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Did you know that?

Hong Kong means
"fragrant island"

Sha Tin means
"sand field"

"Racing in Hong Kong is more exciting than anywhere else in the world. There are a limited number of races and a limited number of horses, so that makes each race very special indeed.”
— Basil Marcus, South African jockey who rides in Hong Kong

 No where in the world is horse racing so important or appreciated as it is in Hong Kong. The fans of racing in Hong Kong are inspirational. Horse racing here reaches excitement levels of football (soccer) in Europe, or baseball in the United States. Crowds pack the stands at both Sha Tin and Happy Valley Racecourses where average attendance is approx. 46,000 per race card. Where betting pools routinely reach into the hundreds of millions of dollars. It is truly an exciting event to attend live racing in Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club receives $10.4 billion in annual betting revenues from Sha Tin and Happy Valley. By comparison, all the thoroughbred racetracks in the U.S. combined take in just over $12 billion--and there are 167 of them (source fortune magazine).

More than a million people in Hong Kong place $215 million in bets each race day. Roughly 650,000 people in this city of 6.2 million maintain telephone betting accounts, so they can wager from anywhere their cell phones will work. Another 62,000 rent dedicated hand-held computers to retrieve up-to-the-second odds and place bets via modem from anywhere in the world.

Purses are some of the richest in the world. Ensuring top class competition and routine foreign invaders, who try to take a piece of the large pie. Horse racing in Hong Kong is truly world-class. Horse racing fans everywhere should appreciate Hong Kong as a true racing paradise!!


Driving To The Post
Winning margins at Sha Tin are often slim, with many races decided in the final yards.


New Year's Dragon
During the chinese new year impressive fireworks fill the skys above and dragons fill the streets below.


Scenic Rural China
Hidden villages line the scenic valleys of this historic and beautiful land.