Race Day Events

Spin Golden Wheel at New Year Race Meeting for Luck

Racegoers will be able to spin a " Golden Wheel of Fortune", the most expensive one ever in Hong Kong at Sha Tin Racecourse January 24 and wish for good luck in the Year of the Monkey. Everyone will receive a "Fortune Horse" on entering Sha Tin or Happy Valley (for cross betting) racecourses while stocks last. Those attending the meeting at Sha Tin Racecourse will have a chance to win a voucher that can be exchanged for $100,000 in gold products.

The 1.5-metre tall "Golden Wheel of Fortune", valued at HK$7.3 million, is made with 37.8kg of 24-carat gold and set with precious stones. It will be the most expensive 24-carat gold "Wheel of Fortune" ever in Hong Kong. The wheel, which had a blessing ceremony last Saturday at Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island, will be on display at the Concourse.

Racegoers will be given a game ticket on entering Sha Tin Racecourse. Those who correctly mark one horse in the first three placings in two races, the Centenary Vase and Chinese New Year Cup, will have a chance of winning a HK$100,000 3D-GOLD gold voucher or a 18-carat white gold diamond Wheel of Fortune pendant valued at HK$2,800. Ten special winners will each get a "3D-GOLD Year of the Monkey" 999.9 gold calendar card. For details, please check the game ticket.

To celebrate the Year of the Monkey, models dressed as the Gods of Fortune and lucky horse mascots will walk around the racecourse and hand out complimentary "Fai Chun". Racing fans will also find great photo opportunities at the huge "Yuen Bao" or "Wheel of Fortune" symbolising wealth and good fortune, at the Public Enclosure and a display of horse statues at the Concourse.

The "King of Horse" will sit in the "Easy Form" workshop introducing how to use the "Easy Form" and analyzing the races for the viewers.

Sa Sa Cosmetics and Broadway's booths will be set up in the Concourse to sell the goods at a discounted price for racegoers. The Chinese New Year merchandise will also available in the Hong Kong Jockey Club sales booth there as well.

Sha Tin Racecourse is the luckiest place to be on the third day of the Chinese New Year. Join the fun and festivities in on-course activities for good luck.