Hong Kong Gold Cup

The Hong Kong Gold Cup is a Group One Hong Kong Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1979 at Sha Tin Racecourse. It is open to horses three years of age and older. Run on turf, it was initially run over a distance of 1,800 metres, but is now set at 2,000 metres (ten furlongs) and it offers a purse of HK$12,000,000.

The second leg of the Hong Kong Triple Crown, the Group One race comes after the Steward's Cup and is followed by the Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup. A HK$5,000,000 bonus is paid to the owner of the horse winning all three legs of the Triple Crown Series and a consolation bonus of HK$2,000,000 will be paid to the owner of the horse winning any two legs.

Hong Kong Champion and former Horse of the Year River Verdon won this race three times (1992–1994) and in 1994 became the first horse to ever win the Triple Crown in Hong Kong.

Recent winners of the Hong Kong Gold Cup

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time1993River Verdon6Basil MarcusDavid HillOswald Cheung & Ronald Arculli2:01.601994River Verdon7 John MarshallDavid HillOswald Cheung & Ronald Arculli2:03.201995Makarpura Star4 Tony CruzJohn MooreFrank Wong Wing Pak2:04.701996Makarpura Star5Felix CoetzeeJohn MooreFrank Wong Wing Pak2:03.401997Deauville5Eric Saint-Martin Tony CruzTam Man Wai & Wilson Tam Man Shu2:03.101998Indigenous5Basil MarcusIvan AllanPang Yuen Hing 2:02.501999Indigenous6Douglas WhyteIvan AllanPang Yuen Hing 2:01.302000Industrialist4Alan MunroBrian Kan Ping-cheeAlbert Hu Si Nok & Peter Wong Yau Ming 2:00.202001Idol4Michael KinaneDavid OughtonWong Chi Muk2:02.102002Industrial Pioneer5Gerald MosseBrian Kan Ping-cheeAlbert Hu Si Nok, Ngan Keng Hing, Tang Ying Hon & Kenneth Kong2:02.402003Olympic Express 5Eric Saint-MartinIvan AllanLarry Yung Chi Kin2:02.902004Bullish Luck5Felix CoetzeeTony CruzWong Wing Keung2:02.302005Perfect Partner5Christophe SoumillonTony CruzGowin Chan/Ringo Ng 2:06.302006Super Kid6Shane DyeJohn MooreWong Yuk Kwan2:02.802007Vengeance of Rain6Anthony DelpechDavid FerrarisChow Nam & R. G. Chow Hon Man2:04.402008Viva Pataca6Darren BeadmanJohn MooreStanley Ho Hung-Sun2:03.902009Viva Pataca7Darren BeadmanJohn MooreStanley Ho Hung-Sun2:04.612010 Collection 5 Darren Beadman John Moore 07/08 John Moore Trainer Syndicate2:01.602011 California Memory 5 Matthew Chadwick Tony Cruz Liang Yum Shing2:01.612012 Ambitious Dragon 5 Douglas Whyte Tony Millard Johnson Lam Pui Hung & Anderson Lam Him Yue2:02.882013 Military Attack5 Zac Purton John Moore Mr & Mrs Steven Lo Kit Sing2:03.012014 Military Attack6 João MoreiraJohn Moore Mr & Mrs Steven Lo Kit Sing2:01.212015 Designs on Rome5 João MoreiraJohn Moore Cheng Keung Fai2.01.572016 Designs on Rome6 Tommy BerryJohn Moore Cheng Keung Fai2.01.512017 Werther5 Hugh BowmanJohn Moore Johnson Chen2.03.782018 Time Warp5 Zac Purton Tony Cruz Martin Siu Kim Sun 1:59.972019 Exultant5 Zac Purton Tony Cruz Eddie Wong Ming Chak & Wong Leung Sau Hing 2:00.872020 Time Warp7 João Moreira Tony Cruz Martin Siu Kim Sun 2:02.002021Golden Sixty5Vincent Ho Chak-yiuFrancis Lui Kin-waiStanley Chan2:00.252022Russian Emperor5Blake ShinnDouglas WhyteMike Cheung Shun Ching2:04.112023Golden Sixty7Vincent Ho Chak-yiuFrancis Lui Kin-waiStanley Chan1:59.982024Romantic Warrior6James McDonaldDanny Shum Chap-shingPeter Lau Pak Fai2:00.312025Voyage Bubble6James McDonaldRicky Yiu Poon-faiSunshine And Moonlight Syndicate2:00.592026Romantic Warrior8James McDonaldDanny Shum Chap-shingPeter Lau Pak Fai1:59.77

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