Chairman's Trophy

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The Chairman's Trophy is a Group 2 set weights Thoroughbred horse race in Hong Kong, run at Sha Tin over a distance of 1600 metres, and takes place in early April. Horses three years old and older are qualified to enter this race.

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YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerTime
2001Lucky Six4 Gérald Mossé Peter Ho Leung1:36.60
2002Red Pepper5 Gérald Mossé Brian Kan Ping-chee 1:36.70
2003Electronic Unicorn7 Robbie Fradd John Size 1:35.30
2004Elegant Fashion5 Gérald Mossé David A. Hayes 1:35.20
2005Bullish Luck6 Brett Prebble Tony Cruz 1:33.90
2006Art Trader5Eric Saint-Martin John Moore 1:36.10
2007 Good Ba Ba 5 Olivier Doleuze Andreas Schütz 1:34.20
2008Armada6 Douglas Whyte John Size 1:33.70
2009 More Bountiful 4 Douglas Whyte John Size 1:33.66
2010 Able One 7 Darren Beadman John Moore 1:34.57
2011 Flying Blue 4 Douglas Whyte John Size 1:34.50
2012Admiration4 Brett Prebble John Moore 1:34.43
2013Packing Whiz5 Brett Prebble Caspar Fownes 1:34.50
2014 Able Friend 4Karis Teetan John Moore 1:37.19
2015 Able Friend 5 João Moreira John Moore 1:33.76
2016Beauty Only5 Neil Callan Tony Cruz 1:33.22
2017 Rapper Dragon 4 João Moreira John Moore 1:33.74
2018Beauty Only7 Neil Callan Tony Cruz 1:32.84
2019 Beauty Generation 6 Zac Purton John Moore 1:33.26
2020 Beauty Generation 7 Zac Purton John Moore 1:33.49
2021Mighty Giant5 Neil Callan Ricky Yiu Poon-fai 1:35.06
2022 Golden Sixty 6 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu Francis Lui Kin-wai1:32.96
2023California Spangle5 Zac Purton Tony Cruz 1:34.17
2024Beauty Joy7 Brenton Avdulla Tony Cruz 1:34.03

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