{"id":8505,"date":"2025-10-20T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T04:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctr-campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/?p=8505"},"modified":"2025-10-30T14:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T06:31:14","slug":"2025-longines-hkir-free-entries-close-on-monday-27-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/news\/2025-longines-hkir-free-entries-close-on-monday-27-october","title":{"rendered":"2025 LONGINES HKIR free entries close on Monday, 27 October"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<p>Free entries for December\u2019s LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (LONGINES HKIR) for overseas and Hong Kong-trained horses close\u00a0on Monday, 27 October (6pm HKT) and supplementary entries will close on Monday, 24 November (6pm HKT).<\/p>\r\n<p>The four Group 1 features at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday, 14 December carry a combined record HK$130 million (approx. US$16.58 million) in prize money.<\/p>\r\n<table style=\"border-bottom: 0px;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n    <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"33%\">Hong Kong Cup<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"33%\">HK$40 million<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"33%\">2000m (turf)<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n    <td>Hong Kong Mile<\/td>\r\n    <td>HK$36 million<\/td>\r\n    <td>1600m (turf)<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n    <td>Hong Kong Sprint<\/td>\r\n    <td>HK$28 million<\/td>\r\n    <td>1200m (turf)<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n    <td>Hong Kong Vase<\/td>\r\n    <td>HK$26 million<\/td>\r\n    <td>2400m (turf)<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>LONGINES HKIR week also features a star-studded renewal of the LONGINES International Jockeys\u2019 Championship on Wednesday, 10 December at Happy Valley Racecourse.<\/p>\r\n<p>Mr Greg Carpenter, Head of Racing Product, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, said: \u201cThe LONGINES Hong Kong Cup is worth HK$40 million, while the HK$36 million LONGINES Hong Kong Mile is the most lucrative turf mile in the world. Prize money for the LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint and LONGINES Hong Kong Vase are HK$28 million and HK$26 million, respectively, bringing the day\u2019s big-race total to HK$130 million.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cWe are confident that this year\u2019s LONGINES HKIR will be among the most exciting for all participants and our racing fans.\u201d<\/p>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Free entries for December\u2019s LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (LONGINES HKIR) for overseas and Hong Kong-trained horses close\u00a0on Monday, 27 October (6pm HKT) and supplementary entries will close on Monday, 24 November (6pm HKT). The four Group 1 features at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday, 14 December carry a combined record HK$130 million (approx. US$16.58&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/news\/2025-longines-hkir-free-entries-close-on-monday-27-october\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"2normal","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8505"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8505"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8563,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8505\/revisions\/8563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}