Sha Tin Trophy

The Sha Tin Trophy is a horse race for horses aged four and over, run at a distance of 1,600 metres (one mile) on turf in October at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.

Sha Tin Trophy

Group 2 race
Location	Sha Tin Racecourse
Inaugurated	1997
Race type	Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1,600 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	4-y-o+
Purse	HK$4,250,000^[1]

The Sha Tin Trophy was first contested in 1997. It was upgraded to International Group 2 class in 2016.

Records

Record time:

• 1:32.82 – Rise High 2019

Most successful horse:

• 2 – Beauty Generation 2017, 2018
• 2 – California Spangle 2022, 2023

Most wins by a jockey:

• 4 – Zac Purton 2012, 2014, 2018, 2022

Most wins by a trainer:

• 5 – John Moore 2005, 2006, 2006, 2017, 2018

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1997	Smashing Pumpkin	4	Basil Marcus	David Hayes	1:34.50
1998	Indigenous	5	Eric Saint-Martin	Ivan Allan	1:35.20
1999	Desert Fox	4	Alan Munro	David Oughton	1:34.60
2000	Billion Win	6	Mark De Montfort	Gary Ng	1:33.90
2001	Shaxi Fortune	5	Steven King	Francis Lui	1:34.20
2002	Super Molly	5	Douglas Whyte	David Hayes	1:34.70
2003	Self Flit	5	Weichong Marwing	Ivan Allan	1:34.20
2004	Ain't Here	5	Brett Prebble	David Hayes	1:34.00
2005	Best Gift	4	Howard Cheng	John Moore	1:34.20
2006	Green Treasure	6	Shane Dye	Caspar Fownes	1:33.50
2007	Down Town	5	Douglas Whyte	Dennis Yip	1:33.10
2008	Viva Pataca	6	Darren Beadman	John Moore	1:34.71
2009	Packing Winner	7	Brett Doyle	Peter Ho	1:34.67
2010	Thumbs Up	6	Brett Doyle	Caspar Fownes	1:33.56
2011	California Memory	5	Matthew Chadwick	Tony Cruz	1:34.75
2012	Ambitious Dragon	6	Zac Purton	Tony Millard	1:33.59
2013	Gold-Fun	4	Olivier Doleuze	Richard Gibson	1:34.05
2014	Military Attack	6	Zac Purton	Caspar Fownes	1:34.37
2015	Contentment	5	João Moreira	John Size	1:33.79
2016	Designs On Rome	6	Karis Teetan	John Moore	1:35.36^[2]
2017	Beauty Generation	5	Derek Leung	John Moore	1:33.56^[3]
2018	Beauty Generation	6	Zac Purton	John Moore	1:33.07^[4]
2019	Rise High	5	C Y Ho	Caspar Fownes	1:32.82
2020	Golden Sixty	5	C Y Ho	K W Lui	1:33.37
2021	Panfield	5	Karis Teetan	Tony Millard	1:34.40
2022	California Spangle	4	Zac Purton	Tony Cruz	1:33.41
2023	California Spangle	5	Hugh Bowman	Tony Cruz	1:34.18

See also

• List of Hong Kong horse races

References

• Racing Post:
  • 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
  • 2021, 2022, 2023

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1. Hong Kong Pattern Races
2. "2016 result". Racing Post. 23 October 2016.
3. "2017 result". Racing Post. 22 October 2017.
4. "2018 result". Racing Post. 21 October 2018.