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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
Stakes: (scheduledfor lateJuly in2012)
Race type: Flat/Thoroughbred
Country: England
Racecourse: AscotRacecourse, Ascot
Feature raceprizemoney: £1million
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1mileand4 furlongs (2414metres)
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3-year-oldsandup
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Often referred toas the ‘KingGeorge’
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First run in 1951, the race was the
combination of two separate races at
Ascot
EpsomDerby:2June2012
RaceType: Flat/Thoroughbred
Country: England
Racecourse: EpsomDowns, Epsom
Feature raceprizemoney: £1.25million
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First racewasheld in1780
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SeaTheStarswon in2009andbecame
themost valuable horse in the world
(£60million)
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PourMoi 2011winner
Europeand Ireland
European racingon the continent is
fairlyweak outside France and to a lesser
extent Germany and it doesn’t enjoy the
level of popular support seen elsewhere.
By comparison horse racing in Ireland
is a huge industry and we see a high
percentage of Irish breed horses racing
in the UK. Irish racing is very similar to
racing in theUKbutweknowbetter than
to list the Irish in thesamecategoryas the
British.
IrishDerby:30June2012
RaceType: Flat/Thoroughbred
Country: Ireland
Racecourse: Curragh Racecourse Co.
Kildare, Ireland
Feature raceprizemoney: €1.25million
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1mile4 furlongs (2414metres)
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3-year-olds
Prixde l’ArcdeTriomphe:2Oct2011
RaceType: Flat/Thoroughbred
Country: France
Racecourse: LongchampRacecourse, Paris
Meetingprizemoney: €6.7million
Feature raceprizemoney: €4million (2010)
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ThemostprestigiousEuropean race
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Hugeprizemoney
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Runover 2400metres
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First racedon3October 1920
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“Cen’estpasunecourse,c’estunmonument”
(“Notsomucharaceasamonument”)-this
iconicsloganwasused for thefirst timeon
theeventposter in2003
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Workforce won the 2010 race and was
watchedbymore than48,000 spectators.
Asia
Asianracing isverystrongandbecoming
stronger. Thebigplayers in the region at the
moment are Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore,
MalaysiaandMacau. Racing in thispartof the
world tends to be run verywell and venues
suchas ShaTin inHongKongare theenvyof
theWest.Gamblingavailability inmanypartsof
Asiamayhavesloweddownthegrowthofthis
sportbut this is likely tochange in the future.
JapanCup:27November2011
RaceType: Flat/Thoroughbred
Country: Japan
Racecourse: Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchu,
Tokyo
Feature race prize money: ¥521 million
(aboutUS$6.8million)
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Asia’s richest race and probably its most
prestigious
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2400m turf
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First raced1981
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Automatic invitations given to winners
and runners-up of King George VI and
Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Prix de l’Arc
de Triomphe and the winners of the
ArlingtonMillion,GrosserPreisvonBaden
and IrishChampionStakes
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A true international test
HongKongCup:11December2011
Race type: Flat/Thoroughbred
Country:HongKong, China
Racecourse: ShaTinRacecourse
Meetingprizemoney:
HK$64million (four international races)
Feature raceprizemoney:
HK$20million
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Oneofthetrulygreatdaysofracingwith
multipleGroup1eventson thecard
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First raced in1988
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2000mcourse
SingaporeAirlines InternationalCup:
20May2012
RaceType: Flat/Thoroughbred
Country: Singapore
Racecourse: Kranji Racecourse
Feature raceprizemoney: SG$3million
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2000m turf
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3-year-oldandup
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1200m
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SG$1 million KrisFlyer International
Sprintheldon the sameday
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First raced4March2000
MacauTripleCrown:
FebruarytoMay
Macau Guineas 1500m 4-year-olds
Group2HK$800,000 (February)
Macau Derby 1800m 4-year-olds
Group1HK$2.6million (April)
Macau Gold Cup 1800m 4-year-olds
Group1HK$1.2million (May)
Country:Macau
Racecourse:TaipaRacecourse
Total prizemoney:HK$4.6million
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Winner of two legs gets HK$500,000
bonus.Winnerof three legsgetsHK$1
millionbonus -awardedbytheMacau
JockeyClub
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In 2010, Australian bred horse Luen
Yat Foreverbecome thefirst andonly
horse to ever win the Macau Triple
Crown.
