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The Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards 2023/24 Final Nominees

26/06/2024 16:02

The Champion Awards Judging Panel has elected the final nominees for The Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards 2023/24 as follows:

Horse of the Year Elected by votes of the Judging Panel from winners of the respective categories, excluding Champion Griffin
Champion Sprinter 
(1400m or below)
CALIFORNIA SPANGLE
INVINCIBLE SAGE
LUCKY SWEYNESSE
VICTOR THE WINNER
Champion Miler 
(Over 1400m to below 1800m)
BEAUTY ETERNAL
GOLDEN SIXTY
ROMANTIC WARRIOR
VOYAGE BUBBLE
HELIOS EXPRESS
Champion Middle-Distance Horse
(1800m to below 2200m)
MASSIVE SOVEREIGN
ROMANTIC WARRIOR
Champion Stayer
(2200m and over)
FIVE G PATCH
LA CITY BLANCHE
Champion Four-Year-Old
(For four-year-olds as on 1 January of the current season)
GALAXY PATCH
HELIOS EXPRESS
INVINCIBLE SAGE
MASSIVE SOVEREIGN
Champion Griffin
(For new imports in the current season which arrived in Hong Kong unraced, and which were aged either 2 or 3 on the date of the first Hong Kong race meeting of the season)
GORGEOUS WIN
JAMES TAK
KA YING RISING

As previously announced, the Sprint category takes in races at 1400m and below, a change from previous practice, as the 1400m distance is more appropriately considered a Sprint contest than a Mile or Middle distance contest.

The Judging Panel comprises three members, each from The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) and the Association of Hong Kong Racing Journalists.

The HKJC votes are made by the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges; Executive Director, Racing, Mr Andrew Harding and Head of Racing Product, Mr Greg Carpenter.

The three members from the Association of Hong Kong Racing Journalists are Chairman Mr Carlos Wu, and Committee Members Mr Bart Vanders and Mr Sam Lo.

The Judging Panel commends the connections of each of the final nominees for the excellent performances of their horses this season.

Winners of the Champion Awards will be announced at The Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards 2023/24 presentation ceremony to be held on Friday, 12 July, while the results will be published on The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s website.

 

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards 2023/24 Election Criteria
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