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Stewards' Cup

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History

ROMANTIC WARRIOR winning the THE STEWARDS' CUP
ROMANTIC WARRIOR winning the THE STEWARDS' CUP Picture: HKJC

The Stewards' Cup is a Group 1 race run under Weight For Age conditions for the milers at Sha Tin conducted by Hong Kong Jockey Club.

The Stewards' Cup is run over 1600m. It was first run in 1954 over 1200m at Happy Valley.

It is the first leg of the Hong Kong Triple Crown leading into the Gold Cup and then the Champions & Chater Cup.

It became a mile race in 1991 and was granted HKG1 status. In 2015 it became an international G1.

In the last 25 years, John Size has seven wins in the race as a trainer while Tony Cruz has four victories.

Over the same sort of time frame, leading jockeys are James McDonald, Zac Purton, Douglas Whyte, Robbie Fradd, Basil Marcus and Joao Moreira with three apiece.

Golden Sixty made it 15 wins from 16 starts when he won in 2021. He was going for the record consecutive wins in 2022 but was beaten as a 20-1 on shot.

Then in 2023 we saw the three big guns of HK racing, who all competed on HKIR back in December, take on each other with Golden Sixty getting the win.

Voyage Bubble was going for three on the trot in 2026 but ran into the best around as Romantic Warrior won another G1.

The Stewards' Cup was worth HK$13m in 2026.

Notable winners of the Stewards' Cup include Romantic Warrior (2026), Voyage Bubble (2024/2025), Golden Sixty (2021/2023), Beauty Generation (2019), Helene Paragon (2017), Able Friend (2015), Blazing Speed (2014), Glorious Days (2013), Ambitious Dragon (2012), Good Ba Ba (2008/2009), Bullish Luck (2005), Super Kid (2004), Electronic Unicorn (2002/2003), Fairy King Prawn (2001) and Mr Vitality (1995).

The 2025 Stewards' Cup was won by Romantic Warrior from Lucky Sweynesse and Voyage Bubble.


Racing and Sports

Previous Stewards' Cup Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
ROMANTIC WARRIOR (IRE) 8G
ACCLAMATION (GB) - FOLK MELODY (IRE) STREET CRY (IRE)
JAMES MCDONALD 57.0 C S SHUM 7
VOYAGE BUBBLE (AUS) 6G
DEEP FIELD (AUS) - RAHEIGHTS (AUS) RAHY (USA)
JAMES MCDONALD 57.0 P F YIU 4
VOYAGE BUBBLE (AUS) 5G
DEEP FIELD (AUS) - RAHEIGHTS (AUS) RAHY (USA)
JAMES MCDONALD 57.0 P F YIU 3
GOLDEN SIXTY (AUS) 7G
MEDAGLIA D'ORO (USA) - GAUDEAMUS (USA) DISTORTED HUMOR (USA)
C Y HO 57.0 K W LUI 2
WAIKUKU (IRE) 7G
HARBOUR WATCH (IRE) - LONDON PLANE (IRE) DANEHILL DANCER (IRE)
Z PURTON 57.0 JOHN SIZE 4
GOLDEN SIXTY (AUS) 5G
MEDAGLIA D'ORO (USA) - GAUDEAMUS (USA) DISTORTED HUMOR (USA)
C Y HO 57.0 K W LUI 6
WAIKUKU (IRE) 5G
HARBOUR WATCH (IRE) - LONDON PLANE (IRE) DANEHILL DANCER (IRE)
JOAO MOREIRA 57.0 JOHN SIZE 7
BEAUTY GENERATION (NZ) 6G
ROAD TO ROCK (AUS) - STYLISH BEL (AUS) BEL ESPRIT (AUS)
Z PURTON 57.0 JOHN MOORE 5
SEASONS BLOOM (AUS) 5G
CAPTAIN SONADOR (AUS) - PYRAMISA'S LASS (AUS) NOT A SINGLE DOUBT (AUS)
JOAO MOREIRA 57.0 C S SHUM 1
HELENE PARAGON (FR) 5H
POLAN (FR) - HIGH ZAFF (GB) HIGH CHAPARRAL (IRE)
TOMMY BERRY 57.0 JOHN MOORE 3
GIANT TREASURE (USA) 5G
MIZZEN MAST (USA) - PALISADE (USA) GONE WEST (USA)
C SOUMILLON 57.0 R GIBSON 6
ABLE FRIEND (AUS) 5G
SHAMARDAL (USA) - PONTE PICCOLO (NZ) VOLKSRAAD (GB)
JOAO MOREIRA 57.0 JOHN MOORE 8
BLAZING SPEED (GB) 5G
DYLAN THOMAS (IRE) - LEUKIPPIDS (IRE) SADLER'S WELLS (USA)
M DEMURO 57.0 A S CRUZ 2
GLORIOUS DAYS (AUS) 5G
HUSSONET (USA) - SAN CENTURY (NZ) CENTAINE (AUS)
D WHYTE 57.0 JOHN SIZE 1
AMBITIOUS DRAGON (NZ) 5G
PINS (AUS) - GOLDEN GAMBLE (NZ) OREGON (USA)
D WHYTE 57.0 A T MILLARD 7
BEAUTY FLASH (NZ) 5G
GOLAN (IRE) - WYCHWOOD ROSE (NZ) VOLKSRAAD (GB)
G MOSSE 57.0 A S CRUZ 8
FELLOWSHIP (NZ) 7G
O'REILLY (NZ) - MYSTICAL FLIGHT (NZ) DANZALION (USA)
Z PURTON 58.0 P O'SULLIVAN 9

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