Venue

Happy Valley

Happy Valley is the city-centre Wednesday-night track: a tight, floodlit turf oval where the draw and early position matter more than anywhere else in Hong Kong.

Draw Bias

min. 20 runs per draw

Long

Draw	Starts	Strike Rate
1	659	13.5%
2	660	11.5%
3	661	10.4%
4	658	9.4%
5	663	7.8%
6	657	8.1%
7	647	11.6%
8	630	6.5%
9	583	7.7%
10	534	9.4%
11	450	5.8%
12	382	6.0%
13	34	5.9%
14	26	3.8%

Middle

Draw	Starts	Strike Rate
1	1,391	11.1%
2	1,393	10.6%
3	1,389	10.5%
4	1,390	8.9%
5	1,387	10.1%
6	1,374	9.2%
7	1,354	8.3%
8	1,301	8.5%
9	1,254	7.7%
10	1,178	8.1%
11	1,003	6.3%
12	871	7.5%
13	92	7.6%
14	68	11.8%

Mile

Draw	Starts	Strike Rate
1	5,232	12.1%
2	5,250	12.0%
3	5,252	10.2%
4	5,235	10.2%
5	5,233	9.5%
6	5,217	10.3%
7	5,135	8.6%
8	4,981	8.8%
9	4,612	7.8%
10	4,189	7.4%
11	2,963	6.0%
12	2,699	5.8%
13	242	6.2%
14	201	7.5%

Sprint

Draw	Starts	Strike Rate
1	4,766	14.1%
2	4,755	11.8%
3	4,751	11.5%
4	4,761	10.4%
5	4,738	10.4%
6	4,700	9.5%
7	4,642	8.1%
8	4,523	8.1%
9	4,150	6.1%
10	4,034	6.0%
11	3,797	5.0%
12	3,487	4.6%
13	87	3.4%
14	62	1.6%

Favourite Performance

Distance	Runners	Strike Rate
Long	666	26.0%
Middle	1,396	27.4%
Mile	5,277	25.6%
Sprint	4,787	31.3%

Recent Seasons

Season	Runners	Strike Rate
2025-26	322	29.2%
2024-25	326	26.4%
2023-24	350	29.4%
2022-23	344	31.7%
2021-22	346	34.4%

Track condition readings (recent meetings)

Date	Going	Penetrometer	Hammer
2026-07-15	Good	2.73	—
2026-07-08	Good	2.73	—
2026-06-24	Good	2.71	—
2026-06-10	Good	2.71	—
2026-06-03	Good	2.71	—
2026-05-27	Good	2.71	—
2026-05-20	Good	2.7199999999999998	—
2026-05-13	Good	2.7199999999999998	—
2026-04-29	Good	2.7199999999999998	—
2026-04-22	Good	2.71	—

Recent Meetings

2026-07-15 9 races 2026-07-08 9 races 2026-06-24 9 races 2026-06-10 9 races 2026-06-03 9 races 2026-05-27 9 races 2026-05-20 9 races 2026-05-13 9 races

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