Sha Tin Trophy

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Sha Tin Trophy
Group 2 race
Location Sha Tin Racecourse
Inaugurated1997
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance1,600 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
Purse HK$4,250,000 [1]

The Sha Tin Trophy is a horse race for horses aged four and over, run at a distance of 1,600 metres (one mile) on turf in October at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.

Contents

The Sha Tin Trophy was first contested in 1997. It was upgraded to International Group 2 class in 2016.

Records

Record time:

Most successful horse:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
1997Smashing Pumpkin4Basil Marcus David Hayes 1:34.50
1998 Indigenous 5Eric Saint-Martin Ivan Allan 1:35.20
1999Desert Fox4 Alan Munro David Oughton1:34.60
2000Billion Win6Mark De Montfort Gary Ng Ting-keung 1:33.90
2001Shaxi Fortune5 Steven King Francis Lui Kin-wai1:34.20
2002Super Molly5 Douglas Whyte David Hayes 1:34.70
2003Self Flit5 Weichong Marwing Ivan Allan 1:34.20
2004Ain't Here5 Brett Prebble David Hayes 1:34.00
2005Best Gift4 Howard Cheng Yue-tin John Moore 1:34.20
2006Green Treasure6 Shane Dye Caspar Fownes 1:33.50
2007Down Town5 Douglas Whyte Dennis Yip Chor-hong 1:33.10
2008 Viva Pataca 6 Darren Beadman John Moore 1:34.71
2009Packing Winner7 Brett Doyle Peter Ho Leung1:34.67
2010Thumbs Up6 Brett Doyle Caspar Fownes 1:33.56
2011 California Memory 5 Matthew Chadwick Tony Cruz 1:34.75
2012 Ambitious Dragon 6 Zac Purton Tony Millard 1:33.59
2013 Gold-Fun 4 Olivier Doleuze Richard Gibson1:34.05
2014 Military Attack 6 Zac Purton Caspar Fownes 1:34.37
2015Contentment5 João Moreira John Size 1:33.79
2016 Designs On Rome 6Karis Teetan John Moore 1:35.36 [2]
2017 Beauty Generation 5 Derek Leung Ka-chun John Moore 1:33.56 [3]
2018 Beauty Generation 6 Zac Purton John Moore 1:33.07 [4]
2019Rise High5 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu Caspar Fownes 1:32.82
2020 Golden Sixty 5 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu Francis Lui Kin-wai1:33.37
2021Panfield5 Karis Teetan Tony Millard 1:34.40
2022California Spangle4 Zac Purton Tony Cruz 1:33.41
2023California Spangle5 Hugh Bowman Tony Cruz 1:34.18

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Hong Kong Pattern Races
  2. ↑ "2016 result". Racing Post. 23 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "2017 result". Racing Post. 22 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "2018 result". Racing Post. 21 October 2018.
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