Champions Mile

The Champions Mile is a Group 1 flat horse race in Hong Kong for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) on the turf at Sha Tin Racecourse with the total purse of HK$14m in 2014/15, approximately US$1.8m.

Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2008 Champions Mile automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Mile.

It was first run in 2001, and was opened to international competition in 2005 and granted an international grade 1 status in 2007. The race is now the third leg of the four race Asian Mile Challenge, preceded by the Dubai Duty Free Stakes and followed by the Yasuda Kinen.

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Country
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2001 Red Pepper 4 Hong Kong Eric Legrix Brian Kan Ping-chee Mr & Mrs Chau Kam Chuen 1:37.50
2002 Jeune King Prawn 5 Hong Kong Weichong Marwing Ivan W. Allan Mr & Mrs Lau Sak Hong 1:35.20
2003 Electronic Unicorn 7 Hong Kong Robbie Fradd John Size Lo Ying Bin 1:36.20
2004 Figures 5 Hong Kong Torsten Mundry David Oughton Financial Investors Group Syndicate 1:34.20
2005 Bullish Luck 6 Hong Kong Gerald Mosse Tony Cruz Wong Wing Keung 1:33.70
2006 Bullish Luck 7 Hong Kong Brett Prebble Tony Cruz Wong Wing Keung 1:33.70
2007 Able One 4 Hong Kong Michael Kinane John Moore Dr & Mrs Cornel Li Fook Kwan 1:34.50
2008 Good Ba Ba 6 Hong Kong Olivier Doleuze Andreas Schütz John Yuen Se Kit 1:33.50
2009 Sight Winner 5 Hong Kong Brett Prebble John Size Mr. and Mrs. Tam Wing Kun 1:34.97
2010 Able One 7 Hong Kong Darren Beadman John Moore Dr & Mrs Cornel Li Fook Kwan 1:33.63
2011 Xtension 4 Hong Kong Darren Beadman John Moore Mr & Mrs Steven Lo 1:34.71
2012 Xtension 5 Hong Kong James McDonald John Moore Mr & Mrs Steven Lo 1:35.23
2013 Dan Excel 5 Hong Kong Weichong Marwing John Moore David Philip Boehm 1:33.42
2014 Variety Club 6 South Africa Anton Marcus Mike de Kock I & M Jooste 1:34.11
2015 Able Friend 5 Hong Kong Joao Moreira John Moore Dr & Mrs Cornel Li Fook Kwan 1:33.76
2016 Maurice 5 Japan Joao Moreira Noriyuki Hori Kazumi Yoshida 1.34.08

References

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