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Highlights from Premier Cup and Premier Plate 2025
Revisit the edge-of-your-seat moments of the Premier Cup and Premier Plate 2025
01 August 2025
The final Group races of the Hong Kong 2024/25 season had racing fans holding their breaths as the Premier Cup (1400m) and Premier Plate (1800m) unfolded at Sha Tin Racecourse on 22 June. The eight-year-old Beauty Joy (美麗同享) upstaged younger rivals as he clinched victory in the HK$4.2 million G3 Premier Plate Handicap, while Copartner Prance (合夥奔馳) landed his first Group race win in the G3 Premier Cup Handicap. Relive the most exciting moments below.
Caption: The Tony Cruz-trained Beauty Joy, ridden by Brenton Avdulla, wins the 2024/25 season’s final Group race, the G3 Premier Plate Handicap (1800m)
Caption: Connections celebrate after the race
Caption: Nicholas Hunsworth, Club Steward (front row, first right), presents the Premier Plate trophy to Eleanor Kwok (front row, second right), one of the Owners of Beauty Joy
Caption: The Owners, representatives, trainer, and jockey of Beauty Joy attend the Premier Plate presentation ceremony
Caption: The Francis Lui-trained Copartner Prance, ridden by Keagan de Melo, scores his first Group race win in the G3 Premier Cup Handicap (1400m)
Caption: Connections celebrate after the race
Caption: Lester Huang, Club Steward (front row, first right), presents the Premier Cup trophy to the Owner representative of the Copartner Spirit Syndicate (front row, first left)
Caption: The Owners, representatives, trainer, and jockey of Copartner Prance attend the Premier Cup trophy presentation ceremony
