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Happy Valley Racecourse (Chinese: 快活谷馬場 or 跑馬地馬場) is one of the two racecourses for horse racing and is a tourist attraction in Hong Kong. It is located in Happy Valley on Hong Kong Island, surrounded by Wong Nai Chung Road and Morrison Hill Road. The capacity of the venue is 55,000.〔http://www.thestar.com/life/travel/2012/03/23/horse_racing_at_happy_valley_lives_up_to_hype.html〕 ==History== It was first built in 1845 to provide horse racing for the British people in Hong Kong. Before it was built, the area was a swampland, but also the only flat ground suitable for horse racing on Hong Kong Island. To make way for the racecourse, Hong Kong Government prohibited rice growing by villages in the surrounding area. The first race ran in December 1846. Over the years, horse racing became more and more popular among the Chinese residents. On 26 February 1918, there was a fire and at least 590 people died. By the next day as many as 576 confirmed deaths were reported by the Hong Kong Telegraph.〔Bard, Solomon. () (2002). Voices from the Past: Hong Kong, 1842-1918. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 962-209-574-7.〕 It was caused by the collapse of a temporary grandstand, which knocked over food stalls and set bamboo matting ablaze.〔Lai, Kam-biu, Bill, "(Policy analysis and policy windows: fire fighting policy in Hong Kong )", Appendix V, University of Hong Kong, 1999〕 It is a fire with one of the highest casualties in Hong Kong history. The race track was rebuilt in 1995, and became a world-class horse racing facility. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Happy Valley Racecourse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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