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The Hong Kong Vase is a Group 1 race for 3yo & upward staying thoroughbreds over a distance of 2400m 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.

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 2009 Hong Kong Vase result seen a barnstorming win by French filly Daryakana who proved too good when she beat UK galloper Spanish Moon with Kasbah Bliss from France in third place.

Hong Kong Vase info
Date: Sunday December 13th, 2009
Track: Sha Tin racecourse, Hong Kong
Distance: 2400 metres
Race Type: 3yo & Upwards
Status: Group 1
Track: Turf
Sponsor: Cathay Pacific
Prizemoney: HK$14,000,000 (app $1.9M AUS)
2009 Winner: Daryakana

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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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 annually in December and has total prizemoney in excess of HK$54,000,000, which is approximately $7.8M 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 2009 Hong Kong Vase.


2009 Hong Kong Vase result
1. Daryakana - G Mosse
2. Spanish Moon - R Moore
3. Kasbah Bliss - T Thulliez

then followed;
4. Jaguar Mail - C Soumillon
5. Cirrus Des Aigles - F Blondel
6. Viva Pataca - D Beadman
7. Thumbs Up - B Prebble
8. Jamesina - J Lloyd
9. Buccellati - W Buick
10. Youmzain - K Fallon
11. Packing Winner - B Doyle
12. Jackpot Delight - J Winks
13. Black Mamba - O Doleuze

Margins: 1/2 hd, 1/2 len
Time: 2:27.51

2009 Hong Kong Vase: Daryakana staged a big finish to gather in the field close to home in an outstanding win. Spanish Moon finished second after looking the winner until overtaken close to the line, while Kasbah Bliss battled on well for third.



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Hong Kong Vase recent results

Year Winner Jockey Trainer Time
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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