Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup

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Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup is a Hong Kong Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late May or early June at Sha Tin Racecourse. A Group One race that offers a purse of HK$8,000,000, it is run on turf over a distance of 2400 meters and is open to horses three years of age and older. The third leg of the Hong Kong Triple Crown, it follows the Steward's Cup in January and the Hong Kong Gold Cup in February.

The Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup was first run in 1870 as "The Champion Stakes" but would become known as "The Chater Cup" in honor of renowned Hong Kong businessman and racehorse owner, Sir Paul Chater. Since 1955, the race has been known by its current name.

[edit] Recent winners of the Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2008	Packing Winner	Douglas Whyte	L Ho	Lee Wan Keung	2:24.6
2007	Viva Pataca	Michael Kinane	John Moore	Stanley Ho Hung-Sun	2:24.6
2006	Viva Pataca	Michael Kinane	John Moore	Stanley Ho Hung-Sun	2:29.7
2005	Vengeance of Rain	Anthony Delpech	David E. Ferraris	Raymond Gianco Chow Hon Man	2:29.9
2004	Super Kid	Shane Dye	John Size	Wong Yuk Kwan	2:28.1
2003	Precision	Bret Prebble	David Oughton	Wu Sai Wing	2:30.4
2002	Cheers Hong Kong	Douglas Whyte	Ivan W. Allan	Tuesday Club Syndicate	2:35.0
2001	Oriental Express	Felix Coetzee	Ivan W. Allan	Larry Yung Chi Kin	2:28.1
2000	Housemaster	Robbie Fradd	Ivan W. Allan	Highclere Thoroughbred Racing Ltd.	2:35.0
1999	Oriental Express	Eric Saint-Martin	Ivan W. Allan	Larry Yung Chi Kin	2:28.3
1998	Indigenous	Basil Marcus	Ivan W. Allan	Pang Yuen Hing	2:31.4
1997	Indigenous	Alan Munro	L. S. Li	Pang Yuen Hing	2:28.2