Hong Kong Stewards' Cup

The Stewards' Cup is a Hong Kong Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the latter part of January at Sha Tin Racecourse. A Group One race that offers a purse of HK$12,000,000, it is run on turf over a distance of 1600 meters and is open to horses three years of age and older. The first leg of the Hong Kong Triple Crown, it is followed by the Hong Kong Gold Cup in February and the Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup in late May/early June.

The Stewards' Cup

Class	Group 1
Location	Sha Tin Racecourse Hong Kong
Inaugurated	1954
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Website	Stewards' Cup
Race information
Distance	1,600 meters (About 8 furlongs / 1 mile)
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	Three-years-old and up
Weight	115 lb (3y); 126 lb (4y+) Allowances 4 lb for fillies and mares 6 lb for N. Hemisphere 3-y-o
Purse	HK$12,000,000 (2022)

Winners since 1994

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1993	River Verdon	6	Basil Marcus	David Hill	Oswald Cheung & Ronald Arculli	1:35.30
1994	Right Way	5	Willie Ryan	Brian Kan Ping-chee	Samuel & Clarisse Wong	1:35.20
1995	Mr. Vitality	4	Basil Marcus	Ivan Allan	Larry Yung	1:33.50
1996	Michael's Choice	4	Éric Legrix	Patrick Biancone	Michael Ying Lee Yuen	1:35.10
1997	Smashing Pumpkin	4	Basil Marcus	David Hayes	Fame & Fortune Syndicate	1:34.10
1998	Billion Win	4	Felix Coetzee	Ivan Allan	Hui Chun Keung	1:33.90
1999	Not Run
2000	Resfa	5	Basil Marcus	David Hayes	J.Lau Po Man /A. Woo Wai See	1:35.40
2001	Fairy King Prawn	5	Robbie Fradd	Ivan Allan	Mr & Mrs Lau Sak Hong	1:35.10
2002	Electronic Unicorn	6	Robbie Fradd	John Size	Lo Ying Bin	1:35.20
2003	Electronic Unicorn	7	Robbie Fradd	John Size	Lo Ying Bin	1:34.90
2004	Super Kid	4	Shane Dye	John Size	Wong Yuk Kwan	1:37.30
2005	Bullish Luck	6	Christophe Soumillon	Tony Cruz	Wong Wing-keung	1:35.50
2006	Russian Pearl	5	Gérald Mossé	Tony Cruz	M/M Kam Shing Kan	1:35.10
2007	Armada	5	Douglas Whyte	John Size	Wong Yuk Lun	1:34.10
2008	Good Ba Ba	6	Olivier Doleuze	Andreas Schutz	John Yuen Se Kit	1:34.30
2009	Good Ba Ba	7	Christophe Soumillon	Andreas Schutz	John Yuen Se Kit	1:33.29
2010	Fellowship	7	Zac Purton	Paul O'Sullivan	David Sin Wai Kin	1:33.96
2011	Beauty Flash	5	Gérald Mossé	Tony Cruz	Simon Kwok Siu Ming	1:34.92
2012	Ambitious Dragon	5	Douglas Whyte	Tony Millard	Johnson Lam Pui Hung & Anderson Lam Him Yue	1:34.93
2013	Glorious Days	5	Douglas Whyte	John Size	Tom Brown's Syndicate	1:33.75
2014	Blazing Speed	5	Mirco Demuro	Tony Cruz	Fentons Racing Syndicate	1:33.91
2015	Able Friend	5	João Moreira	John Moore	Dr & Mrs Cornel Li Fook Kwan	1:33.50
2016	Giant Treasure	5	Christophe Soumillon	Richard Gibson	Mr Pan Sotong	1:34.16
2017	Helene Paragon	5	Tommy Berry	John Moore	Sir Po-shing & Lady Woo et al.	1:34.38
2018	Seasons Bloom	5	João Moreira	Danny Shum Chap-shing	Paul Lo Chung Wai & Kathy Lo Ho Hsiu Lan	1:34.74
2019	Beauty Generation	6	Zac Purton	John Moore	Patrick Kwok Ho Chuen	1:33.51
2020	Waikuku	5	João Moreira	John Size	Jocelyn Siu Yang Hin Ting	1:33.04
2021	Golden Sixty	5	Vincent Ho Chak-yiu	Francis Lui Kin-wai	Stanley Chan Ka Leung	1:33.35
2022	Waikuku	7	Zac Purton	John Size	Jocelyn Siu Yang Hin Ting	1:34.82
2023	Golden Sixty	7	Vincent Ho Chak-yiu	Francis Lui Kin-wai	Stanley Chan Ka Leung	1:33.99
2024	Voyage Bubble	5	James McDonald	Ricky Yiu Poon-fai	Sunshine And Moonlight Syndicate	1:33.97
2025	Voyage Bubble	6	James McDonald	Ricky Yiu Poon-fai	Sunshine And Moonlight Syndicate	1:33.58

See also

• List of Hong Kong horse races

References

• Racing Post:
  • 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• The Hong Kong Jockey Club official website of The Stewards' Cup (2011/12)
• Racing Information of The Stewards' Cup (2011/12)
• The Hong Kong Jockey Club