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Group 1 race | |
Location | Kranji Racecourse Singapore |
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Inaugurated | 2000 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | Singapore Turf Club |
Race information | |
Distance | 1600 meters (8 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
Weight | Weight-for-age Fillies & Mares: 1.5 kg allowance |
Purse | S$500,000 |
The Kranji Mile is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually in the third week of October at Kranji Racecourse in Singapore. Contested on turf over a left-handed course, the domestic Group One race (or now regarded as an international Group Three race) is run over a distance 1600 meters (8 furlongs) and is open to horse age three and older.
The Kranji Mile was created by the Singapore Turf Club in the inaugural season of the Kranji Racecourse. Is the first leg of the Singapore Triple Crown and is followed by the Raffles Cup and the Singapore Gold Cup.
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This section lists events whose chronological order is ambiguous, backward, or otherwise incorrect.(April 2021) |
Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
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2021 | Minister | Kasim A'Isisuhairi | Donna Logan | King Power Stable | 1:34.38 |
2020 | Aramaayo | Ruan Maia | Shane Donald Baertschiger | Aramco Stable | 1:33.85 |
2019 | Southern Legend | Zac Purton | Caspar Fownes | Boniface Ho Ka Kui | 1:33.61 |
2018 | Southern Legend | Zac Purton | Caspar Fownes | Boniface Ho Ka Kui | 1:33.79 |
2017 | Infantry | Manoel Nunes | Alvin Tan | Kajorn Petch Racing No 2 Stable | 1:35.80 |
2016 | Debt Collector | Michael Rodd | Cliff Brown | Glenn Whittenbury, Barree Stable | 1:34.43 |
2015 | Stepitup | Michael Rodd | Laurie Laxon | Tivic Stable | 1:34.59 |
2014 | War Affair | Danny Beasley | Alvin Tan | Warplan Racing Stable | 1:33.72 |
2013 | Cash Luck | Danny Beasley | David Kok Teik Wai | Northwest Racing Stable | 1:34.47 |
2012 | Better Life | Alan Munro | Hideyuki Takaoka | Suzuka Racing Stable | 1:35.96 |
2011 | Better Than Ever | Saimee Jumaat | Laurie Laxon | Tang Weng Fei, Jupiter Stable | 1:35.6 |
2010 | Better Than Ever | Saimee Jumaat | Laurie Laxon | Tang Weng Fei, Jupiter Stable | 1:35.1 |
2009 | Waikato | John Powell | Laurie Laxon | Silver Fern Racing Stable | 1:33.8 |
2008 | Top Spin | Noel Callow | Laurie Laxon | Lim's Stable | 1:35.7 |
2007 | Setembro Chove | Robbie Fradd | Patrick Shaw | Jose L. Glaser | 1:35.5 |
2006 | Recast | Oscar Chavez | John Meagher | Kings Stable | 1:37.5 |
2005 | Really Good | John Powell | Don Baertschiger | Good Stable | 1:37.7 |
2004 | Mayo's Music | Jason Patton | John Meagher | Kings Stable | 1:42.8 |
2003 | Blizz Bless | Johnny Geroudis | Patrick Shaw | Fred Crabbia | 1:36.4 |
2002 | Pacific Prince | W. H. Lao | Charles Leck | Prince Stable | 1:35.4 |
2001 | Smart Bet | Grant Cooksley | Mohd Yusof | Smart Bet Stable | 1:37.8 |
2000 | Pacific Prince | Darryll Holland | Charles Leck | Prince Stable | 1:36.0 |
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