Happy Valley Race Track
No.79 Wong Nai Chung Rd, Happy Valley, Hong Kong
This Happy Valley race track page includes an overview of the track, up-to-date news, photos, recent results, track records, the best trainers, jockeys and horses.
Happy Valley Racecourse and races
Happy Valley racecourse is the original home of racing in Hong Kong. Prior to the development of Sha Tin in 1978, racing in the colony was conducted at the famous Happy Valley course. Now, Sha Tin hosts the majority of the major races, and all the G1 races to be held in the colony. However, Happy Valley continues to run races on its famous Wednesday night races and in early December holds the Longines Hong Kong International Jockeys’ Championship.
The racecourse also boasts the Hong Kong Jockey Club Archive and Museum, along with a cinema.
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Longines International Jockey Challenge 2021 at Happy Valley (Photo: Getty Images)
Happy Valley Track Info
Happy Valley underwent an extensive renovation in 1995 as the course was upgraded to bring it up to International standards.
Featuring a clockwise track, the course has a circumference of 1450m and a home straight of 310m.
The venue has a capacity of 55,000 people.
Happy Valley History
One of the world's most historic race course, Happy Valley was initially built on swamp land in an area known as Wong Nai Chung.
Originally marsh land and rice paddies, the name Happy Valley comes from the fact there was once a cemetery in the area and that was referred to by the term Happy Valley
In the 1840s though, the ruling British colonisers of Hong Kong felt the valley terrain was perfect for horse racing and they cleared out the rice paddies while also redirecting the Wong Nai Chung river to the Bowrington Canal, which is now covered by Canal Road.
Opened in 1846 by the British, Happy Valley racecourse soon established itself as the home of racing in the colony and only continued to grow in popularity when club rules were revised in 1926 to allow Chinese people to attend.
There was a tragedy at the course in 1918 when a temporary grandstand collapsed, knocking over hot food stalls that set bamboo matting ablaze. Almost 600 people died in the fire that followed.
Now run by the Hong Jong Jockey Club (HKJC), the development of the territory's second racecourse at Sha Tin has seen Happy Valley become somewhat superseded.
However, Wednesday night racing at the venue remains on the Territory's most popular entertainments after flood lights were installed and night racing commenced at the venue in 1973.
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Where is Happy Valley Racecourse?
Happy Valley racecourse is located on Hong Kong Island in between Mt Cameron and Jardine's lookout. The Happy Valley area is characterised by being an upper-middle income residential area that is also home to the race course and the HKJC museum.
If you're in Hong Kong, there are numerous transport options to get to Happy Valley on a Wednesday night. There's a train that stops at Causeway Bay station, while tram stops are also close by at Leighton Road and the Happy Valley tram terminus. Urban taxis will also take patrons to the races.
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Happy Valley race course (Photo: Getty Images)
Happy Valley Tips
The Hong Kong Jockey Club produce a variety of popular betting shows which feature tips for Happy Valley. Racing To Win: Mark McNamara, Tom Wood, Andrew Le Jeune and Paul Lally give a comprehensive preview which includes analysis, interviews, and tips for Happy Valley. This is available to watch on www.hkjc.com and the Sky Racing Active App.
The Winning Factor: Respected form analyst Alan Aitken takes an in-depth look at two key upcoming races in Hong Kong which include tips for Happy Valley and is available two days before race day. This is available to watch on www.hkjc.com or on the jockey club's excellent YouTube channel.
Punters also provide horse racing tips where you can sometimes find Hong Kong tips, but the best way of nailing HK winners is to keep your eye on Punters the day before a Hong Kong meeting, where our resident Hong Kong expert Adam Cusworth delivers a full preview like this one for Happy Valley HERE.
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How to Watch Live Racing from Happy Valley
There are several ways to watch live racing from Happy Valley.
One of the best ways is to simply stream live racing on Punters. Featuring an exclusive deal with the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Punters provides people with the opportunity to stream Hong Kong racing through our Hong Kong Racing Hub, with the broadcast commencing 30 minutes prior to the start of racing.
Alternatively, if you are watching on television, you can watch all the action from Hong Kong on racing.com on Channel 78.
Sky Racing also broadcast the action across their TV network on Sky Racing 1 (Foxtel ch 526), Sky Racing 2 (Foxtel ch 527) and Sky Thoroughbred Central (Foxtel ch 528) as well as the radio network Sky Sports Radio and RadioTAB. The Sky Racing Active App provides an enhanced experience which is also available to be cast to the big screen.
On twitter @HKJC_Racing provides race replays for Sha Tin as well as www.hkjc.com.