Champions Mile
 2024 winner Beauty Eternal | |
| Class | Group 1 |
|---|---|
| Location | Sha Tin Racecourse Hong Kong |
| Inaugurated | 2001 |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | FWD Group |
| Website | Champions Mile |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,600 meters (About 8 furlongs / (1 mile) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old and up |
| Weight | 121 lb (3y); 126 lb (4y+) Allowances 4 lb for fillies and mares 6 lb for N. Hemisphere 3-y-o |
| Purse | HK$20,000,000 (2022) |
The Champions Mile is a Group 1 flat horse race in Hong Kong for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) on the turf at Sha Tin Racecourse with the total purse of HK$14m in 2014/15, approximately US$1.8m.
It was first run in 2001, opened to international competition in 2005 and granted an international grade 1 status in 2007. The race is now the third leg of the four-race Asian Mile Challenge, preceded by the Futurity Stakes and the Dubai Duty Free Stakes and followed by the Yasuda Kinen.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Country | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 2001 | Red Pepper | 4 | Hong Kong | Éric Legrix | Brian Kan Ping-chee | Mr & Mrs Chau Kam Chuen | 1:37.50 |
| 2002 | Jeune King Prawn | 5 | Hong Kong | Weichong Marwing | Ivan Allan | Mr & Mrs Lau Sak Hong | 1:35.20 |
| 2003 | Electronic Unicorn | 7 | Hong Kong | Robbie Fradd | John Size | Lo Ying Bin | 1:36.20 |
| 2004 | Figures | 5 | Hong Kong | Torsten Mundry | David Oughton | Financial Investors Group Syndicate | 1:34.20 |
| 2005 | Bullish Luck | 6 | Hong Kong | Gerald Mosse | Tony Cruz | Wong Wing Keung | 1:33.70 |
| 2006 | Bullish Luck | 7 | Hong Kong | Brett Prebble | Tony Cruz | Wong Wing Keung | 1:33.70 |
| 2007 | Able One | 4 | Hong Kong | Michael Kinane | John Moore | Dr & Mrs Cornel Li Fook Kwan | 1:34.50 |
| 2008 | Good Ba Ba | 6 | Hong Kong | Olivier Doleuze | Andreas Schütz | John Yuen Se Kit | 1:33.50 |
| 2009 | Sight Winner | 5 | Hong Kong | Brett Prebble | John Size | Mr. and Mrs. Tam Wing Kun | 1:34.97 |
| 2010 | Able One | 7 | Hong Kong | Darren Beadman | John Moore | Dr & Mrs Cornel Li Fook Kwan | 1:33.63 |
| 2011 | Xtension | 4 | Hong Kong | Darren Beadman | John Moore | Mr & Mrs Steven Lo | 1:34.71 |
| 2012 | Xtension | 5 | Hong Kong | James McDonald | John Moore | Mr & Mrs Steven Lo | 1:35.23 |
| 2013 | Dan Excel | 5 | Hong Kong | Weichong Marwing | John Moore | David Philip Boehm | 1:33.42 |
| 2014 | Variety Club | 6 | South Africa | Anton Marcus | Mike de Kock | I & M Jooste | 1:34.11 |
| 2015 | Able Friend | 5 | Hong Kong | João Moreira | John Moore | Dr & Mrs Cornel Li Fook Kwan | 1:33.76 |
| 2016 | Maurice | 5 | Japan | João Moreira | Noriyuki Hori | Kazumi Yoshida | 1:34.08 |
| 2017 | Contentment | 6 | Hong Kong | Brett Prebble | John Size | Benson Lo Tak Wing | 1:35.23 |
| 2018 | Beauty Generation | 5 | Hong Kong | Zac Purton | John Moore | Patrick Kwok Ho Chuen | 1:34.31 |
| 2019 | Beauty Generation | 6 | Hong Kong | Zac Purton | John Moore | Patrick Kwok Ho Chuen | 1:33.63 |
| 2020 | Southern Legend | 7 | Hong Kong | Vincent Ho Chak-yiu | Caspar Fownes | Boniface Ho Ka Kui | 1:33.13 |
| 2021 | Golden Sixty | 5 | Hong Kong | Vincent Ho Chak-yiu | Francis Lui Kin-wai | Stanley Chan Ka Leung | 1:33.45 |
| 2022 | Golden Sixty | 6 | Hong Kong | Vincent Ho Chak-yiu | Francis Lui Kin-wai | Stanley Chan Ka Leung | 1:32.81 |
| 2023 | Golden Sixty | 7 | Hong Kong | Vincent Ho Chak-yiu | Francis Lui Kin-wai | Stanley Chan Ka Leung | 1:33.34 |
| 2024 | Beauty Eternal | 5 | Hong Kong | Zac Purton | John Size | Patrick Kwok Ho Chuen | 1:34.52 |
| 2025 | Red Lion | 6 | Hong Kong | Hugh Bowman | John Size | The Hon Ronald Arculli GBM GBS JP & Johanna K J Arculli BBS | 1:33.21 |