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The prize money for 2023 G1 Longines Hong Kong International Races will be an unprecedented PS11.9million (HK$118million). This December’s showpiece meeting will continue to host the richest Group 1 turf racing over six furlongs (1200m), a half mile (1600m), and a mile-and-a-quarter (2000m).
The G1 Longines Hong Kong Cup (2000m), which is the richest race in the jurisdiction, has seen a 5.9% rise to PS3.63million (HK$36million). The G1LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1000m) also saw an 8.3% increase to PS2.62million (HK$26million), while the G1LONGINES Hong Kong Mile ( 1600m) grew by 6.7% to reach PS3.22million (HK$32million) and the G1LONGINES Hong Kong Vas
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LONGINES Hong Kong International Races |
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| Hong Kong Sprint | 1200 | $24M | $26M | $2M | 8.3% |
| Hong Kong Mile | 1600 | $30M | $32M | $2M | 6.7% |
| Hong Kong Cup | 2000 | $34M | $36M | $2M | 5.9% |
| Hong Kong Vase | 2400 | $22M | $24M | $2M | 9.1% |
Three of the G1 LONGINES HKIR events from last year – the LONGINES Hong Kong Mile and the LONGINES Hong Kong Cup, as well as the LONGINES Hong Kong sprint – were included in the LONGINES Top 100 G1 Races for 2022.
The LONGINES HKIR meeting will highlight Hong Kong’s impressive prize money growth. Each of the 12 Group 1 races in the city will increase by a minimum HK$1,000,000 (PS100,000.) This is part of a 10% overall prize money rise.
The new incentives and prize money structure will cap Hong Kong’s record prize-money and incentive structure, which is estimated at HK$1.73bn (PS174.5m) for the 2023/24 Season.
The Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m), which will carry HK$13,000,000 (PS1.31,000,000) in prize money. In addition, the Club has increased the Group 2 and 3 races to HK$5.35million (PS540,000), and HK$4.2million (PS423,000), respectively.
Charlie Appleby entered four horses in the G1 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (2000m), which will be the last G1 race of the Hong Kong racing season, on Sunday 28th May at Sha Tin Racecourse. Global Storm, Rebel’s Romance and Siskany could be in the PS1.2m (HK$12m) race over a mile-and-a-half (2400m).
Winfried Engelbrecht Bresges, Chief executive officer of The Hong Kong Jockey Club said: “The LONGINES Hong Kong International Races are still widely regarded as the Turf World Championships and the HK$118,000,000 total prize money available next season underscores the Club’s commitment to attracting the best horses in the world and their connections.
It is important that Hong Kong’s international race days, FWD Champions Day and LONGINES Hong Kong International Races, continue to be the destination of choice for owners and trainers around the globe.
As we saw with the successful staging in December of the 2022 LONGINES Hong Kong International Races, and with the most recent wonderful FWD Champions Day Meeting, these prestigious meetings allow us the opportunity to showcase Hong Kong’s world-class racing at the global level.
Hong Kong’s domestic race prize money pool is set to increase by 8% next season, with an extra HK$94m (PS9.48m) available. This will bring the total to HK$1.38bn (PS139m).
Andrew Harding is the Executive Director of Racing at The Hong Kong Jockey Club. He said: “Before 2022/23, we conducted a thorough analysis of our prize-money and incentive structure. We decided to invest continuously into the future and this has resulted in the substantial prize money as well as additional incentives that have been outlined these past two weeks.”
These enhancements will help our Owners by providing attractive incentives and increasing their returns on investment. We believe these additional increases are proportional to the amount they invested.
Due to these significant prize money increases for 2023/24 the Club also approved a delay in the deadline for the 2023 Horse Ballot. The new date is 5pm on Thursday, May 11, 2023.
