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The Hong Kong Derby is a Hong Kong Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1873. Restricted to horses four-years-old only since 1981, the race is run in mid-March and is the premier event on the domestic racing programme with a purse of HK$18 million (app. US$2.3 million). This race is the last race in the Hong Kong Four-Year-Old Classic ...
Lucky Sweynesse – 2022/23 Golden Sixty, winner of the Hong Kong Four-Year-Old Classic Series in 2020; Four-Year-Old Classic Series (Domestic Group 1): Restricted to four-year-old horses. Hong Kong Classic Mile, run over 1600 metres (0.99 mi) Hong Kong Classic Cup, run over 1800 metres (1.1 mi) Hong Kong Derby, run over 2000 metres (1.2 mi)
He won the very first Hong Kong Cup in 1987–88 with Flying Dancer. He also trained five Hong Kong Derby winners (most recently Industrial Pioneer in 2001) and the winner of the 2000 Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup‚ Industrialist. [1] Kan relocated to Macau in 2003-04 season and trained 267 winners until he resigned in 2012.
[20] [21] Eddery's overseas winners, tallying with his British winners, exceeded well over 6,000. In 1990 he was the winner of the inaugural Lester Award for Flat Jockey of the Year, which he again won in 1991 and 1996, sharing on the latter occasion with Frankie Dettori. He also received two Flat Jockey Special Recognition awards in 2002 and 2003.
In Hong Kong he was trained by Richard Gibson. [1] He is notable for winning the BMW Hong Kong Derby 2013 and the Longines Hong Kong Cup 2013. [2] Born on 14 February 2009 in England, Akeed Mofeed is sired by Dubawi, a three-time Group 1 winner whose renowned offspring include Dubai World Cup winner Monterosso and Cathay Pacific Hong Kong ...
The Hong Kong Classic Mile is a domestic Group 1 four year old set weights Thoroughbred horse race in Hong Kong, run over a distance of 1600 metres. It was originally a Group 3 race and was the traditional lead-up race for the Hong Kong Derby. In the season of 1999/2000, this race was upgraded to domestic Group 1 status.
In the 149-year history of the Kentucky Derby, only 13 horses have gone on to win the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes and claim a Triple Crown. Read more about some of the accomplishments of ...
Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup is a Hong Kong Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late May or early June at Sha Tin Racecourse.A Group One race that offers a purse of HK$12,000,000, it is run on turf over a distance of 2400 meters (prior to 1995 it was disputed over 2200 meters and prior to 1992 over 1800 meters) and is open to horses three years of age and older.