Hong Kong Sprint

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The Hong Kong Sprint is a Group 1 flat horse race in Hong Kong for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds at Sha Tin Racecourse in mid December. It was first run in 1999 and is one of the four Hong Kong International Races. It attained Group 1 status in 2002.

The race is now the final leg in the Global Sprint Challenge series, preceded by the Sprinters Stakes.

From 2006, in an effort to attract higher quality sprinters from overseas, the distance of the race was extended to 1,200 metres (roughly 6 furlongs), having previously been set at 1,000 metres (5 furlongs).

[edit] Winners

• Pre Group 1 years indicated by shading.

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1999	Fairy King Prawn	4	Steven King	Ricky Yiu	Philip Lau Sak-Hong	0:56.5
2000	Falvelon	4	Damien Oliver	Danny Bougoure	Dawn Falvey et al	0:56.7
2001	Falvelon	5	Damien Oliver	Danny Bougoure	Dawn Falvey et al	0:57.0
2002	All Thrills Too	5	Gérald Mossé	David Hayes	Alan Lam Man Bun	0:56.4
2003	Silent Witness	4	Felix Coetzee	Tony Cruz	Archie & Betty da Silva	0:56.5
2004	Silent Witness	5	Felix Coetzee	Tony Cruz	Archie & Betty da Silva	0:56.8
2005	Natural Blitz	5	Glyn Schofield	Derek Cruz	Lam Yin Kee	0:57.6
2006	Absolute Champion	5	Brett Prebble	David Hall	Eddie Wong Ming Chak	1:07.8