Hong Kong Cup

The Hong Kong Cup is a Group 1 race for 3yo & upward thoroughbreds held annually each December at Sha Tin racecourse in Hong Kong. The race has prizemoney of HK$20,000,000 and is run over a distance of 2,000 metres and is one of the four major races to take place on Hong Kong International Race Day.

Racing in Hong Kong is governed by the Hong Kong Jockey Club and racing is held at both Sha Tin and Happy Valley race tracks. The Hong Kong Cup is run at the Sha Tin Racecourse which was first erected in 1978. For more information about Sha Tin and the HKJC please take the time to visit our Sha Tin Racecourse page.

The 2009 Hong Kong Cup result seen a win to French galloper Vision d'Etat who defeated local horse Collection with Presvis from the UK finishing in third place.

The Hong Kong Cup was first run in 1988 as the 'Hong Kong Invitation Cup' over 1800m and was initially only open to gallopers from Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore. In 1989, Australia and New Zealand horses were invited to enter, while European horses were allowed entry from 1990. Horses from the US, Canada and Japan participated from 1991 onwards and the race also included horses trained in the United Arab Emirates and South Africa.

The race was afforded Group One status in 1999, along with a distance increase to 2000m, and the race became the Hong Kong Cup. With UK$20,000,000 in prizemoney, the Hong Kong Cup is the final leg of the World Series Racing Championship which comprises of 12 races run between March and December in nine countries over four continents. The Australian leg of the series is the Gr1 WS Cox Plate held at Moonee Valley in October.

Currently sponsored by Cathay Pacific, the Hong Kong Cup is the feature event of International Race Day and has grown to become one of the most anticipated thoroughbred races on the Hong Kong racing calendar each year.

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Hong Kong International Race Day
Hong Kong International Race day has become one of the major days of racing in Asia and around the world. International Race Day takes place yearly each December and offers prizemoney in excess of HK$54,000,000, which is approximately $7.8M Australian.

International Race Day features the four following races:

• Hong Kong Cup - 2000m
• Hong Kong Sprint - 1200m
• Hong Kong Mile - 1600m
• Hong Kong Vase - 2400m

Australian and New Zealand gallopers were successful in the early runnings of the Hong Kong Cup with Grey Invader (1989), Kessem (1990), Romanee Conti (1992) and State Taj (1994) all winning. The prizemoney increase over the years and the quality status of the race has seen the best gallopers from around the world tackle this event and horses from this part of the world have not been able to greet the judge in recent times.

2009 Hong Kong Cup result
1. Vision D'Etat - O Peslier
2. Collection - D Beadman
3. Presvis - K Fallon

then followed:
4. Ashalanda - G Mosse
5. Eagle Mountain - K Shea
6. Starlish - A Crastus
7. Special Days - C Williams
8. Mr Medici - L Dettori
9. Eyshal - W C Marwing
10. Queen Spumante - H Tanaka

Margins: 3/4 len, 3 1/4 len
Time: 2.01.86

2009 Hong Kong Cup: Vision d'Etat came from the middle of the field and stormed to the lead inside the 200m and raced away to score a most convincing win. Collection had every chance after racing off the pace and was gallant in defeat in finishing a clear second, while Presvis came home well to snare third place 3 1/4 lengths away.

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* The 1992 Hong Kong Cup was postponed in December of that year due to an equine virus outbreak and the race was held in April of 1993.