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Happy Valley track guide

Happy Valley is a right-handed metropolitan track in Hong Kong with a 1,450m circuit and a home straight of about 310m. We have tipped 295 races here since June 2025.

Right-handed1,450m circuit310m straightTurf

Races298since June 2025

Favourites won28%

Meetings39we have tipped

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About Happy Valley

Favourites have won 28% of races here, fewer than the 36% across all the tracks we cover.

In races of 1101 to 1300m (139 here), barriers 9 and wider have won only 59% of their fair share of wins.

By distance

Distance	Races	Favourites won
≤1100m	41	29%
1101–1300m	139	29%
1601–2000m	113	26%
2001m+	5	20%

Barriers

Wins against a fair share: 1.00× is what a random draw would give, above it the draw has helped.

Distance	Races	Barriers 1–4	Barriers 5–8	Barriers 9+
≤1100m	41	1.29×	0.93×	0.76×
1101–1300m	139	1.25×	1.14×	0.59×
1601–2000m	113	1.31×	1.05×	0.63×

Where winners raced

Where each winner settled in the run, as a share of the winners at that distance.

Distance	Winners	Led	On pace	Midfield	Back
≤1100m	34	18%	38%	35%	9%
1101–1300m	124	20%	17%	48%	15%
1601–2000m	95	18%	19%	41%	22%

By track condition

Going	Races	Favourites won
Good	266	28%
Soft	32	25%

Leading jockeys and trainers

Jockeys

Name	Wins	Rides	Strike
Zac Purton	38	182	21%
Hugh Bowman	27	175	15%
Jerry Chau	21	174	12%
Joao Moreira	17	59	29%
Vincent Ho	15	134	11%

Trainers

Name	Wins	Rides	Strike
C Fownes	37	177	21%
C S Shum	29	199	15%
A S Cruz	21	211	10%
D A Hayes	17	167	10%
Mark Newnham	17	185	9%

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