Champions Mile
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.
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 |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 2001 | Red Pepper | 4 | Eric Legrix | Brian Kan Ping-chee | Mr & Mrs Chau Kam Chuen | 1:37.50 |
| 2002 | Jeune King Prawn | 5 | Weichong Marwing | Ivan W. Allan | Mr & Mrs Lau Sak Hong | 1:35.20 |
| 2003 | Electronic Unicorn | 7 | Robbie Fradd | John Size | Lo Ying Bin | 1:36.20 |
| 2004 | Figures | 5 | Torsten Mundry | David Oughton | Financial Investors Group Syndicate | 1:34.20 |
| 2005 | Bullish Luck | 6 | Gerald Mosse | Tony Cruz | Wong Wing Keung | 1:33.70 |
| 2006 | Bullish Luck | 7 | Brett Prebble | Tony Cruz | Wong Wing Keung | 1:33.70 |
| 2007 | Able One | 4 | Michael Kinane | John Moore | Dr & Mrs Cornel Li Fook Kwan | 1:34.50 |
| 2008 | Good Ba Ba | 6 | Olivier Doleuze | Andreas Schütz | John Yuen Se Kit | 1:33.50 |
| 2009 | Sight Winner | 5 | Brett Prebble | John Size | Mr. and Mrs. Tam Wing Kun | 1:34.97 |
| 2010 | Able One | 7 | Darren Beadman | John Moore | Dr & Mrs Cornel Li Fook Kwan | 1:33.63 |
| 2011 | Xtension | 4 | Darren Beadman | John Moore | Mr & Mrs Steven Lo | 1:34.71 |
| 2012 | Xtension | 5 | James McDonald | John Moore | Mr & Mrs Steven Lo | 1:35.23 |
| 2013 | Dan Excel | 5 | Weichong Marwing | John Moore | David Philip Boehm | 1:33.42 |
| 2014 | Variety Club | 6 | Anton Marcus | Mike de Kock | I & M Jooste | 1:34.11 |