The National Day Cup is a Group 3 Thoroughbred handicap horse race in Hong Kong, run at Sha Tin over 1000 metres. It takes place every year on 1 October, Hong Kong National Day. Originally run over 1400 metres, it replaced the Sha Tin Sprint Trophy in 2014, with the Celebration Cup a new race over 1400 metres. It is one of only two Group races run over 1000 metres in Hong Kong each year, along with January's Bauhinia Sprint Trophy.

Winners

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Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
1999 Score 5 Glen Boss S T Wong 1:48.20
2000 Bumper Storm 6 Eddy Lai Wai -ming David Hill 1:22.00
2001 Fairy King Prawn 6 Weichong Marwing Ivan Allan 1:21.30
2002 Jeune King Prawn 5 Weichong Marwing Ivan Allan 1:21.90
2003 Prime Witness 7 Howard Cheng Yu-tin David Hayes 1:22.30
2004 Town Of Fionn 4 Glyn Schofield Danny Shum Chap-shing 1:21.80
2005 Fokine 4 Howard Cheng Yu-tin Tony Cruz 1:21.80
2006 Flaming Lamborgini 5 Howard Cheng Yu-tin Danny Shum Chap-shing 1:20.40
2007 Tiber 7 Howard Cheng Yu-tin John Moore 1:20.70
2008 Fellowship 6 Douglas Whyte Paul O’Sullivan 1:21.23
2009 Egyptian Ra 8 Matthew Chadwick Tony Cruz 1:21.65
2010 Lucky Nine 3 Brett Prebble Caspar Fownes 1:20.43
2011 Ambitious Dragon 5 Douglas Whyte Tony Millard 1:21.50
2012 Packing OK 6 Olivier Doleuze John Moore 1:20.71
2013 Gold-Fun 4 Olivier Doleuze Richard Gibson 1:20.73
2014 Bundle Of Joy 5 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu David Hall 0:55.38
2015 Not Listenin'tome 5 Neil Callan John Moore 0:55.90
2016 Amazing Kids 5 Brett Prebble John Size 0:56.19
2017 Dashing Fellow 6 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu John Moore 0:56.59
2018 Hot King Prawn 4 Karis Teetan John Size 0:56.00
2019 Full of Beauty 5 João Moreira John Size 0:55.16
2020 Computer Patch 4 João Moreira Tony Cruz 0:55.84
2021 Super Wealthy 6 Alexis Badel David Hayes 0:54.96
2022 Super Wealthy 7 Zac Purton David Hayes 0:56.05
2023 Stoltz 6 Zac Purton Francis Lui Kin-wai 0:55.91
2024 Beauty Waves 4 Alexis Badel Pierre Ng Pang-chi 0:55.72

See also

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References

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The Hong Kong Jockey Club racing results of National Day Cup (2011/12)