Hong Kong Vase

Hong Kong Vase

Group One Betting Guide
Date: December 8, 2024
Location: Sha Tin Racecourse, Hong Kong
Distance: 2400m
Prize Money: HK$24,000,000

The Hong Kong Vase is a Group 1 race held during the International meeting at Sha Tin in December each year.

The 2400m feature is one of four Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) and usually attracts a world-class field of staying thoroughbreds.

The Europeans have dominated the Hong Kong Vase over the years, largely because the local racing scene doesn’t feature many staying events, yet bookmakers always own a roaring trade on the race.


2024 Hong Kong Vase Odds

Junko delivers for Andre Fabre and Maxime Guyon in the 2023 Hong Kong Vase.

Odds for the 2024 Hong Kong Vase are not available.


Best Hong Kong Vase bookmakers

Futures and fixed-odds betting markets for the Hong Kong Vase are available throughout the year. Due to its popularity on the world stage, online betting sites take the Hong Kong Vase very seriously which means punters often get great odds.

The following bookmakers offer markets for all Hong Kong feature races:

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Latest Hong Kong Vase News

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2024 Hong Kong Vase Final Field

Horsebetting will update this page when the 2024 Hong Kong Vase field is released.


Previous Hong Kong Vase Field

  • No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
    1 Silks
    Junko
    Andre Fabre
    Maxime Guyon
    8
    126lb
    2 Silks
    Senor Toba
    Casper Fownes
    Vincent Ho
    3
    126lb
    3 Silks
    Zeffiro
    Yasutoshi Ikee
    Damien Lane
    2
    126lb
    4 Silks
    Five G Patch
    Tony Cruz
    Alexis Badel
    9
    126lb
    5 Silks
    West Wind Blows
    Simon & Ed Crisford
    James McDonald
    6
    126lb
    6 Silks
    La City Blanche
    Tony Cruz
    Zac Purton
    4
    126lb
    7 Silks
    Geraldina
    Takashi Saito
    William Buick
    5
    122lb
    8 Silks
    Lebensstil
    Hiroyasu Tanaka
    Joao Moreira
    7
    121lb
    9 Silks
    Warm Heart
    Aidan O’Brien
    Ryan Moore
    1
    117lb
  • No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
    1 Silks
    Broome
    Aidan O’Brien
    Yutaka Take
    6
    126lb
    2 Silks
    Bubble Gift
    Mikel Delzangles
    Christopher Lemaire
    2
    126lb
    3 Silks
    Glory Vase
    Tomohito Ozeki
    Joao Moreira
    4
    126lb
    4 Silks
    Mendocino
    Sarah Steinberg
    Rene Piechulek
    7
    126lb
    5 Silks
    Botanik
    Andre Fabre
    William Buick
    5
    126lb
    6 Silks
    Senor Toba
    Caspar Fownes
    Vincent Ho
    10
    126lb
    7 Silks
    Panfield
    Tony Millard
    Karis Teetan
    9
    126lb
    8 Silks
    Butterfield
    Danny Shum
    Silvestre De Sousa
    8
    126lb
    9 Silks
    Win Marilyn
    Takahisa Tezuka
    Damian Lane
    3
    122lb
    10 Silks
    Stone Age
    Aidan O’Brien
    Ryan Moore
    1
    121lb

2023 Hong Kong Mile result


1stJunko (+455)
2ndZeffiro (-142.86)
3rdWarm Heart (-250)

Recent Hong Kong Vase winners

  • Andre Fabre’s reputation as an international target trainer is unsurpassed and, nine years after his last victory at Sha Tin, the Group 1 Hong Kong Vase (2400m) was the Frenchman’s for a third time on Sunday. A trailblazer at the Breeders’ Cup, winner of virtually every European Classic and an eternal champion of his homeland, Fabre had flown slightly under the radar with his runner Junko in what had looked hot competition from around the world in the 2400m showdown. Settled at the rear of a modest pace set by La City Blanche, Guyon had conceded first run to Ryan Moore and Warm Heart as the gallop picked up turning for home. Junko came wide of rivals on the bend and tore past Warm Heart and Japanese runner Zeffiro with 200m remaining.
  • While the red, black and white silks of Win Company have fared well in Hong Kong thanks to dual Sha Tin winner Win Bright, it was a case of firsts all round for Damian Lane and Takahisa Tezuka as Win Marilyn passed the entire field to record an impressive debut Group 1 success in the Hong Kong Vase (2400m). Lane refused to be panicked in a race with little early pace and, having broken best of all, allowed Win Marilyn to drift back through the field to the point where they had eight horses ahead of him turning for home. As French-trained challenger Botanik made his bid for victory, Lane angled Win Marilyn to the outside and once the five-year-old daughter of Screen Hero hit her stride, the result was quickly settled. Botanik stayed on well to be a length and a half back in second while hat-trick seeking Glory Vase bowed out with a courageous third-placed effort.
  • Champion jockey Joao Moreira combined with the Tomohito Ozeki-trained Japanese stayer Glory Vase for a stunning win in the 2021 Group 1 Hong Kong Vase. It was a repeat of their 2019 success but achieved in different style as Moreira registered his seventh Hong Kong International Races win and his third in the Vase having also been successful on the Japanese-trained Satono Crown in 2016. Glory Vase unleashed a withering burst from second last turning for home, in contrast to the handier stalking passage he enjoyed in 2019, to deny fairytale results for the trainers of the placegetters; Briton William Muir with his Hong Kong debut runner in second-placed Pyledriver and Frenchman Alain de Royer-Dupre – twice a HKIR winner – who prepared third place Ebaiyra, who’ll be his final Hong Kong runner as the trainer retires at the end of the year.
  • The 2020 Hong Kong Vase was made out to be a race in two, the $1.80 favourite Exultant and Mogul as a $2.50. It was the Irish horse Mogul who managed to outstay her rivals as the three-year-old filly went on to claim Group 1 glory by 3.5 lengths in a truly dominant display. Having gained a perfect run in transit in the one-one, Mogul ambled up to the leader Exultant inside the final furlong, where she quickly put the race to be and handed Ryan Moore the first of two Group 1’s that he will ride on the day.
  • In a field full of international superstars it was the Japanesed based Glory Vase, who put a space on his rivals to claim the 2019 Hong Kong Vase. It was a near perfect steer from Moreira who settled his mount midfield with cover and managed to find gaps along the inside to go on to score by over 3 lengths after producing barnstorming finish to hand the horse his first Group 1 success.
  • Exultant was one of the more favoured runners in the 2018 Hong Kong Vase and the money was justified after the Hong Kong-trained runner gripped on for a famous victory. Taken the front early, it always felt like Exultant could be a sitting duck coming into the latter stages after sitting outside the speed but when it looked like Lys Gracieux was going to stroll straight past Exultant dug deep to deliver a memorable win.
  • What a farewell it was for Irish superstar Highland Reel. In what was the stud’s final ever competitive race, the gun galloper delivered yet another G1 win in a foreign jurisdiction. Under a sensational ride from one of the world’s best in Ryan Moore, Highland Reel fought off the fast-finishing Talismatic and Tosen Basil, who would later go on to take up a career under Australian trainer Darren Weir.
  • The Japanese staying form proved too good on the world stage again as Satono Crown ran down race-favourite Highland Reel in the shadows of the post. The four-year-old colt was given a great ride from champion jockey Joao Moreira and when Highland Reel kicked at the top of the straight there was only one horse chasing. The pair put over six lengths on the third horse which was One Foot In Heaven, followed by Nuovo Record in fourth. Read the full report here.
  • Aidan O’Brien continued his assault on global racing when Highland Reel took out the Hong Kong Vase. The Irish runner was a $6 chance in the betting behind race-favourite and 2014 champion Flintshire and after settling forward during the run, it took over in the concluding stages for a stylish victory. It defeated the likes of 2013 winner Dominant and Turnbull Stakes winner Preferment.
  • Flintshire justified its $2.10 odds in 2014 when winning by a half-length at Sha Tin. The Andre Fabre-trained colt settled midfield before cruising to the front in the straight. It held off Willie Cazals which finished second and the field also included 2013 winner Dominant and the always-popular Red Cadeaux. It continued the fine run of Europeans which had won the last 13 of 14.
  • Dominant was an upset winner in the 2013 Hong Kong Vase when it defeated a strong field of Europeans which included The Fugue, Dunaden and Red Cadeaux. The five-year-old was a Irish-bred horse running for Hong Kong-based John Moore and it gave Australian jockey Zac Purton one of his career highlight wins.
  • Red Cadeaux was a true globe-trotter which won only seven races from 54 starts, but that included the 2012 Group 1 Hong Kong Vase. The three-time Melbourne Cup entrant was much-loved by racing fans and punters alike for its ability to run good races at the highest level. The Ed Dunlop-trained gelding would continue to race around the world before suffering a bone fracture in the 2015 Melbourne Cup.
  • Another international winner, Dunaden proved too strong for its rivals in 2011. The Mikel Delzangles-trained runner gave Australian jockey Craig Williams a famous win on Hong Kong soil. The win came prior to its 2012 Caulfield Cup win and it showed that Hong Kong Vase form stands up well on the world stage.

Hong Kong Vase past winners list

Hong Kong Vase Past Winners
Year Horse Jockey Trainer
2023 Junko Maxime Guyon Andre Fabre
2022 Win Marilyn Damian Lane Takahisa Tezuka
2021 Glory Vase Joao Moreira Tomohito Ozeki
2020 Mogul Ryan Moore Aidan O’Brien
2019 Glory Vase Joao Moreira Tomohito Ozeki
2018 Exultant Zac Purton Tony Cruz
2017 Highland Reel Ryan Moore Aidan O’Brien
2016 Satono Crown Joao Moreira Noriyuko Hori
2015 Highland Reel Ryan Moore Aidan O’Brien
2014 Flintshire Maxime Guyon Andre Fabre
2013 Dominant Zac Purton John Moore
2012 Red Cadeaux Gerald Mosse Ed Dunlop
2011 Dunaden Craig Williams Mikel Delzangles
2010 Mastery Frankie Dettori Saeed Bin Suroor
2009 Daryakana Gerald Mosse Alain de Royer-Dupre
2008 Doctor Dino Olivier Peslier Richard Gibson
2007 Doctor Dino Olivier Peslier Richard Gibson
2006 Collier Hill Dean McKeown Alan Swinbank
2005 Ouija Board Kieren Fallon Ed Dunlop
2004 Phoenix Reach Martin Dwyer Andrew Balding
2003 Vallee Enchantee Dominique Boeuf Elie Lellouche
2002 Ange Gabriel Thierry Jarnet Eric Libaud
2001 Stay Gold Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee
2000 Daliapour Johnny Murtagh Sir Michael Stoute
1999 Borgia Olivier Peslier Andre Fabre
1998 Indigenous Douglas Whyte Ivan Allen
1997 Luso Michael Kinane Clive Brittain
1996 Luso Frankie Dettori Clive Brittain
1995 Partipral Olivier Peslier Elie Lellouche
1994 Red Bishop Cash Asmussen John Hammond

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