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Exultant would win the Champions & Chater Cup afterwards while Lys Gracieux famously won the Cox Plate and Arima Kinen. The 2019 running was an extraordinary edition as Win Bright from Japan won and he would win the HK Cup on International day. South African raider Irridescence, successful in 2006, is the only filly or mare to have won the QEII Cup. Only three favourites have won the QEII Cup since it became a 2000m race in 1997, the last being Designs On Rome in 2014. Win Bright, at 50-1, made it five Japanese wins with a slashing win in 2019 breaking the race and track record in the process running 1:58.81.įour horses - Werther (2016), Designs On Rome (2014), Ambitious Dragon (2011) and Vengeance Of Rain (2005) - have completed the Hong Kong Derby and APQEII Cup double in the same year.Īustralian rider Tommy Berry became the first Club Jockey to win a G1 on the first day of his contract when he partnered Military Attack to win this race in 2013. When Japanese trainer Noriyuki Hori saddled Neorealism to win the QEII Cup in 2017 he became the first overseas trainer to win five G1s in Hong Kong. Neorealism's win in 2017 gave Japan a fourth QEII Cup, making that country the overseas jurisdiction with the most wins, followed by South Africa with three. Hong Kong runners have won 7 of the past 11 editions of the QEII Cup, with four of them claiming that same season's Horse of the Year title (2011 Ambitious Dragon 2013 Military Attack 2014 Designs On Rome 2016 Werther).
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Just since the turn of the century, some of the great jockeys of the world have saluted including Michael Kinane, Ryan Moore, Douglas Whyte, Hugh Bowman and Joao Moreira. With five wins, John Moore is the most successful QEII Cup trainer in the past 30 years (2016 Werther, 2014 Designs On Rome, 2013 Military Attack, 2007 & 2010 Viva Pataca). It became Hong Kong's fourth international G1 race in 2001, the year in which the German raider Silvano took the winner's share of the HK$10 million purse under Andreas Suborics. Three years later the race was opened up to international competition, as a local G1 contest.Īudemars Piguet stepped up to partner with the QEII Cup in 1999 and the race attained international G2 status. In April 1992 the contest was raised to HKG2 level and River Verdon won that mile edition. The race, which moved to Sha Tin in 1979, was in fact staged twice in 1986, first in April and then in October when Queen Elizabeth was once again in attendance, that time to see Forever Gold win a 1600m renewal. The Queen Elizabeth II Cup was initially at Happy Valley. Win Bright takes the FWD QEII Cup (Group 1)