The KrisFlyer International Sprint is a former

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held at

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. Contested on

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over a left-handed course, the International

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race was run over a distance of 1200 meters (6

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s) and was open to horses aged three and older. It offered a purse of S$1,000,000 (About US$800,000). The race was discontinued in 2015. The KrisFlyer International Sprint is limited to fourteen starters with the following weight restrictions: * Northern Hemisphere 3-year-olds : 53.0 kg. * Southern Hemisphere 4 year-olds & upwards : 57.0 kg. * Filly/Mare allowance : 1.5 kg. The race is named after

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of the title sponsor

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and it is run on the same day as the

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. For the first time, in 2001 the Kranji Racecourse hosted the Group 1 Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Sprint. It was raced again the following year as a Group 3 event. The event was not run again until 2008 and the race has continued since then. From 2011 the KrisFlyer International Sprint will become part of the

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Series. The race is the third leg of the series, preceded by the

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and followed by the

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. In winning the 2002 edition, North Boy set a new Kranji course record for six furlongs which was bettered by

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in 2008 and then in 2009 Hong Kong's Sacred Kingdom broke the course record again with the time of 1:07.8.

Winners

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, Time , - , 2001 , Iron Mask (FRA) , 3 ,

Olivier Doleuze Olivier Doleuze (born 19 April 1972) is a French born jockey and is considered to be one of the world's premier jockeys. Doleuze began riding at the age of 14 and finished his career with more than 1,400 wins, 571 of those in Hong Kong. In 2010/11 ...

Criquette Head Christiane "Criquette" Head (born 6 November 1948 at Marly-le-Roi, near Maisons-Laffitte, France) is a retired French racehorse trainer. Known as Criquette, she was born into the Thoroughbred horse racing business. Her great grandfather was a jock ...

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, 1:09.8 , - , 2002 , North Boy (AUS) , 3 , Greg Childs , Tony McEvoy , P. B. Devitt et al. , 1:09.0 , - , 2008 ,

(AUS) , 8 ,

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(HKG) , 5 ,

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, Ricky Yiu , Sin Kang Yuk , 1:07.8 , - , 2010 ,

Green Birdie Green Birdie () (foaled 31 October 2003) is a Hong Kong-based Thoroughbred racehorse. In the season of 2009–2010, he won the G1 KrisFlyer International Sprint at Kranji on 16 May. He was also one of the nominees for the 2010 Hong Kong Horse ...

(HKG) , 6 ,

Mark Du Plessis Mark Du Plessis (born 3 October 1975, Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe) is a horse racing jockey. He was champion apprentice jockey in Zimbabwe in 1994/1995 and the winner of Zimbabwe senior jockeys' championship in 1997/1998. He moved to New Zealand and ...

Caspar Fownes Caspar Fownes (born 12 August 1967) is a horse trainer in Hong Kong. He take out his own licence in 2003/04 with 44 winners. In 2010/11 he added 56 winners for a career total of 437. *2006/07 won his first trainers' premiership. *2008/09 won his ...

, Roger Li Ka Chun , 1:09.62 , - , 2011 , Rocket Man (SIN) , 5 ,

Felix Coetzee Felix Coetzee (born 7 March 1959 in Durban, Natal Province, Union of South Africa) is a South African three-time champion jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. Felix Coetzee is the son of a KwaZulu-Natal trainer and his grandfather was an ow ...

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, Alfredo L. A. Crabbia , 1:09.14 , - , 2012 ,

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(SIN) , 5 , Barend Vorster ,

, Newbury Racing Stable , 1:10.57 , - , 2013 ,

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(HKG) , 6 ,

, Dr Chang Fuk To & Maria Chang Lee Ming Shum , 1:08.71 , - , 2014 ,

(HKG) , 7 ,

, Dr Chang Fuk To & Maria Chang Lee Ming Shum , 1:08.15 , - , 2015 , Aerovelocity (HKG) , 6 ,

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, Paul O'Sullivan , Daniel Yeung Ngai , 1:09.05

References

The KrisFlyer International Sprint at the Singapore Turf Club

Video at YouTube of the 2008 KrisFlyer International Sprint
Graded stakes races in Singapore Open sprint category horse races Recurring events established in 2001 Sport in Singapore