Champions Mile
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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. [1]
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 |
