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Racecourse
Sha Tin Racecourse
Sha Tin Racecourse, with its Penfold Park complex, is situated in the country park ambience of the New Territories. Opened in 1978 as a world-class racetrack, it hosts today several international status races and attracts star racing competitors from around the world.
In a short span of 25 years, it is among Asia's best known tracks providing top sporting entertainment.Turf Track
The Sha Tin Track was opened in 1978. The turf track is 30 1/2 metres (100 ft) wide and has two home bends, with long bend course having a circumference of 1899 metres and the short bend course having a circumference of 1769 metres. The home straight for the long bend is 430m, while it's 365m long for the short bend. The turf track covers an area of 10.5 hectares. The track has a 1000 metre producing a straight 1000 course as well as a 1800 metre chute as an extension of the back straight. While both straights are flat, the back straight is 2.2m higher than the home straight, meaning that horses start climbing at the Stable Bend after passing the winning pass reaching the high point at 1,400m in the Back Straight. The track starts descending again from the 900m in the Back straight through the Home Bend and finally merges with the Home Straight. Races are run in clockwise direction. The track is a sand based Netlon reinforced system of 350mm in depth and has a Bermudagrass (Tifton 419) turf covering oversowed with Perennial Ryegrass during October to April each year. The Club will conduct during the 2000/01 racing season 47 racemeetings on the turf track at Sha Tin.
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Bird's Eye-view
Happy Valley Racecourse
Hong Kong's first official race meet was held at Happy Valley in December 1846. Since then the Hong Kong cityscape has grown up around the track, making Happy Valley one of the few in-city racecourses world-wide. During racing season, fans enjoy the popular mid-week night racing and on weekends, an exciting afternoon of racing entertainment.
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