Turnbull Stakes Day from Flemington in Australia (Sat 7 Oct – first race 12:15 Hong Kong time)
The Hong Kong Jockey Club will simulcast for betting five races from the Turnbull Day meeting to be held at Flemington racecourse on Saturday, 7 October. The Turnbull Stakes is a 2000m Group One for four-year-olds and older and contested under set weights and penalties conditions. The race attained Group 1 status in 2006 and has served as an important lead-up for major prizes of Melbourne’s Spring Racing Carnival such as the Cox Plate and the Melbourne Cup.
The 2023 running of the Turnbull Stakes promises to draw worldwide attention as Hong Kong’s Middle-Distance champion Romantic Warrior kicks off his overseas campaign here before a tilt at the Cox Plate. The Danny Shum trained superstar will become the first Hong Kong trained runner to contest in Australia since Dominant’s Sydney Cup venture in 2015.
Sun Chariot Stakes Day from Newmarket in England (Sat 7 Oct – first race 20:30 Hong Kong time)
Racing action will continue at Newmarket in the evening with the simulcast of the Sun Chariot Stakes and three other supporting races.
Named after King George VI’s talented racehorse who won the Fillies Triple Crown in 1942 under legendary jockey Gordon Richards, the featured Sun Chariot Stakes is run over 1600m on the Rowley Mile course for the most promising three-year-olds and older fillies and mares. It forms part of the British Champions Series which will conclude at Ascot on 21 October.
Gran Premio Latinoamericano and Gran Premio Jockey Club from San Isidro in Argentina (Sun 8 Oct – first race 4:45 Hong Kong time)
In the early morning of Sunday, 8th October, the Gran Premio Latinoamericano and Gran Premio Jockey Club will be simulcast live for betting to Hong Kong racing fans for the first time.
Gran Premio Latinoamericano (G1 2000m for 3yo+) is the richest and most important race in Latin America. First run in 1981, the race is run every year in different member countries and participated by the best horses in the Latin America region. San Isidro Racecourse in Buenos Aires of Argentina will play host to the 2023 renewal. The simulcast concludes with the 141st running of the Gran Premio Jockey Club (G1 2000m for 3yo) at 5:30am. The race forms the 2nd leg of the Argentinian Triple Crown.
Final declarations with barrier draws for the Turnbull Stakes Day, the Sun Chariot Stakes Day races and the Argentinian races will be available on Friday, 6 October.