China Horse Club

Last updated

The China Horse Club (CHC) is a lifestyle, business and thoroughbred racing club that operates across thoroughbred racing centres internationally. It was established by its founder and chairman, Teo Ah Khing, [1] and commenced horse racing in 2013. China Horse Club has won high profile races including the U.S. Triple Crown, Epsom Derby, Golden Slipper, Irish Derby, Kentucky Oaks and Caulfield Guineas. Its also has extensive breeding interests in stallions and mares in the United States, Australia and Europe. It is one of the four groups that raced the 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Contents

As of 2018, the China Horse Club is believed to have about 200 members. [2]

Background

China Horse Club has raced or currently races Life Is Good (2021 Longines IFHA [14] Co-World Champion Dirt Miler; 2021 Longines IFHA Co-World Champion Dirt Three-Year-Old); Improbable (2020 Longines IFHA World’s Best Dirt Miler; 2020 U.S. Eclipse Champion Older Dirt Male; Justify (2018 U.S. Triple Crown; U.S. Eclipse Horse of the Year); U.S. Eclipse Champion Three-Year-Old Male); Abel Tasman (2017 U.S. Eclipse America’s Outstanding Three-Year-Old Filly of the Year); First Seal (2015 NSW Racehorse of the Year; NSW Three-Year-Old of the Year); Dissident (2015 Australian Horse of the Year; 2015 Victorian Horse of the Year); and Australia.

China Horse Club's racing silk Owner China Horse Club.svg
China Horse Club's racing silk

China Horse Club’s results at thoroughbred auctions include Abel Tasman (USD5,000,000); [15] Willie John (1,900,000 Guineas); [16] Inca Princess (€1,900,000); [17] War Front x Iotapa yearling (USD1,900,000); [18] and Snitzel x First Seal yearling (AUD1,800,000). [19] . Graduates from its breeding operation include Kimari, [20] Valiance, [21] Saffron Beach, Dame Giselle, [22] Revolutionary Miss, [23] Global Exchange, [24] Meritable [25] and Giannis. It is the co-breeder of Marine One.

CHC is a member of a family of organizations titled the TAKGroup of Companies. Other entities within the group include:

At the Races

Racehorses in the ownership of China Horse Club have won:

Related Research Articles

Thoroughbred racing in Australia

Thoroughbred horse racing is an important spectator sport in Australia, and gambling on horse races is a very popular pastime with A$14.3 billion wagered in 2009/10 with bookmakers and the Totalisator Agency Board (TAB). The two forms of Thoroughbred horseracing in Australia are flat racing, and races over fences or hurdles in Victoria and South Australia. Thoroughbred racing is the third most attended spectator sport in Australia, behind Australian rules football and rugby league, with almost two million admissions to 360 registered racecourses throughout Australia in 2009/10. Horseracing commenced soon after European settlement, and is now well-appointed with automatic totalizators, starting gates and photo finish cameras on nearly all Australian racecourses.

Galileo (horse) Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Galileo was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from October 2000 until October 2001 he ran eight times and won six races. He is best known for having won The Derby, Irish Derby Stakes, and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2001, and for his rivalry with the Godolphin champion Fantastic Light. He was named the European Champion Three-Year-Old Colt of 2001.

Bob Baffert American horse owner and trainer

Robert A. Baffert is an American racehorse trainer who trained the 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah and 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify. Baffert's horses have won a record six Kentucky Derbies, seven Preakness Stakes, three Belmont Stakes, and three Kentucky Oaks.

Coolmore Stud, in Fethard, County Tipperary, Ireland, is headquarters of the world's largest breeding operation of thoroughbred racehorses. Through its racing arm, Ballydoyle, Coolmore also has raced many classic winners and champions. The operation is currently owned and run by the Magnier family, which has been associated with a long sequence of top-class stallions since the 1850s, originally in County Cork, where stallions still stand as part of Coolmore today.

The Breeders' Futurity Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early October at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. Currently offering a purse of $500,000, the race is open to two-year-old horses and is run at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. From 1997 to 2008, the race was sponsored by Lane's End Farm. From 2009 to 2013 it was sponsored by Dixiana Farm. It is now sponsored by Claiborne Farm.

Sadler's Wells was a champion American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1984 European Champion Miler after winning the 1984 Irish 2,000 Guineas, Eclipse Stakes, and Phoenix Champion Stakes. He also finished second in the Prix du Jockey Club and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. He was rated sixth overall in the International Classification for 1984.

WinStar Farm American Thoroughbred racing and breeding operation

WinStar Farm is an American Thoroughbred horse breeding and racing farm near Versailles, Kentucky, owned by Kenny Troutt. It won the 2010 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Owner and 2016 Outstanding Breeder. WinStar Farm owned 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify, 2010 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, 2010 Belmont Stakes winner Drosselmeyer, and 2016 Belmont Stakes winner Creator. Notable stallions that have stood at stud at Winstar Farm include two-time Breeders' Cup Classic winner Tiznow, leading sire and broodmare sire Distorted Humor, and Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup Classic winner American Pharoah's sire Pioneerof the Nile.

Dehere was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He was bred and raced by Robert E. Brennan's Due Process Stable. Sired by Canadian Hall of Fame inductee and two-time North American Champion sire, Deputy Minister, he was out of the mare Sister Dot, a daughter of the U.S. Triple Crown champion Secretariat.

A P Valentine was a Grade I-winning Thoroughbred racehorse sired by A.P. Indy out of an Alydar mare, Twenty Eight Carat. His name was derived by splicing the beginning of his sire's name "A P" with the holiday that he was born on, "Valentine's Day".

Cocoa Beach is a notable Chilean-bred thoroughbred racehorse who was the 2008 Chilean Horse of the Year and won races in the United Arab Emirates, Chile, and the United States.

Blame (horse) American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Blame is a retired American champion Thoroughbred racehorse, a winner of nine races in 13 starts including the prestigious Breeders' Cup Classic.

Encosta De Lago Australian Thoroughbred racehorse

Encosta De Lago was an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse that won three group races from eight starts including the Group One (G1), Vic Health Cup against older horses. He was the Leading sire in Australia during 2008 and 2009.

Uncle Mo American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Uncle Mo is an American champion Thoroughbred racehorse who went undefeated in his two-year-old season and was named the American Champion Two-Year-Old of 2010. However, his three-year-old season was disrupted by illness, causing him to miss the Kentucky Derby. Retired to stud in 2012, he was the leading freshman sire with his first foal crop, which included 2016 Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist.

Australia (horse) British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Australia is an Irish-bred, Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2014 Epsom Derby. As a two-year-old in 2013, he won two of his three races, creating a very favourable impression when winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Trial Stakes, and was highly regarded by his trainer Aidan O'Brien. In May 2014 he finished third behind Night of Thunder and Kingman in the 2000 Guineas before winning the Epsom Derby on 7 June. He subsequently won the Irish Derby and International Stakes before being defeated by The Grey Gatsby in the Irish Champion Stakes. His racing career was ended by injury in October 2014. He is standing at Coolmore stud.

The 2015 Road to the Kentucky Derby is a point system by which horses qualified for the 2015 Kentucky Derby. It consisted of 35 races, 19 races for the Kentucky Derby Prep Season and 16 races for the Kentucky Derby Championship Season.

Justin Casse is a bloodstock agent based in Ocala, Florida. He is the son of Norman Casse, one of the founders of OBS and brother to the trainer Mark Casse. He graduated from Florida State University in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in International Affairs.

Abel Tasman (horse) American Thoroughbred racehorse

Abel Tasman is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse. After finishing fifth in her first start at age two, she won her next three races including the Starlet Stakes. At age three, she finished second in both the Santa Ysabel and Santa Anita Oaks before winning the Grade I Kentucky Oaks, the female equivalent of the Kentucky Derby. She extended her winning streak by taking the Acorn Stakes and Coaching Club American Oaks, before finishing the year with second-place finishes in both the Cotillion Stakes and Breeders' Cup Distaff. She was named the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 2017.

Justify (horse) American Thoroughbred racehorse, 2018 Triple Crown winner

Justify is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who in 2018 was the thirteenth winner of the American Triple Crown. He also was the first horse since Apollo in 1882 to win the Kentucky Derby without racing as a two-year-old.

2019 Preakness Stakes 144th running of the Preakness Stakes

The 2019 Preakness Stakes was the 144th running of the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the American Triple Crown. It was held on May 18, 2019, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The Preakness is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1+3⁄16 miles (1.9 km) with a record high purse of $1,650,000. The race was broadcast on NBC from 5:00 pm to 7:15 pm EDT with coverage of the undercard on NBCSN starting at 2:30 pm. The race was won by War of Will, who had finished seventh in the Kentucky Derby. The Maryland Jockey Club reported a total attendance of 131,256, the second highest attendance for American thoroughbred racing events in North America during 2019.

The 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby is a series of races through which horses will qualify for the 2022 Kentucky Derby, which will be held on May 7. The field for the Derby is limited to 20 horses, with up to four 'also eligibles' in case of a late withdrawal from the field. There are three separate paths for horses to take to qualify for the Derby: the main Road consisting of races in North America, the Japan Road consisting of four races in Japan, and seven European races in England, Ireland and France. The top four finishers in the specified races receive points, with higher points awarded in the major prep races in March and April. Earnings in non-restricted stakes races act as a tie breaker.

References

  1. ↑ "Malaysian tycoon Teo Ah Khing - from China Horse Club - snaps up historic The Chase at Sutton Forest". Urban.com.au. 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  2. 1 2 Hoppert, Melissa; Stevenson, Alexandra (May 4, 2018). "China Horse Club Makes a Run for the Roses" – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ↑ "Times Asks: Who Exactly Is China Horse Club?". Horse Racing News | Paulick Report. May 4, 2018.
  4. ↑ "China Horse Club's Breeding Operation Continues To Branch Out". Horse Racing News | Paulick Report. September 16, 2020.
  5. ↑ "China Horse Club could be a major factor in the Kentucky Derby". Los Angeles Times. April 29, 2018.
  6. ↑ Walker, Childs. "Complex partnership behind Preakness favorite Justify reveals state of racing in 2018". baltimoresun.com.
  7. ↑ "Major boost for Chinese racing as government launches strategy to promote sport | Horse Racing News | Racing Post". www.racingpost.com.
  8. ↑ Girard, Bonnie. "The China Challenge to Churchill Downs".
  9. ↑ "With Shanghai event, China Horse Club, Coolmore see progress toward Chinese racing dream | Topics: Singapore Turf Club, Coolmore, Teo Ah Khing, China, China Horse Club". Thoroughbred Racing Commentary.
  10. ↑ Lourim, Jake. "China Horse Club makes its mark in America with Justify's Derby win". The Courier-Journal.
  11. ↑ "The relentless worldwide advance of big-spending China Horse Club shows no sign of easing off | Topics: Sheikh Joaan, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Coolmore, Teo Ah Khing, China Horse Club | Thoroughbred Racing Commentary". Thoroughbred Racing Commentary.
  12. ↑ "Q and A with China Horse Club's Michael Wallace". www.drf.com.
  13. ↑ "Government denies buying horses for racetrack linked to China Horse Club founder > Australia and International Horse Racing news updated daily". www.thoroughbrednews.com.au.
  14. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_Best_Racehorse_Rankings
  15. ↑ "Champion Abel Tasman Equals $5 Million Auction Record on Strong First Day of Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale | Keeneland". www.keeneland.com. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  16. ↑ "Tattersalls Newmarket". www.tattersalls.com. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  17. ↑ "Princess Reigns Over Goffs At 1.9m". TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  18. ↑ "Fast start for September Yearling Sale as Tapit filly fetches $2.7m | Bloodstock News | Racing Post". www.racingpost.com. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  19. ↑ "$1.8m colt tops Day 2 at Inglis Easter Sales". RACING.COM. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  20. ↑ https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/257152/kimari-sets-up-for-madison-repeat-in-season-debut-score
  21. ↑ https://paulickreport.com/news/bloodstock/valiance-becomes-first-stakes-winner-for-china-horse-clubs-u-s-breeding-program/
  22. ↑ https://www.breednet.com.au/news/11391/dame-giselle-cracks-$1million-in-earnings-
  23. ↑ https://www.newgate.com.au/first-stakes-winner-for-russian-revolution/
  24. ↑ https://www.breednet.com.au/news/6673/dundeel-colt-ready-for-derby
  25. ↑ https://loveracing.nz/News/34946/NewsInBrief.aspx
  26. ↑ "Life Is Good Dazzles in Pegasus World Cup Victory". www.americasbestracing.net. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  27. ↑ "Americanrevolution Edges Following Sea in Cigar Mile". www.bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  28. ↑ Life Is Good leaves no doubt in Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, wins by 6 lengths, 2021-11-06, retrieved 2022-03-17
  29. ↑ Ractliffe, Damien (2021-09-24). "Moor group 1s for 'Buckets' as Wild Ruler claims Moir Stakes". The Age. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  30. ↑ Iorio - @CDi_Iorio, Carl Di. "In The Congo sizzles in Golden Rose". RACING.COM. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  31. ↑ Iorio - @CDi_Iorio, Carl Di. "Captivant claims Champagne Stakes". RACING.COM. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  32. ↑ "Stay Inside Finds Slipper Success for Field, Freedmans". www.bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  33. ↑ "Valiance Makes the Grade in Spinster". www.bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  34. ↑ "Improbable rallies for impressive victory in Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita". Los Angeles Times. 2020-09-27. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  35. ↑ "Improbable Wins Second Straight Grade 1 in Whitney". www.bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  36. ↑ "Santa Anita notes: Improbable wins Hollywood Gold Cup". San Gabriel Valley Tribune. 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  37. ↑ "Back-to-Back Group 1 Wins for Madison County (NZ) | New Zealand Bloodstock | Thoroughbred Auction House". www.nzb.co.nz. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  38. ↑ "Bob Baffert's Improbable wins Los Alamitos Futurity". Los Angeles Times. 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  39. ↑ "Yoshida". WinStar Farm. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  40. ↑ "Abel Tasman more than able in Ogden Phipps Stakes win". www.drf.com. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  41. ↑ "Justify Wins Belmont Stakes, Becomes 13th Triple Crown Champion In Horse Racing History". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  42. ↑ Zwirz, Elizabeth (2018-05-19). "Justify wins Preakness Stakes on way to possible Triple Crown". Fox News. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  43. ↑ "Yoshida". WinStar Farm. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  44. ↑ Chairusmi, Jim (2018-05-06). "Justify Wins the Kentucky Derby". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  45. ↑ Harris • •, Beth. "Justify Wins Santa Anita Derby by 3½ Lengths for Baffert". NBC Chicago. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  46. ↑ "Audible". WinStar Farm. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  47. ↑ Desk - @nzracingnews, NZ Racing. "Madison County's NZ 2000 Guineas". RACING.COM. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  48. ↑ Tzaferis, James. "Russian serves up gritty Plate win". RACING.COM. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  49. ↑ "Abel Tasman survives inquiry in Coaching Club American Oaks". www.drf.com. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  50. ↑ "Abel Tasman Wins the 143rd Longines Kentucky Oaks in Front of Rain-Soaked Crowd". The Kentucky Derby is just the beginning... | Churchill Downs Incorporated. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  51. ↑ "Top Colt Invader Dominates Sires' Produce". Magic Millions. 2017-04-01. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  52. ↑ Pengilly, Adam (2017-03-18). "Russian Revolution secures future as stallion with The Galaxy win". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  53. ↑ "Yellow Agate wins Frizette S. to give Gemologist his first Grade 1 winner". WinStar Farm. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  54. ↑ Sheehan - @LukeDSheehan, Luke. "Off-speed, Extreme speed wins Moir". RACING.COM. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  55. ↑ "Parranda Captures Lucrative Singapore Cup". www.bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  56. ↑ "Galileo's Johannes Vermeer Battles To Criterium International Success". TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  57. ↑ Roots, Chris (2015-10-10). "Hugh Bowman makes an emphatic statement as Press Statement wins Caulfield Guineas". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  58. ↑ "Dissident Retires in Style With All Aged Win". www.bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  59. ↑ "ATC Sires Produce Stakes 2015: Pride Of Dubai stakes claim to be crowned king".
  60. ↑ "Dissident returns to his best in CF Orr Stakes". ABC News. 2015-02-14. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  61. ↑ McCarry, Patrick. "Australia dashes to double Derby success at The Curragh". The42. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  62. ↑ "Australia wins Derby for Ballydoyle". Irish Examiner. 2014-06-07. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  63. ↑ "Australia | Stallions - Coolmore Ireland". Coolmore. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  64. ↑ "First Seal romps home with Flight Stakes". au.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  65. ↑ "Freedman Gets Gold In Singapore". Sporting Post. 2013-11-21. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.