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In no other part of the world, racing is as popular as it is in Hong Kong. With two beautiful racecourses, horseracing is a legal gambling game here. Sha Tin Racecourse, Hong Kong, is located in the New Territories. Bustling with more than half a million people in the Sha Tin town, the racecourse is a renowned and a very popular site here. Events like The Hong Kong Cup, The Hong Kong Mile, The Hong Kong Vase, and The Hong Kong Sprint are all held here. It's quite an exciting experience to bid for your chosen horse, and then sit among the roaring crowd and enjoy the top class competition. Truly a world-class game, $10.4 billion is earned annually by horseracing by the Hong Kong Jockey Club as revenue from Sha Tin Racecourse and Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong. The Sha Tin Racecourse, Hong Kong is very easily accessible. You can ply train from the Kowloon Canton Railway and get down at the Racecourse Station. To enter the racecourse, all you need to do is pay an entry fee of HK$10 either while entering the racecourse or in the Public Stand. The Sha Tin Racecourse, Hong Kong, was built in 1978. It then had a capacity to hold 35,000 spectators and a single grandstand. But today it has place for 85,000 people with two grandstands. It also has a capacity for 1,260 horses in 23 stables. Besides the racing ground, the other features of the Sha Tin Racecourse are:
- Equine Hospital,
- Racing Laboratory,
- Equine Swimming Pool, and a
- Riverside Gallop
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