Champions Mile
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 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.