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Highlights from Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup 2025
Relive the history-making moments of Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup 2025
02 July 2025
The Triple Crown reached its final leg with the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup on 25 May 2025 at Sha Tin Racecourse, where top local and overseas stayers competed in the last Group 1 race of this season. Voyage Bubble (遨遊氣泡) rewrote Hong Kong racing history as the second horse after the legendary River Verdon (翠河) in 1993/94 to complete the Triple Crown by winning the HK$13 million G1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m), HK$13 million G1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m), and G1 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup in the same season. Revisit the best moments below.
Caption: Group photo of senior officials of the HKJC and Standard Chartered Bank toasting at the Opening Ceremony of 2025 Standard Chartered Raceday
Caption: The Ricky Yiu-trained Voyage Bubble, ridden by James McDonald, wins the HK$13 million G1 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (2400m), becoming Hong Kong’s first Triple Crown hero in over 30 years after only River Verdon (1993/94)
Caption: Voyage Bubble wins all three legs of the Triple Crown. Dr Silas Yang, Steward, The Hong Kong Jockey Club (first row, right), presents a giant HK$10 million special bonus cheque to the representative of Voyage Bubble’s ownership group Sunshine And Moonlight Syndicate (first row, left)
Caption: Mary Huen, CEO, Hong Kong and Greater China & North Asia of Standard Chartered Bank (first row, right), presents a souvenir to trainer Ricky Yiu (first row, left)
Caption: Benjamin Hung, President, International of Standard Chartered Bank (first row, right), presents a souvenir to jockey James McDonald (first row, left)
Caption: Group photo at the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup presentation ceremony
Caption: Mary Huen, CEO, Hong Kong and Greater China & North Asia of Standard Chartered Bank (right), presents a prize to the stable representative responsible for Cap Ferrat (百賀飛駒), the best turned out horse for the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (left)
