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Many of the best at the Championship distance have won the Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup run at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Time Warp came back to win last year. Can the winner of the 2021 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday become the dominant force in HK?
2021 CITI HONG KONG GOLD CUP - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
The Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup is a Group 1 race run under Weight For Age conditions for the middle distance horses at Sha Tin conducted by Hong Kong Jockey Club.
The Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup is run over 2000m. It was first run in 1979 over 1800m.
It is the second leg of the Hong Kong Triple Crown following the Stewards' Cup and leading into the Champions & Chater Cup.
John Moore has an incredible record winning nine editions overall.
Australasian jockeys have had a real trot in the last decade winning via the likes of Hugh Bowman, Tommy Berry, Zac Purton, Darren Beadman and Shane Dye.
Time Warp won the race in 2018 and regained the title in 2020.
The Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup was worth HK$12m in 2021.
Some notable winners of the Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup include Exultant (2019), Time Warp (2018/2020), Werther (2017), Designs On Rome (2015/2016), Military Attack (2013/2014), Ambitious Dragon (2012), California Memory (2011), Viva Pataca (2008/2009), Vengeance Of Rain (2007), Bullish Luck (2004) and Indigenous (1998/1999).
The 2020 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup was won by Time Warp from Exultant and Citron Spirit.
