Sha Tin Betting Tips

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Sha Tin racecourse is the premier racecourse in Hong Kong and one of two racecourses managed by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, the other being Happy Valley. Sha Tin is home of the world-famous Longines International Race Weekend and regularly hosts top-flight flat racing action in Hong Kong. Located about 20 minutes from the centre of Hong Kong, Sha Tin hosts all of the weekend action, with Happy Valley often abuzz midweek for evening fixtures.

Sha Tin Tips

Sha Tin has two tracks, with both turf and all-weather action throughout the year. Sha Tin’s tracks are both right-handed with the main turf track measuring at just under 2000m and the all-weather course inside the turf course measuring around 1600m

The turf course is 2000m round but also has two starting chutes, one adjoining the 430m home straight, making it a straight course of 1000m for sprints and the other joining the back straight for starts for races run over 1600m & 1800m.

The All-weather course is one mile round, so is fairly sharp, with races run over distances from 1200m or six furlongs, up to 2400m, one mile and four furlongs

Sha Tin is a sight to behold with its waterside location set with hillside backdrops and even its own public park in the centre of the racecourse.

The grandstand itself can hold a capacity of up to 85,000, a figure only surpassed by Epsom Downs in the UK, and even has its own onsite training facilities and equine hospital.

From the big Group-1 cards such as the Longines International Race Weekend to the weekly cards full of competitive handicaps, our expert tipsters at myracing will study the stats, from and all the latest news to bring you the best Sha Tin tips.

Sha Tin Major Races

Sha Tin is the home of top-class action, hosting all of the group races in Hong Kong with the exception of the Group-3 January Cup run at Happy Valley.

Sha Tin hosts around 474 races per season, 33 of which are run at Group-Level, and 13 at the highest Group-1 level.

One of the most notable major race days at Sha Tin is the Longines International Race Day in December each year. The day holds four big international races the Hong Kong Cup, Hong Kong Mile, Hong Kong Vase and Hong Kong Sprint with the four races combining for a total purse of around HK$94 million, around £9,500,000.

The full Group-1 Sha Tin schedule can be found below:

Hong Kong International Races

• Hong Kong Cup (December)
• Hong Kong Mile (December)
• Hong Kong Sprint (December)
• Hong Kong Vase (December)

Hong Kong Triple Crown

• Hong Kong Stewards’ Cup (January)
• Hong Kong Gold Cup (February)
• Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup (May)

Other Group-1 races

• Centenary Sprint Cup (January)
• Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (February)
• Hong Kong Derby (March)
• Queen Elizabeth II Cup (April)
• Champions Mile (May)
• Chairman’s Sprint Prize (May)

Sha Tin Top Trainers & Jockeys

Sha Tin Top Trainers

There is no other place to start when looking at trainers at Sha Tin than legendary trainer John Moore. Moore who is now in his last season due to the Hong Kong Jockey club’s decision to not renew his licence as he approaches 70-years-old.

Moore is Hong Kong’s longest-serving and winning-most trainer, saddling over 1700 winners in his career.

Moore’s biggest rival in recent years has come by way of John Size who was a top trainer in Sydney prior to the switch to Hong Kong almost two-decades ago.

Since then John Size has been at the forefront of Hong Kong racing and is the current and 11-time Champion Trainer.

Aside from Hong Kong’s big two, one trainer to keep on side would be Frankie Lor who served as an assistant trainer for both John Moore and John Size.

Lor is into his second season as a trainer and is operating at a strike-rate of around 14% which is among the best at Sha Tin.

The top-5 trainers’ stats from the last 5 season at Sha Tin can be found below.

Trainer               Wins-Runs         Strike-rate
J Size                    216-1425                  15%
John Moore         189-1651                 11%
A S Cruz               133-1571                   8%
F C Lor                 126-942                   13%
C S Shum             111-1203                   9%

Sha Tin Top Jockeys

The locally nicknamed ‘Magic Man’ Joao Moreira is Sha Tin’s most successful jockey.

Moreira operates at a strike-rate of around 25% at Sha Tin and is regularly found pairing with the top horses in all of Sha Tin’s best races.

Despite being the most successful jockey at Sha Tin, Joao Moreira has been touched off in the last two seasons by Zac Purton, for the title of Champion Jockey.

Purton himself has operated at a strike-rate of around 21% in the last 5-seasons and like Moreira is a popular booking for many of Hong Kong’s top horses.

Moreira and Purton are very much the jockeys to follow in Hong Kong both at Sha Tin and Happy Valley and typically ride double the amount of winners as their counterparts in a season.

With the prize money on offer and including the international races towards the end of the year, you can often find some jockeys from the UK riding over the winter in Hong Kong.

Notably, Silvestre De Sousa who has had great success in his foray’s to Hong Kong, riding 25 winners at Sha Tin in 2019.

Our experts at myracing on hand throughout the entire season at Sha Tin, analysing all of the form, replays and latest news to bring you the best Sha Tin tips throughout the season.

The top-5 jockeys’ stats from the last 5 season at Sha Tin can be found below.

Trainer                   Wins-Runs         Strike-rate
Joao Moreira          376-1616                  23%
Zac Purton               338-1599                 21%
Karis Teetan           153-1620                   9%
Chad Schofield        92-1116                    8%
C Y Ho                       80-1299                   6%

Where to watch Sha Tin races?

Sky Sports Racing is the home of Hong Kong racing, showing fixtures from both Sha Tin and Happy Valley live. Sky Sports racing can be found on Sky channel number 415 and number 535 on Virgin and 418 on Virgin Ireland.

You can also stream some of the action via online bookmakers, though not all leading firms offer streaming service, those that do are subject to minimum bet requirements.

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