOKOROEVON BAER

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

9 52.5

PLACE

2 38.5

9 19

10 13.5

QUINELLA

9,10 76

QUINELLA PLACE

2,9 113

2,10 92.5

9,10 34

FORECAST

9,10 160

TIERCE

9,10,2 1,545

TRIO

2,9,10 376

FIRST 4

2,8,9,10 317

QUARTET

9,10,2,8 6,872

All pools (1 more)

1ST DOUBLE

9/9 201.5

9/10 35