The Sha Tin Trophy is a

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for horses aged four and over, run at a distance of 1,600 metres (one mile) on turf in October at

Sha Tin Racecourse Sha Tin Racecourse is one of the two racecourses for horse racing in Hong Kong. It is located in Sha Tin District, Sha Tin in the New Territories. It is managed by Hong Kong Jockey Club. Penfold Park is encircled by the track, and the Hon ...

in Hong Kong. The Sha Tin Trophy was first contested in 1997. It was upgraded to International

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class in 2016.

Records

Record time: * 1:32.82 – Rise High ''2019'' Most successful horse: * 2 –

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, 2018'' Most wins by a

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: * 4 –

Zac Purton Zac Purton (born 3 January 1983) is a horse racing jockey. He won the Brisbane jockeys' premiership as an apprentice in 2003, moved to Sydney and was quickly amongst the top jockeys there before he began his Hong Kong career in 2007/08. In the ...

''2012, 2014, 2018, 2022'' Most wins by a trainer: * 5 – John Moore ''2005, 2006, 2006, 2017, 2018''

Winners

References

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