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Horse of the Year is the most prestigious honor in
Thoroughbred horse racing Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in t ...
given by racing organizations in a variety of countries around the world. In
Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
, the voting for Horse of the Year is organized by the
Hong Kong Jockey Club The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) is one of the oldest institutions in Hong Kong, having been founded in 1884. In 1959, it was granted a Royal Charter and renamed The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (). The institution reverted to its original name ...
as part of its annual Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards. The Judging Panel consists of six members from the Hong Kong Jockey Club and the Association of Hong Kong Racing Journalists. Past winners of the award include: * 2021-22:
Golden Sixty Golden Sixty ( zh, 金鎗六十, foaled 14 October 2015) is a champion Australian-bred Hong Kong-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Four-Year-Old Classic Series in year 2020 and was named the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 Hong Kong Horse of t ...
* 2020-21:
Golden Sixty Golden Sixty ( zh, 金鎗六十, foaled 14 October 2015) is a champion Australian-bred Hong Kong-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Four-Year-Old Classic Series in year 2020 and was named the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 Hong Kong Horse of t ...
* 2019-20: Exultant * 2018-19:
Beauty Generation Beauty Generation (; foaled 27 September 2012) is a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse best known for his performances in Hong Kong. He began his career as a three-year-old in Australia where he won two races and ran second in the Rosehill G ...
* 2017-18:
Beauty Generation Beauty Generation (; foaled 27 September 2012) is a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse best known for his performances in Hong Kong. He began his career as a three-year-old in Australia where he won two races and ran second in the Rosehill G ...
* 2016-17:
Rapper Dragon Rapper Dragon, (, 27 August 2012 – 7 May 2017) was an Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. When racing as a two-year-old in Australia he showed considerable promise as he won one race and finished second in both The Schweppervescence an ...
* 2015-16:
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* 2014-15:
Able Friend Able Friend ( zh, 步步友:, link=no foaled 19 September 2009) is an Australian-bred, Hong Kong-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. After showing some promise when winning one of his two races in his native country, the gelding was transferred to r ...
* 2013-14:
Designs On Rome Designs On Rome (foaled 17 March 2010) is an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. He is best known for his performances in Hong Kong where he was named Horse of the Year in 2014. Background Designs On Rome is a bay gelding bred in Ireland by th ...
* 2012-13:
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* 2011-12:
Ambitious Dragon Ambitious Dragon () is a New Zealand-bred, Hong Kong based Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career which began in 2010 he has won eleven races at Sha Tin Racecourse including the Hong Kong Mile, Hong Kong Classic Cup, Hong Kong Derby, Queen El ...
* 2010-11:
Ambitious Dragon Ambitious Dragon () is a New Zealand-bred, Hong Kong based Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career which began in 2010 he has won eleven races at Sha Tin Racecourse including the Hong Kong Mile, Hong Kong Classic Cup, Hong Kong Derby, Queen El ...
* 2009-10:
Sacred Kingdom Sacred Kingdom (Chinese: 蓮華生輝), (foaled 18 November 2003 in Australia on Kornong Stud) is a Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes us ...
* 2008-09:
Viva Pataca Viva Pataca () (foaled 7 May 2002) is a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse, who achieved his greatest success when trained in Hong Kong. Background Bred by the Dukes of Devonshire and Roxburghe, he was out of the mare Comic and sired by E ...
* 2007-08:
Good Ba Ba Good Ba Ba () (foaled 2002) is a Hong Kong based Thoroughbred racehorse. In the season of 2007-2008, Good Ba Ba had five consecutive wins in Hong Kong G1 and G2 races. He was voted Hong Kong Horse of the Year. On December 14, 2008 Good Ba Ba ...
* 2006-07:
Vengeance of Rain Vengeance of Rain (21 September 2000 – 25 October 2011) was a Thoroughbred racehorse in Hong Kong that won Dubai Sheema Classic (Int'l Group One (G1) over 2,400 metres), the joint richest turf race in the world. Vengeance of Rain was foaled ...
* 2005-06:
Bullish Luck Bullish Luck ({{zh, c=牛精福星) (foaled 1999) is a Hong Kong based Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred in Kentucky, he is the son of the 1990 Breeders' Cup Mile winner Royal Academy and out of the Alysheba mare Wild Vintage. He was sold by his b ...
* 2004-05:
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* 2003-04:
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* 2002-03: Grand Delight * 2001-02: Electronic Unicorn * 2000-01: Fairy King Prawn * 1999-00: Fairy King Prawn * 1998-99:
Indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention *Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band *Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
* 1997-98: Oriental Express * 1996-97: Privilege * 1995-96: Mr Vitality * 1994-95:
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* 1993-94:
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* 1992-93:
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* 1991-92:
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* 1990-91:
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* 1989-90:
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* 1988-89:
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* 1987-88:
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* 1986-87:
Flying Dancer {{Infobox thoroughbred racehorse , horsename = Flying Dancer , image = , caption = , sire = Ballybrit , grandsire = Wandering Eyes , dam = Pur Sang , damsire = In The Purple , sex = Gelding , foaled = 1982 , country = New Zealand , co ...
* 1985-86: Yuno When * 1984-85: Mystic * 1983-84: Co-Tack * 1982-83: Co-Tack * 1981-82:
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* 1980-81: Silver Lining * 1979-80: Top Gain * 1978-79: Silver Lining * 1977-78: Silver Lining


References


Champion Awards at the Hong Kong Jockey Club website
{{sports-award-stub Horse racing awards