MEDIA GUIDE QUEEN S SILVER JUBILEE CUP 2017

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CONTENTS AND MEDIA CONTACTS CONTENTS 01 Contents & Media Contacts 02 03 04 05 06 Barrier Draw Data (Since 2005) Race History Past Winners (Since 1997) Last Year s Race First Four With Sire (Since

2 CONTENTS AND MEDIA CONTACTS CONTENTS 01 Contents & Media Contacts Barrier Draw Data (Since 2005) Race History Past Winners (Since 1997) Last Year s Race First Four With Sire (Since 2008) MEDIA CONTACTS Patrick Cummings Executive Manager, Public Affairs (Racing) patrick.cummings@hkjc.org.hk T: Larry Yeung Public Affairs Manager (Racing Operations) larry.mh.yeung@hkjc.org.hk T: Julia Tsang Public Affairs Manager (Racing Marketing) julia.yk.tsang@hkjc.org.hk T:

Draw 1st 2nd 3rd 1 3 0 1 BARRIER DRAW DATA (Since 2005) 2 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 4 0 2 1 5 1

3 Draw 1st 2nd 3rd BARRIER DRAW DATA (Since 2005)

RACE HISTORY Contentment s victory in the 2016 Queen s Silver Jubilee Cup marked the second year that the race was run as an international Group 1 contest with prizemoney of HK$10 million.

4 RACE HISTORY Contentment s victory in the 2016 Queen s Silver Jubilee Cup marked the second year that the race was run as an international Group 1 contest with prizemoney of HK$10 million. It came a year after Able Friend s sensational win in 2015, when he produced a performance that placed the big chestnut at the top of the LONGINES World s Best Racehorse Rankings. The race started life as the Queen s Silver Jubilee Challenge Cup, a 2230m handicap staged at Happy Valley in 1977 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Britain s Queen Elizabeth II. The distance and class of the race changed many times throughout the first 20 years until in 1997 it became a terms event over a mile. In 2000, the Queen s Silver Jubilee Cup ( Challenge was dropped from the race title in 1989) was upgraded to HKG3 level, two years later the contest achieved HKG2 status and in 2006 it was upgraded to HKG1 level. The race distance was shortened to 1400m in The Queen s Silver Jubilee Cup was ranked equal 70th in the list of World s Top 100 G1s Races in The Queen s Silver Jubilee Cup is now the second leg of the Hong Kong Speed Series, falling between the HKG1 Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) and G1 Chairman s Sprint Prize (1200m). Past winners of the race include standout champions Ambitious Dragon, Lucky Nine, Good Ba Ba, Electronic Unicorn and the great Silent Witness, who notched his record 17th consecutive career win in the 2005 renewal. 03

5 YEAR HORSE (COUNTRY BRED) A/W/S JOCKEY TRAINER OWNER MARGIN DRAW ODDS GOING TIME 2016 CONTENTMENT (AUS) 5/126/g Brett Prebble John Size Benson Lo Tak Wing 1 3/4 7/9 3.8 G ABLE FRIEND (AUS) 5/126/g Joao Moreira John Moore Dr & Mrs Cornel Li Fook Kwan 2 1/4 5/11 1.3F G GOLD-FUN (IRE) 5/126/g Douglas Whyte Richard Gibson Pan Sutong 1/2 9/11 2.6F G AMBITIOUS DRAGON (NZ) 6/126/g Zac Purton Tony Millard 2012 LUCKY NINE (IRE) 5/126/g Brett Prebble Caspar Fownes Johnsom Lam & Anderson Lam Dr Chang Fuk To & Maria Chang 2 1/2 8/9 3.1 GF HD 1/11 2.2F G BEAUTY FLASH (NZ) 5/126/g Gerald Mosse Tony Cruz Kwok Siu Ming 1/2 10/ G HAPPY ZERO (AUS) 5/126/g Darren Beadman John Moore David Philip Boehm SH 7/8 1.8F G EGYPTIAN RA (NZ) 7/126/g Felix Coetzee Tony Cruz Cheng Keung Fai 3/4 6/13 18 G GOOD BA BA (USA) 6/126/g Olivier Doleuze Andreas Schutz John Yuen Se Kit 1/2 11/ G JOYFUL WINNER (AUS) 6/126/g Gerald Mosse John Moore Kong Kin Kuen 1 1/4 1/10 2.4F GF JOYFUL WINNER (AUS) 5/126/g Christophe Soumillon John Moore Kong Kin Kuen 1/2 8/8 1.7F GF SILENT WITNESS (AUS) 5/126/g Felix Coetzee Tony Cruz Arthur Antonio da Silva & Betty de Silva 1 3/4 1/11 1.0F GF ELECTRONIC UNICORN (USA) 8/126/g Robbie Fradd John Size Lo Ying Bin 1/2 2/10 1.7F G HO CHOI (GB) 4/126/g Weichong Marwing Ivan Allan Ma Ching Fat 1 1/4 3/ G GOGGLES (IRE) 4/126/g Anton Marcus John Moore Matthew Wong Leung Pak 3/4 5/ H MAN OF HONOUR (IRE) 6/126/g Howard Cheng Ivan Allan Jerry Sung & Dora Sung 5 7/14 18 GY MAN OF HONOUR (IRE) 5/126/g Eric Legrix Ivan Allan Jerry Sung & Dora Sung NK 13/13 31 GF HUNTING LAD (USA) 5/126/g Robbie Fradd David Hayes Friendship Syndicate 2 1/4 9/ GF BILLION WIN (AUS) 3/123/g Douglas Whyte Ivan Allan C K Hui 3/4 4/12 2.0F GF BENJI (USA) 5/126/g Eric Legrix Patrick Biancone Howard Liang Yum Shing 2 4/13 2.0F GY # Raced as a 1600m Terms race in 1997, and as an Open race in 1998 & Promoted to a HKG3 in 2000, a HKG2 in 2002, a HKG1 in 2006 and a G1 in 2015 * Race distance changed to 1400m in 2005 PAST WINNERS (Since 2005) 04

Contentment had been the early star of the 2015/16 season with wins in the HKG3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) and the HKG2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m), but he had become

6 Contentment had been the early star of the 2015/16 season with wins in the HKG3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) and the HKG2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m), but he had become something of a bridesmaid after that with placings in the G2 Jockey Club Mile (1600m), HKG3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) and G1 Stewards Cup (1600m) and a fifth in the G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m). However, he had built up a nice record over 1400m of four wins and one third, and he was finally tackling a Group 1 at the distance. He was heavily tried in betting, firming into 3.8 second favourite behind 2014 Queen s Silver Jubilee Cup winner Gold- Fun. Under Brett Prebble, the five-year-old stalked the speed before racing to the lead at the 200m mark and holding a length and three quarter margin at the finish over a pair of Beauty horses early leader Beauty Flame fighting on gamely for second, with Beauty Only flashing home for third. Favourite Gold-Fun was one-paced in the straight and finished fourth. The winning time was 1m 21.24s. Size said the son of Hussonet had a lot of the traits that are found in good horses: He loves his training and he loves being in work. He seems to thrive on that most good horses do things like that correctly. He takes his racing well. He has a lovely temperament, he s enthusiastic to do his best all the time and he deserved, and looked likely, to win a Group 1 one day and he s done it. Purse: HK$10,000,000 Distance: 1400m Status: Group 1 Going: Good Winning time: 1m 21.24s Rank Horse Age Weight Trainer Jockey Draw Margin (LBW) Odds LAST YEAR S RACE 1st Contentment John Size Brett Prebble nd Beauty Flame Tony Cruz Zac Purton rd Beauty Only Tony Cruz Ryan Moore th Gold-Fun Richard Gibson Christophe Soumillon F 5th Dundonnell Caspar Fownes Neil Callan th Multivictory Tony Cruz Craig Williams th Charles The Great John Moore Karis Teetan th Rewarding Hero John Moore Tommy Berry th Secret Sham John Moore Nash Rawiller

7 st CONTENTMENT (AUS) HUSSONET (USA) 1st ABLE FRIEND (AUS) SHAMARDAL (USA) 2nd BEAUTY FLAME (IRE) FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND (GB) 2nd BEAUTY FLAME (IRE) FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND (GB) 3rd BEAUTY ONLY (IRE) HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR (IRE) 3rd GOLD-FUN (IRE) LE VIE DEI COLORI (GB) 4th GOLD-FUN (IRE) LE VIE DEI COLORI (GB) 4th DUNDONNELL (USA) FIRST DEFENCE (USA) st GOLD-FUN (IRE) LE VIE DEI COLORI (GB) 1st AMBITIOUS DRAGON (NZ) PINS (AUS) First Four With Sire (Since 2008) 2nd DAN EXCEL (IRE) SHAMARDAL (USA) 3rd CHARLES THE GREAT (IRE) HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR (IRE) 4th FREDERICK ENGELS (GB) ICEMAN (GB) st LUCKY NINE (IRE) DUBAWI (IRE) 2nd GLORIOUS DAYS (AUS) HUSSONET (USA) 3rd SUNNY KING (IRE) DESERT SUN (GB) 4th ADMIRATION (AUS) ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) st HAPPY ZERO (AUS) DANZERO (AUS) 2nd FELLOWSHIP (NZ) O'REILLY (NZ) 3rd SUNNY KING (IRE) DESERT SUN (GB) 2nd TIME AFTER TIME (AUS) DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) 3rd GLORIOUS DAYS (AUS) HUSSONET (USA) 4th LUCKY NINE (IRE) DUBAWI (IRE) st BEAUTY FLASH (NZ) GOLAN (IRE) 2nd SUNNY KING (IRE) DESERT SUN (GB) 3rd LUCKY NINE (IRE) DUBAWI (IRE) 4th ONE WORLD (AUS) DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) st EGYPTIAN RA (NZ) WOODBOROUGH (USA) 2nd GOOD BA BA (USA) LEAR FAN (USA) 3rd FELLOWSHIP (NZ) O'REILLY (NZ) 4th EGYPTIAN RA (NZ) WOODBOROUGH (USA) 4th SIGHT WINNER (NZ) FALTAAT (USA) st GOOD BA BA (USA) LEAR FAN (USA) 2nd SACRED KINGDOM (AUS) ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) 3rd JOYFUL WINNER (AUS) EL MOXIE (USA) 4th SCINTILLATION (AUS) DANEHILL (USA) 06

MEDIA GUIDE 2017/18 QUEEn s silver CItI HonG KonG JUbIlEE CUp GolD CUp

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