Celebration Cup

Celebration Cup

Group 3 race
Location	Sha Tin Racecourse
Inaugurated	2014
Race type	Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1,400 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o+
Purse	HK$3,250,000[1]

The Celebration Cup, is a horse race for horses aged three and over, run at a distance of 1,400 metres (seven furlongs) on turf on 1 October (National Day of the People's Republic of China) at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.

The Celebration Cup was first contested in 2014, and was upgraded to International Group 3 class in 2016.

Records

Record time:

• 1:20.05 – Beauty Generation 2019

Most successful horse:

• 3 – Beauty Generation (2017, 2018, 2019)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 2 – João Moreira (2015, 2016)
• 2 – Zac Purton (2018, 2019)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 – John Moore (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2014	Gold-Fun	5	Douglas Whyte	Richard Gibson	1:21.44
2015	Contentment	5	João Moreira	John Size	1:21.17
2016	Joyful Trinity	4	João Moreira	John Moore	1:21.11[2]
2017	Beauty Generation	5	Derek Leung	John Moore	1:21.80[3]
2018	Beauty Generation	6	Zac Purton	John Moore	1:20.62[4]
2019	Beauty Generation	7	Zac Purton	John Moore	1:20.05
2020	Golden Sixty	5	C Y Ho	K W Lui	1:20.54[5]
2021	Buddies	6	Matthew Chadwick	Tony Cruz	1:20.48
2022	California Spangle	4	Zac Purton	Tony Cruz	1:20.49
2023	Healthy Happy	7	Alexis Badel	Frankie Lor Fu-cuen	1:21.93
2024	The Golden Scenery	7	Brenton Avdulla	Tony Cruz	1:22.74

See also

• List of Hong Kong horse races

References

• Racing Post:
  • 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • 2024,

1. Hong Kong Pattern Races
2. "2016 result". Racing Post. 1 October 2016.
3. "2017 result". Racing Post. 1 October 2017.
4. "2018 result". Racing Post. 1 October 2018.
5. "2020 result". Racing Post. 27 September 2020.