Happy Valley Racecourse
Happy Valley Racecourse data
Happy Valley (HV) is Hong Kong's iconic city-centre night-racing venue, established in 1845. With a 1,450 m turf circumference and notably tight turns, race tempo and draw bias are uniquely strong here — and need to be modelled separately from Sha Tin.
Venue facts
- Venue code
- HV
- Established
- 1845
- Turf circumference
- 1,450 m (single turf course)
- Race distances
- 1,000 / 1,200 / 1,650 / 1,800 / 2,200 m
- Meeting profile
- Predominantly midweek night meetings (Wednesday)
- Track character
- Tight turns; favours front-runners and inside draws
- Horsorion data start
- 1980s (varies by product)
Data notes
- · Happy Valley races indexed as
race_id = HV-YYMMDD-NN - · The short-circumference course makes
drawone of the single most important features - · Sectionals recorded every 200 m; pace profiles typically lean front-loaded
- · Night-time lighting and air temperature shifts are captured in the
weathertable