- Sha Tin Racecourse
Sha Tin Racecourse (zh-t|t=沙田馬場) is one of the two
racecourse s forhorse racing inHong Kong . It is located in Sha Tin in theNew Territories . It is managed byHong Kong Jockey Club .Penfold Park is encircled by the track.History
It was first built in
1978 (under the administration of SirDavid Akers-Jones , the then-Secretary for the New Territories) on reclaimed land and is the larger of the two tracks inHong Kong .The course has 474 races per season including:
* Sha Tin Racecourse Silver Jubilee Cup
* Sha Tin Sprint TrophyGrand opening
On
September 9 ,2007 , Sha Tinrace track opened with record 1-day crowd of about 60,000. Chief SecretaryHenry Tang stroke theceremonial gong . TheHong Kong Jockey Club collected US$106 million inbets (highest since 2001). Children ofhorse owners were admitted amid protest of local anti-gambling groups. "Sunny Power", booted by Howard Cheng got thetrophy in the 1,200 metre dash. [ [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/eastasia/view/298977/1/.html ChannelNewsAsia.com, HK's Sha Tin race course opens to huge crowds] ]Features
Originally built with capacity for 35,000 and one grandstand, it now has capacity for 85,000 and two grandstands. It also has 23 stables for a capacity of 1,260 horses.
Other features include:
* Equine Hospital
* Racing Laboratory
* Equine Swimming Pool
* Riverside GallopTrack Specifications:
TurfStraight: 430 metres
Circumference: 1899 metres
All Weather TrackStraight: 380 metres
Circumference: 1560 metres
ee also
*
Hong Kong Jockey Club
*Happy Valley Racecourse
* Brian Taylor
*Willy Kan External links
* [http://www.hkjc.com/english/come_racing/shatin_index.asp Details on Hong Kong Jockey Club website]
* [http://www.hongkongjockeyclub.com/English/special/2003_st_sjc/strc_index.asp Shatin Racecourse]References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.