Venue

Sha Tin

Sha Tin is Hong Kong's flagship track: a wide right-handed turf course with an all-weather inner, staging most Sunday meetings and every Group 1 on the calendar.

Draw Bias

min. 20 runs per draw

Long

Draw	Starts	Strike Rate
1	526	11.4%
2	528	9.3%
3	525	9.1%
4	525	9.9%
5	520	8.1%
6	514	9.7%
7	500	9.8%
8	475	6.9%
9	446	9.0%
10	394	8.6%
11	359	6.1%
12	312	7.7%
13	243	5.3%
14	197	8.1%

Middle

Draw	Starts	Strike Rate
1	2,382	10.5%
2	2,382	9.4%
3	2,385	10.7%
4	2,385	10.0%
5	2,389	8.6%
6	2,373	8.0%
7	2,342	7.5%
8	2,294	7.0%
9	2,231	7.1%
10	2,095	7.1%
11	1,922	5.8%
12	1,710	5.8%
13	1,501	6.9%
14	1,251	6.2%

Mile

Draw	Starts	Strike Rate
1	8,982	9.7%
2	8,991	8.7%
3	8,989	8.3%
4	8,979	8.4%
5	8,987	8.5%
6	8,963	8.2%
7	8,922	7.6%
8	8,833	7.6%
9	8,675	6.9%
10	8,413	6.8%
11	8,056	6.6%
12	7,547	6.7%
13	6,936	6.4%
14	6,024	6.7%

Sprint

Draw	Starts	Strike Rate
1	6,650	9.2%
2	6,641	9.4%
3	6,643	8.1%
4	6,648	8.6%
5	6,634	8.2%
6	6,618	8.3%
7	6,568	8.5%
8	6,492	8.3%
9	6,309	7.1%
10	6,088	7.8%
11	5,718	7.3%
12	5,269	7.5%
13	3,264	6.6%
14	2,774	7.6%

Favourite Performance

Distance	Runners	Strike Rate
Long	529	32.5%
Middle	2,399	26.8%
Mile	9,056	28.8%
Sprint	6,707	32.2%

Recent Seasons

Season	Runners	Strike Rate
2026-27	64	28.1%
2025-26	543	29.7%
2024-25	521	38.0%
2023-24	481	29.9%
2022-23	491	31.8%

Track condition readings (recent meetings)

Date	Going	Penetrometer	Hammer
2026-10-11	Good	2.73	9.56
2026-10-04	Good	2.7199999999999998	8.6
2026-10-01	Good	2.71	—
2026-09-27	Good	2.71	9.13
2026-09-13	Good	2.71	—
2026-09-06	Good	2.71	—
2026-07-12	Good	2.7	—
2026-07-04	Good	2.7199999999999998	9.0
2026-07-01	Good	2.71	—
2026-06-27	Good	2.7199999999999998	8.9

Recent Meetings

2026-10-11 11 races 2026-10-04 11 races 2026-10-01 11 races 2026-09-27 11 races 2026-09-13 10 races 2026-09-06 10 races 2026-07-12 11 races 2026-07-04 11 races

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