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Sha Tin · 2026-05-17 · 16:40

PORT SHELTER HANDICAP

Race 8

Class 4 YIELDING 1800m Course C+3 14 runners
Track detail
Penetrometer 2.73

Result

Official · 1:49.98
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 14 ROMANTIC FANTASY Closed strongly 1:49.98 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) A Badel · J Richards 9 9.9 —
2 7 SUPER GOLDENDRAGON Closed strongly BO/TT K C Leung · W K Mo 12 19.0 SH
3 5 ABSOLUTE HONOUR Z Purton · F C Lor 8 4.2 1-3/4
4 11 KYRUS TREASURE Closed strongly B- M F Poon · D Eustace 3 71.0 4
5 1 PACKING FIGHTER Closed strongly SR-/XB2/TT- A Atzeni · P C Ng 14 2.9 4-1/4
6 12 KINGLY DEMEANOR Led early TT M L Yeung · A S Cruz 13 12.0 5-3/4
7 3 FLUORESCENCE B2/TT M Chadwick · K L Man 4 223.0 6
8 8 GRAND TURBO Closed strongly TT E Brown · C S Shum 1 25.0 6-1/4
9 10 STAR BROSE Closed strongly CP/TT B Avdulla · D A Hayes 11 10.0 6-1/4
10 13 FORTUNE KINGO Closed strongly B H T Mo · K H Ting 7 19.0 10
11 4 VERMILION TEMPEST TT J Moreira · C Fownes 6 6.7 13-1/4
12 9 STAR ELEGANCE B/TT1 H Y Yuen · D J Whyte 5 37.0 14-1/4
13 6 STATE SECURITY CP-/B1 H Bentley · D A Hayes 2 101.0 16-1/2
14 2 CHARITY GAIN TT H Bowman · D Eustace 10 81.0 16-3/4
— 0 MASSIVE GLORY CP/TT · F C Lor — — —
— 0 SERANGOON B/TT · A S Cruz — — —

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

Race 8 ("PORT SHELTER HANDICAP") at Sha Tin on 2026-05-17 was Class 4 over 1800m, run on YIELDING going. ROMANTIC FANTASY, ridden by A Badel and trained by J Richards, won, with SUPER GOLDENDRAGON second and ABSOLUTE HONOUR third. The winner closed strongly from off the pace. The 2.9 favourite PACKING FIGHTER finished 5th.

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. ROMANTIC FANTASY—2. SUPER GOLDENDRAGON+0.1L3. ABSOLUTE HONOUR+1.75L4. KYRUS TREASURE+4L5. PACKING FIGHTER+4.25L6. KINGLY DEMEANOR+5.75L7. FLUORESCENCE+6L8. GRAND TURBO+6.25L9. STAR BROSE+6.25L10. FORTUNE KINGO+10L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2025-26
The model's top pick ABSOLUTE HONOUR (21.3%) finished 3rd — the winner ROMANTIC FANTASY 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 5 ABSOLUTE HONOUR 21.3% 4.70 3
2 4 VERMILION TEMPEST 12.9% 7.77 11
3 14 ROMANTIC FANTASY 10.2% 9.85 1
4 1 PACKING FIGHTER 8.0% 12.52 5
5 10 STAR BROSE 7.6% 13.15 9
6 8 GRAND TURBO 7.4% 13.50 8
7 12 KINGLY DEMEANOR 7.3% 13.76 6
8 9 STAR ELEGANCE 7.0% 14.33 12
9 13 FORTUNE KINGO 4.9% 20.23 10
10 7 SUPER GOLDENDRAGON 4.7% 21.49 2
11 2 CHARITY GAIN 3.6% 27.98 14
12 11 KYRUS TREASURE 2.6% 38.80 4
13 6 STATE SECURITY 1.6% 64.16 13
14 3 FLUORESCENCE 1.1% 88.20 7
ABSOLUTE HONOURVERMILION TEMPESTROMANTIC FANTASY — wonPACKING FIGHTERSTAR BROSEGRAND TURBOKINGLY DEMEANORSTAR ELEGANCEFORTUNE KINGOSUPER GOLDENDRAGONCHARITY GAINKYRUS TREASURESTATE SECURITYFLUORESCENCE

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

14 99

PLACE

5 17.5

7 51

14 26.5

QUINELLA

7,14 784

QUINELLA PLACE

5,7 141

5,14 68

7,14 201

FORECAST

14,7 1,400

TIERCE

14,7,5 7,398

TRIO

5,7,14 1,004

FIRST 4

5,7,11,14 8,998

QUARTET

14,7,5,11 210,582

All pools (1 more)

7TH DOUBLE

1/7 176

1/14 456.5