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The Hong Kong Vase is a Group 1 race for 3yo & upward staying thoroughbreds over a distance of 2400 metres and held in December each year at Sha Tin racecourse in Hong Kong. The race has prizemoney of HK$14,000,000 and is one of the four major races to take place on Hong Kong International Race Day.

French stayer and 2011 Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden proved too strong for lcoally trained galloper Thumbs Up to win the 2011 Hong Kong Vase, while Silver Pond from France and Red Cadeaux from Great Britain dead-heated for third place.

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The Hong Kong Jockey Club governs racing in Hong Kong and has two racing tracks, Sha Tin and Happy Valley. The Hong Kong Mile is run at the Sha Tin Racecourse which was first built in 1978. Visit our Sha Tin Racecourse page for more information about the HKJC and the Sha Tin track.

2011 Hong Kong Vase info
Date: Sunday 11th December 2011
Track: Sha Tin Racecourse, Hong Kong
Distance: 2400 metres
Race Type: 3yo & Up
Status: Group 1
Surface: Turf
Sponsor: Cathay Pacific
Prizemoney: HK$14,000,000 (app $1.9M AUS)
2011 Winner: Dunaden
2011 Hong Kong Vase Final Odds

The Hong Kong Vase is the major staying event on International Race Day and was first run in 1994. The race was elevated to Group One level in the year 2000 and and with a purse of HK$14M it has become a prestigious distance event on the Hong Kong racing calendar.

Cathay Pacific sponsors the race and it forms an integral part of a quality days racing in December each year.

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2011 Hong Kong Vase Field & Barrier Draw


No Form Horse Trainer Jockey  Bar Wgt
1 8214 Trailblazer  Y Ikee  K Ando  8 57.0
2 1412 Jakkalberry  M Botti  F Branca  13 57.0
3 1328 Silver Pond  F Head  T Jarnet  2 57.0
4 0211 Campanologist S bin Suroor L Dettori  6 57.0
5 2911 Dunaden  M Delzangles C Williams  3 57.0
6 3409 Mighty High J Moore  D Beadman  11 57.0
7 9297 Mr Medici  L Ho  G Mosse  5 57.0
8 2247 Redwood C Hills  M Hills  12 57.0
9 0031 Thumbs Up  C Fownes  B Prebble  1 57.0
10 0532 Red Cadeaux E A L Dunlop R Moore  7 57.0
11 6855 Super Satin C Fownes  O Doleuze  9 57.0
12 1410 Sarah Lynx  J E Hammond C Soumillon  4 55.5
13 3731 Vadamar  de Royer-Dupre  C Lemaire  10 55.0
Result: 1. Dunaden 2. Thumbs Up 3. Silver Pond & Red Cadeux DH

2011 Hong Kong Vase result

1. $4.80 Dunaden 57.0 C Williams
2. $8.50 Thumbs Up 57.0 B Prebble
=3. $6.00 Silver Pond 57.0 T Jarnet
=3. $9.00 Red Cadeaux 57.0 R Moore

then followed
5. $8.50 Campanologist 57.0 L Dettori
6. $8.00 Trailblazer 57.0 K Ando
7. $41.00 Jakkalberry 57.0 F Branca
8. $31.00 Mighty High 57.0 D Beadman
9. $34.00 Super Satin 57.0 O Doleuze
10. $5.00 Vadamar 55.0 C Lemaire
11. $13.00 Redwood 57.0 M Hills
12. $31.00 Mr Medici 57.0 G Mosse
13. $17.00 Sarah Lynx 55.5 C Soumillon
* Fixed Priced odds courtesy of IASbet

Margins: 3/4 len, 3/4 len
Time: 2:27.50

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Hong Kong International Race Day

Hong Kong International Race day is the major race day of Hong Kong horse racing and the day itself has become one of the major race days of racing in Asia and around the world. Taking place in december each year, International Race Day offers total prizemoney of more than HK$64,000,000, which is around $8.2M Australian.

International Race Day features the four following races:

Australian racehorses do not figure too prominently on the Hong Kong Vase honour roll and it is a race that is taken out by a quality international galloper.

No Australian horse ran in the 2010 Hong Kong Vase.

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Hong Kong Vase recent winners & placegetters


Year Winner Jockey Trainer Time
2011 Dunaden Craig Williams Mikel Delzangles 2:27.5
2010 Mastery Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 2.27.6
2009 Vision d'Etat O Peslier E Libaud 2.01.8
2008 Eagle Mountain Kevin Shea Mike de Kock 2:00.9
2007 Ramonti Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 2:02.8
2006 Pride Christophe Lemaire Alain de Royer-Dupre 2:01.6
2005 Vengeance of Rain Anthony Delpech David E. Ferraris 2:04.5
2004 Alexander Goldrun Kevin Manning Jim Bolger 2:03.3
2003 Falbrav Frankie Dettori Luca Cumani 2:00.9
2002 Precision Michael Kinane David Oughton 2:07.1
2001 Agnes Digital Hirofumi Shii Toshiaki Shirai 2:02.8
2000 Fantastic Light Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 2:02.2
1999 Jim and Tonic Gerald Mosse Francois Doumen 2:01.4
1998 Midnight Bet Hiroshi Kawachi Hiroyuki Nagahama 1:46.9
1997 Val's Prince Cash Asmussen James E. Picou 1:47.2
1996 First Island Michael Hills Geoff Wragg 1:48.2
1995 Fujiyama Kenzan Masayoshi Ebina Hideyuki Mori 1:47.0
1994 State Taj Damien Oliver James L. Riley 1:48.4
1993 Motivation John Marshall John Moore 1:49.2
1992 Romanee Conti * Greg Childs Laurie Laxon 1:48.2
1991 River Verdon Gerald Mosse David Hill 1:49.8
1990 Kessem Kevin Moses Brian Smith 1:48.4
1989 Colonial Chief Tony Cruz Ivan W. Allan 1:49.3
1988 Flying Dancer Bartie Leisher Brian Kan Ping-chee 1:48.6

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

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