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.

Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2008 Champions Mile automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Mile. [1]

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 Beedman	John Moore	Dr & Mrs Cornel Li Fook Kwan	1:33.63
2011	Xtension	4	Darren Beedman	John Moore	Mr & Mrs Steven Lo	1:34.71

References

• Asian Mile Challenge official website