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.
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.
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.
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
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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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