Following earlier announcement of the final nominees for The Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards 2020/2021, the Champion Awards Judging Panel has decided to present a Lifetime Achievement Award to Beauty Generation and Exultant, in recognition of their great contributions to Hong Kong racing.

Twice Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year, Beauty Generation was crowned Hong Kong Champion Miler an unmatched three times. The New Zealand-bred gelding won 18 races from 34 starts in Hong Kong and earned HK$106,233,750, making him the highest-ever prize money earner in Hong Kong history. Beauty Generation also achieved the equal-highest international rating for a Hong Kong horse, joint at 127 along with Able Friend on the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings. He was allotted that mark in both 2018 and 2019 and was honoured as the world’s leading specialist turf miler in both years. 

Enthroned as last season’s Horse of the Year, Irish-bred Exultant was twice crowned Champion Stayer and Champion Middle-Distance Horse, both times in successive seasons.  Exultant ends his career with a record of 11 wins from 32 starts, never worse than fifth-place in any race with prize-money earnings of HK$83,491,900 – making him the second highest-ever earner in Hong Kong racing history.

The final nominees for The Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards 2020/2021 are as follows, while the nominee for the Champion Griffin will be announced early next week:-

Winners of the Champion Awards will be announced at The Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards 2020/2021 presentation ceremony to be held on Tuesday, 13 July, with the presentation ceremony being live broadcast on Club’s online platforms including the Hong Kong Jockey Club Website, HKJC Racing Facebook Page, HKJC Racing Sports Facebook Page, HKJC YouTube Channel, HKJC Racing Twitter and HKJC TV App.