At Sha Tin Racecourse, a roar erupts from the stands as horses and jockeys near the winning post. All eyes are on the flying turf, the frantic whips and the Thoroughbreds thundering towards the finish.
And less than a kilometre away, in quiet concrete stables, an invisible team watches the action on small television screens in their breakroom.
There are no champagne celebrations here. Instead, a flurry of messages alerts the entire team to a collective success, a silent acknowledgement among the gears of a massive logistical machine that must run with clockwork precision 365 days a year.
With more than 600 races held across 88 high-stakes meetings annually in the city, the path to becoming a champion is complex. To understand how a winner is born, you need to look beyond the betting slips and enter the world of the stable staff.
At the base of this operational pyramid are the stable assistants, traditionally known as “mafoos”. They maintain the most intimate, around-the-clock physical contact with the horses.
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