Hong Kong International Races (香港國際賽事) are the most prestigious horse races in Hong Kong. It is hosted by the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
The event consists of 4 races which are run annually in mid-December at Sha Tin Racecourse.
The event has been sponsored by Cathay Pacific Airways from 2004 to 2011. From 2012, the swiss watch brand, Longines, will sponsor the event, with its official title as Longines Hong Kong International Races.
The event is televised around the globe. In 2006, the total purse was HKD62million.
Read more about Hong Kong International Races: History
Famous quotes containing the word races:
“Listen, my friend, there are two races of beings. The masses teeming and happy—common clay, if you like—eating, breeding, working, counting their pennies; people who just live; ordinary people; people you can’t imagine dead. And then there are the others—the noble ones, the heroes. The ones you can quite well imagine lying shot, pale and tragic; one minute triumphant with a guard of honor, and the next being marched away between two gendarmes.”
—Jean Anouilh (1910–1987)