Hong Kong Racing Museum

Description:

• Betting on horseracing is a popular pastime here--right up there with property development, shopping and eating--and this museum shows the sport in all its glory. The eight galleries track horseracing in Hong Kong from its beginnings in the 1840s to the high-tech, high-profit enterprise that it is today. All racetrack profits, incidentally, are retained by the government and dispersed among local charities. Trainers, jockeys, winning horses, even racecourse construction, all this and more is covered here. The mini-cinema provides a sense of the action should you miss an actual race.
  
  Admission: Free.
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