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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 ...
Hastings Racecourse's starting gate, 2009. Start of the Belmont Stakes 2014 Horses leaving barrier stalls at the start of a Hong Kong Derby.. A starting gate, also called a starting barrier or starting stalls, is a machine used to ensure a fair start to in horse racing and dog racing.
It was built in 1978 (under the administration of Sir David Akers-Jones, the then-Secretary for the New Territories) on reclaimed land and is the larger of the two tracks in Hong Kong. The course has 474 races per season including: Hong Kong Cup; Hong Kong Mile; Hong Kong Sprint; Hong Kong Vase; Centenary Sprint Cup; Hong Kong Stewards' Cup
Collection (Chinese: 閒話一句; foaled 13 February 2005) is an Irish-bred, Hong Kong–based Thoroughbred racehorse. In the season of 2008–09, Collection won the Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby (HK G1-2000m) on 22 March. Collection also was one of the nominees of Hong Kong Horse of the Year in the seasons of 2008–09 and 2009–10.
In the 150th renewal of the Derby at Churchill Downs, jockeys will seek a milestone win. ... was a member of the Hong Kong Jockey Club until December 2019, when he moved his tack to Southern ...
The Curragh races, County Kildare (site of Irish Derby) (flat) Dundalk races (all-weather) (flat) Fairyhouse races (mixed) Galway races (mixed) Gowran Park races (mixed) Kilbeggan races (jumps only) Killarney races (mixed) Laytown races (flat) Leopardstown races (mixed) Limerick races (mixed) Listowel races (mixed) Naas races (mixed) Navan ...
The historic 150th edition of the Kentucky Derby will be the fifth to use a custom-made, 65-foot starting gate to house the Derby field prior to the start of the race.
When horses shuffle into the starting gate for the historic 150th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 4 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, one man’s voice will narrate the monumental event to ...