宮澤有紀寧
2023-02-06 17:12:58
That environment is built up and bustling; some stables are one storey off the ground; it is humid and hot for much of the year, with the constant drone and pollution of a busy multi-lane highway running by the back door. It is also grassless; horses at Sha Tin do not have relaxing paddocks to be turned out in, and much of the relatively short time outside their air-conditioned boxes is spent with their hooves on sand, dirt, tarmac or manmade cushioned walkways.
For a horse to enjoy the benefits of a limited number of grass paddocks it must be driven five hours north to the HKJC’s rural training facility at Conghua, across the border in Mainland China.