Hong Kong Gold Cup

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The Hong Kong Gold Cup is a Hong Kong Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1979 at Sha Tin Racecourse. It is open to horses three years of age and older.Run on turf, it was initially run over a distance of 1800 Metres, but is now set at 2,000 metres (ten furlongs) and it offers a purse of HK$ 8,000,000.

The second leg of the Hong Kong Triple Crown the Group One race comes after the Steward's Cup and is followed by the Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup. A HK$5,000,000 bonus is paid to the owner of the horse winning all three legs of the Triple Crown Series and a consolation bonus of HK$2,000,000 will be paid to the owner of the horse winning any two legs

Hong Kong Champion and former Horse of the Year River Verdon won this race three times and in 1994 became the only horse to ever win the Triple Crown.

[edit] Recent winners of the Hong Kong Gold Cup

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2007	Vengeance of Rain	Anthony Delpech	David E. Ferraris	Chow Nam & R. G. Chow Hon Man	2:04.40
2006	Super Kid	Shane Dye	John Moore	Wong Yuk Kwan	2:02.80
2005	Perfect Partner	Christophe Soumillon	Tony Cruz	Gowin C. S. Tseng/Ringo N. Y. Kwok	2:06.30
2004	Bullish Luck	Felix Coetzee	Tony Cruz	Wong Wing Keung	2:02.30
2003	Olympic Express	Weichong Marwing	Ivan W. Allan	Larry Yung Chi Kin	2:02.90
2002	Industrial Pioneer	Gerald Mosse	Brian Kan Ping-chee	Albert Hu Si Nok et al	2:02.40
2001	Idol	Michael Kinane	David Oughton	Wong Chi Muk	2:02.10
2000	Industrialist	Alan Munro	Brian Kan Ping-chee	Albert Hu Si Nok & Peter W. Y. Ming	2:00.20
1999	Indigenous	Douglas Whyte	Ivan W. Allan	Pang Yuen Hing	2:01.30
1998	Indigenous	Basil Marcus	Ivan W. Allan	Pang Yuen Hing	2:02.50