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	660	13.6%
2	658	11.6%
3	661	10.3%
4	660	9.4%
5	662	7.7%
6	658	8.1%
7	652	11.5%
8	629	6.5%
9	583	7.7%
10	534	9.6%
11	450	5.8%
12	385	6.0%
13	34	5.9%
14	26	3.8%

Middle

Draw	Starts	Strike Rate
1	1,396	11.2%
2	1,401	10.6%
3	1,396	10.7%
4	1,396	9.0%
5	1,395	10.0%
6	1,384	9.1%
7	1,361	8.4%
8	1,311	8.4%
9	1,258	7.6%
10	1,182	8.0%
11	1,008	6.2%
12	879	7.4%
13	92	7.6%
14	68	11.8%

Mile

Draw	Starts	Strike Rate
1	5,248	12.1%
2	5,263	12.0%
3	5,272	10.2%
4	5,255	10.2%
5	5,256	9.4%
6	5,236	10.3%
7	5,154	8.7%
8	5,000	8.8%
9	4,626	7.8%
10	4,206	7.3%
11	2,978	5.9%
12	2,712	5.8%
13	242	6.2%
14	201	7.5%

Sprint

Draw	Starts	Strike Rate
1	4,788	14.0%
2	4,770	11.7%
3	4,767	11.5%
4	4,784	10.3%
5	4,751	10.4%
6	4,724	9.5%
7	4,661	8.1%
8	4,534	8.1%
9	4,171	6.0%
10	4,061	6.0%
11	3,814	5.0%
12	3,506	4.6%
13	87	3.4%
14	62	1.6%

Favourite Performance

Distance	Runners	Strike Rate
Long	666	26.0%
Middle	1,401	27.4%
Mile	5,291	25.6%
Sprint	4,811	31.0%

Recent Seasons

Season	Runners	Strike Rate
2026-27	43	23.3%
2025-26	322	29.2%
2024-25	326	26.4%
2023-24	350	29.4%
2022-23	344	29.7%

Track condition readings (recent meetings)

Date	Going	Penetrometer	Hammer
2026-10-14	Good	2.7199999999999998	—
2026-10-07	Good	2.71	—
2026-09-23	Good	2.7199999999999998	—
2026-09-16	Good	2.7199999999999998	—
2026-09-09	Good	2.7199999999999998	—
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	—

Recent Meetings

2026-10-14 9 races 2026-10-07 9 races 2026-09-23 9 races 2026-09-16 8 races 2026-09-09 8 races 2026-07-15 9 races 2026-07-08 9 races 2026-06-24 9 races

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