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2025
State of Shock
Red Lion shocked Voyage Bubble to score an upset victory in the HK$24 million G1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) by a gripping short head over Voyage Bubble for jockey Hugh Bowman and trainer John Size. Breaking from gate 12 as an 89/1 outsider, Red Lion became the longest-priced winner in the race’s history as the six-year-old Belardo gelding tenaciously made all in 1m 33.21s.
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2024
Beauty combo
Beauty Eternal made all to claim the HK$22 million G1 FWD Champions Mile under Zac Purton. The Victory is Purton’s third in the FWD Champions Mile after prevailing atop Beauty Generation (2018 & 2019) for the same ownership – Patrick Kwok of the Kwok family.
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2023
Golden history
Making it an unmatched nine Group 1s for the seven-year-old Golden Sixty, jockey Vincent Ho also sealed a fourth FWD Champions Mile win in succession to become the contest’s leading rider after breaking his deadlock with Brett Prebble (three wins).
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2022
Golden sensation
Sealing his sixth Group 1 win, Golden Sixty enhanced his all-time bank to HK$113,400,600 by capturing his second FWD Champions Mile title in 2022, surpassing the previous all-time earnings record of HK$106,233,750 held by Beauty Generation.
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2021
Golden rule
Golden Sixty extended his unbeaten run to 14 with a slender victory in the G1 FWD Champions Mile, his fourth triumph at the top-level in succession.
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2020
Breakthrough for Fownes and Ho
Southern Legend brought his trainer Caspar Fownes a first Champions Mile win, as well as a maiden G1 triumph for his jockey and leading home-grown rider Vincent Ho.
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2019
What a Beauty!
Beauty Generation made it back-to-back wins in this race and in the process smashed all-time record, becoming the first horse to win eight races in a single season as well toppling Viva Pataca to be crowned Hong Kong’s highest earning horse in history.
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2018
Beauty Hat-trick
Beauty Generation completes a hat-trick of G1 wins in the 2018 Champions Mile en route to becoming Hong Kong Horse of the Year in 2017/18 season.
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2017
Prebble the leading Champions Mile rider
Brett Prebble wins his third Champions Mile aboard Contentment to become the race’s most prolific rider.
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2016
Maurice completes rare double
Japanese champion Maurice scores a comfortable win to complete a rare feat of back-to-back G1 victories in Hong Kong, five months after he took the Hong Kong Mile.
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2015
Moore snares another win with Able Friend
Able Friend takes this race before attaining the Horse of the Year title in the 2014/15 season. He also gives trainer John Moore a record sixth win in the feature.
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2014
First overseas victory to South Africa’s Club
South African runner Variety Club becomes the first overseas winner of the Champions Mile.
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2012
Second time lucky for Xtension
Xtension notches his second Champions Mile success, becoming the third two-time winner in this race.
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2010
Veteran Able One salutes
Able One takes his second Champions Mile as a seven-year-old. He remains the race’s oldest winner.
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2008
Ba Ba books Horse of the Year honours
Good Ba Ba seals his Horse of the Year title for the 2007/08 season with his Champions Mile victory.
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2005
Bullish Luck downs Silent Witness in historic contest
Bullish Luck wins a historic Champions Mile with the race opened to international runners for the first time. He also denied his stablemate Silent Witness the opportunity to extend his unbeaten sequence to 18 wins.
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2001
Red Pepper the first winner
The Brian Kan-trained Red Pepper took the inaugural Champions Mile under Eric Legrix.
