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	657	13.5%
2	655	11.6%
3	656	10.2%
4	656	9.5%
5	658	7.9%
6	651	8.0%
7	640	11.7%
8	627	6.5%
9	579	7.8%
10	527	9.3%
11	447	5.8%
12	381	6.0%
13	34	5.9%
14	26	3.8%

Middle

Draw	Starts	Strike Rate
1	1,382	11.1%
2	1,380	10.7%
3	1,377	10.5%
4	1,379	9.0%
5	1,379	9.9%
6	1,365	9.2%
7	1,345	8.4%
8	1,291	8.3%
9	1,242	7.7%
10	1,171	8.1%
11	994	6.3%
12	861	7.4%
13	92	7.6%
14	68	11.8%

Mile

Draw	Starts	Strike Rate
1	5,200	12.1%
2	5,212	12.0%
3	5,205	10.2%
4	5,199	10.2%
5	5,190	9.5%
6	5,176	10.4%
7	5,101	8.7%
8	4,942	8.9%
9	4,556	7.9%
10	4,149	7.4%
11	2,922	6.0%
12	2,659	5.8%
13	242	6.2%
14	201	7.5%

Sprint

Draw	Starts	Strike Rate
1	4,725	14.1%
2	4,702	11.8%
3	4,704	11.5%
4	4,715	10.3%
5	4,705	10.4%
6	4,652	9.5%
7	4,610	8.0%
8	4,480	8.2%
9	4,114	6.1%
10	3,996	6.0%
11	3,762	5.1%
12	3,442	4.7%
13	87	3.4%
14	62	1.6%

Favourite Performance

Distance	Runners	Strike Rate
Long	666	25.8%
Middle	1,396	27.3%
Mile	5,277	25.6%
Sprint	4,787	31.1%

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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