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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Prebble the leading Champions Mile rider

Brett Prebble wins his third Champions Mile aboard Contentment to become the race’s most prolific rider.

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.

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.

First overseas victory to South Africa’s Club

South African runner Variety Club becomes the first overseas winner of the Champions Mile.

Second time lucky for Xtension

Xtension notches his second Champions Mile success, becoming the third two-time winner in this race.

Veteran Able One salutes

Able One takes his second Champions Mile as a seven-year-old. He remains the race’s oldest winner.

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.

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.

Red Pepper the first winner

The Brian Kan-trained Red Pepper took the inaugural Champions Mile under Eric Legrix.