A plain description of the Hong Kong datasets we sell: the tables, the fields, how far back each one goes and the formats they come in.
What the string of figures next to a horse's name means, how racecards record recent runs, and how the same information appears in a database.
The Hong Kong racing season starts in early September, ends in mid-July, and has about 88 race days. Here is the pattern, measured from nine seasons of results.
A reference to the letters that replace a finishing position in race results, in UK and Hong Kong racing, with how often each one occurs.
What to know before you point machine learning at horse racing data: how to frame the problem, the traps in the split, and how thin the history is for many horses.
A data-minded tour of Hong Kong racing: the two courses, the calendar, what has been recorded since 1979 and which quirks to expect in the files.
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