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Hong Kong Racing

  • 25-05-2013 4:02am
    #1
    dave3004
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 621 ✭✭✭


    Hey Lads,

    Anyone ever been to Happy Valley or Sha Tin?

    I am heading in September and going to both and wondering if I could get any advice or tips on where to stay or any other info

    Thanks

    Dave


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  • #2
    Colonel Sanders
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,669 ✭✭✭Colonel Sanders


    Went to Happy Valley in November 2009. Serious spot. Think the entrance fee was around 10 Hong Kong dollars which wasn't much more than a euro.

    Can't really give too much advice about where to stay, we stayed a good bit away from it but taxis were dirt cheap

    While I didn't know much about Hong King racing before going there check for draw bias. No idea if its always or just the night I was there but you had to be drawn low. We were having small fun bets & managed to pick a few winners.

    Hong Kong is a great spot to visit though, enjoy!


  • #3
    madmoose
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    I went to hk in june last year and went to happy valley race meeting. Stay in the cosmopolitan hotel over the road from the race course as thats where i stayed for 10 days in hk. Sha tin is a bit out of the way so didnt bother going there.


  • #4
    rossom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭rossom


    Former ATR presenter Dave Duggan is working over there at the moment so it may be an idea to drop him a tweet as he'd surely be in the know

    https://twitter.com/annacotsteel


  • #5
    dave3004
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 621 ✭✭✭dave3004


    Thanks very much for your input lads.

    Cosmopolitan Hotel was the hotel I was looking at initially. It looks lovely.

    Very excited about going. Never been before and my job is trading the racing in HK so I cannot wait to be part of the action in the beer garden and betting ring.

    Few fine scopey fillies in that beer garden :pac:


  • #6
    restingpilgrim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 372 ✭✭restingpilgrim


    dave3004 wrote: »
    Hey Lads,

    Anyone ever been to Happy Valley or Sha Tin?

    I am heading in September and going to both and wondering if I could get any advice or tips on where to stay or any other info

    Thanks

    Dave

    They have a very good museum there showing the history of Hong Kong racing which is well worth a visit as well and I think is free to visit. I was there many years ago and the hotels were all very well priced. I also visited Victoria peak which you have to do for the view, well worth the time it takes to get up there. Most amazing place to visit and I would love to go back. I went out at 5 in the morning due to jet lag on a saturday and the place was busy even at that hour.


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