Horse Racing: Hong Kong Cup

View the Final Field and Barriers for the 2023 Hong Kong Cup. The Hong Kong Cup will be run on Sunday, 10 December 2023 at Sha Tin racecourse. Time: 7:40pm AEDT Distance: 2000m *Existing customers only. 2nd Racing bet. Excl SA & WA. T's & C's apply. Gamble responsibly. 1. Luxembourg (10) J: Ryan Moore T: Aidan O'brien 2. Romantic Warrior…

The eight-year-old Golden Sixty produced a sparkling performance to overcome stall 14 of 14 to win the Longines Hong Kong Mile for a record-equalling third time. Golden Sixty won the Hong Kong Mile in 2020 and 2021 but was denied the hat-trick when runner-up behind California Spangle last year. He had won three Group 1s since that odds-on defeat…

On a summer day at Saint-Cloud Racecourse in 2009, two scrawny, raw-boned three-year-olds were separated by less than a metre for second place in a race called the Prix Matchem, where they both attracted the attention of Hong Kong owners. Tomorrow, five and a half years later and half a world away at Sha Tin, the career arcs of two of modern…

With no graded action on the flat in the United States this weekend, the eyes will be on high-quality racing overseas. The standout race on the flat this weekend will take place in Asia, with the lucrative Hong Kong Cup headlining a quality night of racing at Sha Tin Racecourse. There will be international challengers in the race worth $4.3…

James McDonald will join Hong Kong's jockey ranks on a short-term contract starting November 23, reuniting earlier with Romantic Warrior, whom he led to victory in last month's Group One Cox Plate (2040m). His contract, lasting until January 1, allows him to partner with Romantic Warrior for the Group One Hong Kong Cup (2000m) defence. McDonald…

The six-year-old returns first-up after steadily climbing the ranks last term, where he rose from a 95-rating to be Gr1-placed behind Hong Kong's standout duo, Golden Sixty and Romantic Warrior. Targeting December's HK$118 million LONGINES Hong Kong International Races with Money Catcher, specifically the HK$36 million Gr1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup,…

Asia's showpiece Group 1 flat horse race takes place this Saturday at the Sha Tin Racecourse, as thoroughbreds from around the world go in search of glory at the 2022 Hong Kong Cup. The headline act of this weekend's prestigious Hong Kong International Races, the Hong Kong Cup stands as the world's richest turf race over 2000 metres with a purse of…

Japanese stars Loves Only You and Lei Papale will take on some of Europe's finest in what shapes as a fascinating edition of the Group One Hong Kong Cup (2000m) next month. The two heroines come up against Aidan O'Brien's duo of Japan and Bolshoi Ballet as well as the placegetters from the Group One British Champion Stakes in Dubai Honour and Mac…

2022 Hong Kong Cup Best Bet - Danon The Kid All credit to the winner (Serifos) in the Group One Mile Championships at Hanshin on Nov 20, who sustained a big run and let down strongly from the rear. While he didn't quite have the turn-of-foot at a mile, runner-up Danon The Kid was admirable in defeat, overcoming traffic and taking some tight…

The one thing we have seen of the Japanese racing in the past decade is a growing hunger to travel abroad, but while 2020 has not been kind to Japanese raiders, a strong but small team entered for the 2020 LONGINES Hong Kong International Races could change that. Nearly a dozen horses were stranded in Dubai after the races were called off at the…

The LONGINES Hong Kong International 2022 racing came to a dramatic close at Sha Tin on Sunday with two hot favorites being defeated in the Group 1 races, but the events of the day did little to diminish the world class racing we got to enjoy over the entirety of the past week. The first upset came in the LONGINES Hong Kong Vase when the heavily…

The Hong Kong International Raceday has arrived with four Group Ones on the menu, highlighted by the HK$34million Longines Hong Kong Cup. Race 1 - Class 4 (1400m) The opener is a Class 4 over the 1400m and CIRCUIT MIGHTY (1) can just about make it back to back wins. The five-year-old has come back in good order this season and was too good for…

They came to bow down to the old king and left saluting a powerful new prince of Hong Kong racing as Romantic Warrior left a high-class global field trailing in his wake at Sha Tin on Sunday with a thunderous performance in the HK$34 million Group 1 Hong Kong Cup (2000m). Hong Kong racing's biggest crowd since the corresponding day in 2019 gave…

Danon The Kid stayed on willingly to fare best of the Japanese quintet in second with Money Catcher, Tourbillon Diamond and Russian Emperor finishing third, fourth and fifth for Hong Kong. Geoglyph came home a creditable sixth but fellow Japanese raiders Jack d'Or and Panthalassa were well held in seventh and tenth. Shum's previous career highlight…

Romantic Warrior triumphant in the Hong Kong Cup (HKJC) By Graham Cunningham They came to bow down to the old king and left saluting a powerful new prince of Hong Kong racing as Romantic Warrior left a high-class global field trailing in his wake at Sha Tin this afternoon (Sunday, 11 December) with a thunderous performance in the HK$34 million G1…

The final Group 1 of the Hong Kong International Race-day is the Hong Kong Cup (2000m). Over the past three editions of the race, it's been the Japanese that have produced the winner with Love Only You, Normcore and Win Bright all saluting in this great race. A very competitive field of 12 are set to line up here with six Hong Kong locals, five…

Francis Lui Kin-wai got what he wished for and Yoshito Yahagi laid out an altogether unsurprising plan of attack for Panthalassa at Thursday morning's Longines Hong Kong International Races barrier draw at Sha Tin. Lui had his hopes set on a gate from four to seven for his superstar Golden Sixty pre-draw and he got just that, with the reigning…

James Mcdonald has become just the second Australian-based rider to win the Longines World's Best Jockey competition, claiming the crown for 2022. Hugh Bowman captured the title in 2017 during the peak of Winx's racing career, while McDonald achieved the accolade this year by winning nine of the world's top 100 Group or Grade 1 races, five of them…

The Hong Kong International Races have evolved over the course of three decades, and they now make up the largest annual international sporting event in Hong Kong. The four race extravaganza at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday has a rich history. Horse racing is extremely popular in Hong Kong, and its jockey club reports more than 2 million people…

Kirwan's Lane is chasing back-to-back black-type wins in the Festival Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday. Picture: Jenny Evans-Getty Images Rosehill hosts a quality packed off season card headlined by three black-type contests and a rich country race. The main events on the program are the Group 3 Festival Stakes (1500m), which acts as a lead-up to the…

Japan will launch a five-pronged attack on next month's Group One Hong Kong Cup (2000m) as it looks to win the city's richest race for the fourth year running. Panthalassa, Geoglyph, Jack d'Or, Danon The Kid and Lei Papale are set to make the trip from the Land of the Rising Sun to take on leading hometown hope Romantic Warrior in the HK$34 million…

Joao Moreira and Beat The Clock have teamed up to win Sunday's International Sprint at Hong Kong's Sha Tin after Australia's group 1 winner In Her Time was scratched. On Saturday, it was announced that the Kris Lees-trained mare sustained a quarter crack in her near left front foot and would undergo a veterinary examination the following…