SELECTED TOP HONG KONG RACEHORSES BY EARNINGS IN HONG KONG DOLLARS (HKD) (AND EQUIVALENT AMOUNTS IN SELECTED OTHER CURRENCIES)
Horses must have raced principally in Hong Kong
Due to difficulty in reconciling individual Hong Kong race earnings with hkjc.com totals the figures are liable to change as new information comes to hand.
Main sources of information for Hong Kong races include: hkjc.com, punters.com.au, racingpost.com, bloodhound.net.au. (hkjc.com does not provide individual (or seasonal earnings) once a horse has retired). hkjc.com does provide total prizemoney in HKD. So non hkjc.com sources are sometimes used as a guide to prizemoney split between finishers and that is sometimes conflicting.
A general guide (there are always exceptions) is that individual race prizemoney is percentage split as follows:
Group 1 prizemoney percentages (which may include races designated HKG1): 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 10.00%, 4th 5.70%, 5th 3.30%, 6th 2.00%; All other prizemoney percentages: 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00%
I have saved a copy of the hkjc 2017-2018 pattern book and the hkjc 2019-2020 pattern book (these provide prizemoney splits for all group races for those seasons). If anyone has a copy of other season's pattern books please send me a copy.
Hong Kong High Achievement and Top Up Bonuses for 2014 and later years can be found at
https://racing.hkjc.com/racing/english/racing-info/fwb_PP.asp All other bonuses have been found by searching hkjc.com on a trial and error approach.
Currency conversions are based on daily foreign exchange rates for the date of a race (or the previous stock exchange trading day if no trading on the race date) as published by the Reserve Bank of Australia at
https://www.rba.gov.au/statistics/historical-data.html TO 24 MAY 2020 (includes Standard Chartered Hong Kong Champions and Chater Cup group 1 earnings)
Beauty Generation (NZ) 2012 (to 26 Apr 2020) HKD 105,981,387 USD 13,561,112 GBP 10,363,503 EUR 11,905,470 AUD 18,852,554 JPY 1,506,715,414
(Career Record: Starts: 38: 20-5-7-6; Australia: Starts: 7: 2-2-1-2 for AUD 334,700; Hong Kong: Starts 31: 18-3-6-4 for HKD 104,822,500 (includes HKD 750,000 High Achievement Bonus earned 8 Jan 2017))
(Hong Kong earnings equals the total recorded by hjkc.com (excludes pre import earnings). hkjc.com has converted AUD 334,700 pre import earnings to HKD 2,190,720 whereas I have converted AUD 334,700 to HKD 1,908,887)
(To get to the same figure as hkjc.com I have assume that Beauty Generation earned 11.5% or HKD 1,115,000 for 3rd in the 2017 Hong Kong Classic Mile and earned 10% or HKD 1,800,000 for 3rd in the 2017 BMW Hong Kong Derby)
Viva Pataca (GB) 2002 (late Comic Strip) HKD 84,054,910 USD 10,807,360 GBP 6,157,612 EUR 7,971,699 AUD 13,407,628 JPY 1,141,342,336
(Career Record: Starts: 51: 18-5-10-18; United Kingdom: Starts 7: 5-0-0-2 for GBP 58,674.80; Hong Kong: Starts 43: 13-4-10-16 for HKD 75,421,500 (including HKD 2,000,000 bonus earned 31 May 2009 for winning two legs of the 2009 Citi triple crown); UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 0-1-0-0 for USD 1,000,000)
(hkjc.com has post import career earnings of HKD 83,197,500 (including HKD 2,000,000 bonus) from 44 starts and HKD 827,290 from 7 starts in the United Kingdom for total career earnings of HKD 84,024,790. I have pre import career earnings of HKD 822,489 which is HKD 4,801 less. I have followed the racinpost.com prizemoney split for Hong Kong prizemoney with the following exceptions. For starts 8 to 10 racingpost.com did not publish Hong Kong results so I used the following percentages (1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00%) to allocate total race prizemoney. My post import career earnings are HKD 74,451,500 (including HKD 2,000,000 bonus) from 43 Hong Kong stars and HKD 7,780,921 from I start in UAE (Dubai) for a total post import earnings of HKD 83,232,421 or HKD 34,921 more than hkjc.com. The difference may be due the the forex rates used to convert UAE (Dubai) earnings into HKD.
Exultant (IRE) 2014 (late Irishcorrespondent) (to 24 May 2020) HKD 73,824,775 USD 9,455,440 GBP 7,370,372 EUR 8,415,344 AUD 13,599,889 JPY 1,037,077,814
(Career Record: Starts: 29: 13-7-4-5; Ireland: Starts: 3: 2-0-1-0 for EUR 54,063.00 (
www.goracing.ie); United Kingdom: Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for GBP 2,421.00 (
www.racingpost.com); Hong Kong: Starts 25: 11-7-3-4 for HKD 73,336,900 inc High Achievement Bonus of HKD 750,000 earned 23 Dec 2017 and Top-up Bonus of HKD 250,000 earned 8 May 2018 (racing.hkjc.com))
(Hong Kong earnings of HKD 73,336,900 equals the total recorded by hjkc.com (hkjc.com amount excludes pre import earnings)).
Vengeance Of Rain (NZ) 2000 (late Subscribe) HKD 70,712,531 USD 9,069,340 GBP 4,772,277 EUR 7,001,613 AUD 11,558,109 JPY 1,036,334,024
(Career record: Starts 27: 10-3-4-10; Australia: Starts 3: 1-0-1-1 for AUD 64,000; Hong Kong: Starts 23: 8-3-3-9 for HKD 46,966,400: UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 1-0-0-0 for USD 3,000,000)
(hkjc.com has post import earnings of HKD 75,410,500. I have post import race earnings of HKD 70,410,266 (Hong Kong earnings of HKD 46,966,400 plus UAE (Dubai) earnings of HKD 23,443,866). My figure is about HKD 5,000,000 less than the hkjc.com figure. racingpost.com did not publish full results covering the first 5 Hong Kong Starts so bloodhound.net.au HKD earnings are used. All later Hong Kong race earnings are calculated by calculating the % split derived from the racingpost GBP earnings and applying that to the total HKD race prizemoney published by hkjc.com to calculate amount earned at each start in HKD (small amounts are rounded up or down). After Vengeance of Rain won the 2005 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup bloodhorse.com stated that Vengeance Of Rain earned HK$10.2 million to push his career earnings to HK$34,915,500 (see
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/167403/vengeance-takes-world-racing-championships-title-ouija-board-victorious). That was his 11th start in Hong Kong and I agree with those amounts. No mention was made of any bonus being paid as the winner of 2005 World Racing Championships Series. Although I cannot find any evidence of a bonus, a bonus of USD 500,000 would add nearly HKD 4,000,000 to his earnings, however that still leaves HKD 1,000,000 unaccounted for. I have found a link to a document on hjkc.com (document missing) that indicates his earnings had shot up to HKD 74,000,000 after winning the 2007 Dubai Sheema Classic which is about HKD 5,000,000 more that I have at that time. After that race he won just over HKD 5,000,000 which would have taken his earnings to over HKD 79,000,000 which is about HKD 4,000,000 more than the hkjc.com career earnings and about HKD 9,000,000 more than my career end total. The truth is out there. Note pre-import race earnings of AUD 64,000 or HKD 302,165 are not taken into account in working out hkjc.com career earnings. It may be that there were bonuses of HKD 5,000,000 however I cannot find any reference to them.)
Military Attack (IRE) 2008 (late Rave) HKD 63,270,675 USD 8,155,734 GBP 5,240,771 EUR 6,467,268 AUD 8,990,282 JPY 850,018,555
(Career Record: Starts 44: 13-8-6-17; United Kingdom: Starts: 6: 3-2-0-1 for GBP 44,318.35; Hong Kong: Starts: 34: 9-5-5-15 for HKD 46,680,750; Singapo Starts: 3: 1-1-1-0 for SGD 2,625,000; UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for USD 0)
(When the hkjc.com pre import earnings of HKD 546,710 (see
https://racing.hkjc.com/racing/content/english/pp_formsheet/fse_N175.pdf) are added to the hkjc.com post import earnings of HKD 63,518,265 (for Hong Kong, Singapore and UAE (Dubai)) the worldwide hjkc.com earnings total HKD 64,064,975. My worldwide total is HKD 63,270,675 or HKD 794,300 less. I cannot find any evidence of a bonus paid which may explain the gap. My individual Hong Kong race earnings are the same as punters.com.au except for his last start on 20 Nov 2016 where punters.com.au allocates HKD 0 for a third place when HKD 460,000 was earned. My Hong Kong individual race earnings also accord with the racingpost.com split of total prizemoney for each race. The Singapore Airlines International Cup earnings for 2013 to 2015 are based on
http://www.siacup.sg/HorsemensGuide/HorsemensGuideinPDFFormat/Documents/2015_HMG_SAIC.pdf. equibase.com has career earnings of USD 8,118,852 which is very close to my figure of USD 8,155,734 suggesting any differrence is likely due to forex rates used rather than error in individual race earnings used to calculate foreign currency amounts.)
Designs on Rome (IRE) 2010 HKD 62,596,937 USD 8,069,617 GBP 5,187,711 EUR 6,523,990 AUD 9,688,284 JPY 890,073,840
(Career Record: Starts 37: 11-4-3-19; Ireland: Starts: 5: 1-2-1-1 for EUR 58,185; Hong Kong: Starts: 37: 11-6-4-16 for HKD 59,692,375; UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for USD 300,000).
(hkjc.com has 2012 year pre import earnings of HKD 614,040 (from Ireland) while I have converted Ireland earnings of EUR 58,185 (from
www.goracing.ie the official Irish racing website) to HKD 578,563. racingpost.com has 2012 Ireland earnings of EUR 55,420 which also appears to be used by equibase.com to arrrive at 2012 calendar year earnings of USD 71,602. I have converted 2012 calendar year earnings of EUR 58,185 to USD 74,613. equibase.com has career earnings of USD 8,028,921 while I have USD 8,069,617 a relatively small difference. hkjc.com has pre import earnings of HKD 614,040 plus HKD 62,819,325 for the next 32 starts (including 1 start in UAE (Duba)) for a worldwide total of HKD 63,433,365. I can do no better than worldwide earnings of HKD 62,596,937 including Ireland HKD 578,563, Kong Hong Kong HKD 59,692,375 (no bonuses found) and UAE(Dubai) HKD 2,395,999. This leaves an unexplained shortfall of HKD 800,951 if the hkjc.com information is correct. My Hong Kong earnings for each race are the same as those reported by punters.com.au except for start 37 (last start) where punters.com.au had HKD 0 whereas I have HKD 100,000 for a dead heat 6th.)
Silent Witness (AUS) 1999 HKD 62,318,042 USD 8,010,597 GBP 4,429,316 EUR 6,438,317 AUD 10,781,792 JPY 875,193,786
(Career Record: Starts 29: 18-3-2-6; Hong Kong: Starts 26: 17-3-1-5 for HKD 52,936,900 (includes four bonuses totalling HKD 9,700,000); Japan: Starts: 1: 1-0-1-1 for JPY 135,912,000)
(Hong Kong earnings includes the following bonuses: Bonus of HKD 2,850,000 for winning Hong Kong Sprint on 14 Dec 2003. Bonus of HKD 2,000,000 earned 25 April 2004 for winning all three legs of the Triple Crown Series (Bauhinia Sprint Trophy, Centenary Sprint Cup, Chairman's Sprint Prize). Bonus of HKD 2,850,000 for winning Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint on 12 Dec 2004. Bonus of HKD 2,000,000 earned 3 April 2005 for winning all three legs of the Triple Crown Series (Bauhinia Sprint Trophy, Centenary Sprint Cup, Chairman's Sprint Prize).
(hkjc.com has career earnings of HKD 62,496,396. A career summary of which can be found at
https://www.hkjc.com/english/news/images/SW%20profile_e.doc. The sum of the individual race amounts and bonuses in the career summary is HKD 62,491,144 is HKD 5,242 less which means hkjc.com has overstated the total by HKD 5,252. hkjc.com career earnings should be HKD 62,491,144. hkjc.com has converted Japan earnings of JPY 135,912,000 (jbis.jp) to HKD 9,554,244 whereas I have calculated Japan earnings were equal to HKD 9,381,142 or JPY 173,102 less. According to the cvareer summary Hong Kong career earnings are HKD 52,936,900. The difference in worldwide career earnings of HKD 173,102 is in part due to addition arror of HKD 5,242 while the balance of the difference is due to the different forex rates used to convert JPY to HKD.
Able Friend (AUS) 2009 HKD 61,489,505 USD 7,928,990 GBP 5,151,569 EUR 6,648,535 AUD 9,703,598 JPY 910,495,949
(Career Record: Starts 26: 13-5-4-4; Australia: Starts: 2: 1-1-0-0 for AUD 19,200; Hong Kong: Starts: 23: 12-4-4-3 for HKD 61,273,500 (estimated); United Kingdom: Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for GBP 5,062.50).
(The hkjc.com post import total of HKD 61,333,624 includes United Kingdom earnings of GBP 5062.50 for which I do not have an equivalent hkjc.com HKD amount. I have calculated that GBP 5,062.50 is equivalent to HKD 61,254 so that my total post import earnings are HKD 61,334,754 which is just HKD 1,130 more than the hkjc.com total. When the hkjc.com pre import earnings of HKD 155,680 (see
https://racing.hkjc.com/racing/content/english/pp_formsheet/fse_P303.pdf) are added to the hkjc.com post import earnings of HKD 61,333,624 the worldwide hjkc.com earnings total HKD 61,489,304. I have worldwide HKD earnings of HKD 61,489,505 which is just HKD 201 greater and comprises Australia earnings of HKD 154,751 plus Hong Kong earnings of HKD 61,273,500 plus United Kingdom earnings of HKD 61,254. It is likely the differences are attributed to different forex rates used.
Werther (NZ) 2011 (late 'Werther (NZ)') HKD 61,398,737 USD 7,891,608 GBP 5,717,354 EUR 6,993,149 AUD 10,431,360 JPY 886,290,970
(Career Record: Starts 33: 10-9-6-8; New Zealand: Starts: 10: 3-2-2-3 for NZD 89,925; Australia: Starts: 3: 1-2-0-0 for AUD 368,250; Hong Kong: Starts: 19: 6-4-4-5 for HKD 53,309,250 plus High Achievement Bonus of HKD 750, 000 on 13/12/2015 and Top-up Bonus of HKD 250,000 on 20/03/2016*; Japan: Starts: 1: 0-1-0-0 for JPY 60,960,000).
(I am unable to reconcile my post importation Hong Kong earnings of HKD 58,657,745 with the hkjc.com earnings of HKD 58,896,658 for 20 starts (including 1 start in Japan for which I have earnings of HKD 4,348,495). My USD calendar year totals are almost identical with equibase.com figures except for the 2016 calendar year yet my 2016 HKD amounts are identical with those on bloodhound.net.au and in line with the 2016 GBP figures published by racingpost.com. Some bloodhound.net.au HKD amounts for 2017 and 2018 appear to be incorrect (eg compare with hkjc pattern book for 2017-18 and racing post.com amounts).)
Mr Stunning (AUS) 2012 (to 26 Apr 2020) HKD 60,843,100 USD 7,803,786 GBP 6,008,963 EUR 6,903,042 AUD 10,832,439 JPY 869,344,605
(Career Record: Hong Kong: Starts 30: 12-7-4-7 for HKD 60,843,100 (includes HKD 750,000 High Achievement Bonus earned 11 Dec 2016 and HKD 250,000 Top-up Bonus earned 5 March 2017))
Bullish Luck (USA) 1999 (late Al Moughazel) HKD 60,746,496 USD 7,811,248 GBP 4,200,738 EUR 6,085,743 AUD 10,252,749 JPY 864,197,128
(Career Record: Starts 62: 12-7-8-35; United Kingdom: Starts: 7: 2-1-1-3 for GBP 18,444; France: Starts: 1: 0-1-0-0 for EUR 5,800; Hong Kong: Starts: 48: 9-5-6-28 for HKD 38,730,000 ; Japan: Starts: 3: 1-0-0-2 for JPY 117,780,000; UAE (Dubai): Starts: 3: 0-0-1-2 for USD 750,000; and 2006 Asian Mile Challenge Bonus of USD 1,000,000).
(Bullish Luck's earnings include a USD 1,000,000 bonus for winning the Asian Mile Challenge when he won the Yasuda Kinen in Tokyo, Japan on 4 June 2006. 'equibase.com' have career earnings of USD 8,825,485 which is USD 1,014,494.45 more than my figure of USD 7,810,99.55. Looking at the equibase.com calendar year earnings and my equivalent figures the discrepancy arises in the 2006 calendar year. Assuming forex differences of some 14,494.45 over the horses career I infer that equibase.com has double counted the 2006 Asian Mile Challenge Bonus of USD 1,000,000. I have emailed equibase.com about that and equibase.com responded as follows: "Since all of his races were overseas, we have limited specifics to each race. Equibase covers North American racing (US and Canada). Any result information would be provided by the foreign racing jurisdiction and we would report what they paid out to the owner." In other words equibase.com does not independently audit information received. The 'hkjc.com' summary excludes 8 starts and earnings appear overstated by at least HKD 2,000,000. The 'racingpost.com' total is understated by about GBP 500,000 as the USD 1,000,000 bonus (GBP 536,039) was not included but the 'racingpost.com' total is otherwise correct after allowing for differing forex rates that may have been applied.)
Good Ba Ba (USA) 2002 HKD 58,939,641 USD 7,580,931 GBP 4,370,138 EUR 5,413,547 AUD 9,452,887 JPY 763,361,616
(Career Record: Starts 50: 16-5-4-25; Hong Kong: Starts: 43: 16-5-4-18 for HKD 58,776,500 (including Hong Kong International Sale bonus of HKD 1,000,000; Japan: Starts: 2: 0-0-0-2 for JPY 0; UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for USD 0.00; Australia: Starts: 4: 0-0-0-4 for AUD 20,150).
(hkjc.com has career earnings of HKD 59,026,500 (includes Hong Kong International Sale Bonus announced by hkjc.com 20 June 2006 of HKD 1,000,000) for 46 starts (43 in Hong Kong, 2 in Japan and 1 in UAE (Dubai, no prizemoney earnt outside Hong Kong)). My total earnings for the 46 starts are HKD 58,776,500 (including bonus) which is HKD 250,000 less than the hkjc.com total. My cumulative earnings up to start 12 (including bonus) are HKD 3,955,500 which is the same as hkjc.com (see:
https://www.hkjc.com/english/special/HKIS/hkis_BonusWinners.asp). Looking at figures from bloodhound.net.au, racingnsw.com.au or racingpost.com for individual races I cannot find HKD 250,000 unless that amount was paid as a further bonus which I cannot find. I have converted the HKD bonus to other currencies using forex rates for 7 Jan 2006 where I assume first place in the race on that date was the trigger event for payment of the bonus. The hkjc.com earnings does not include earnings from 4 starts in Australia. Where I don't have any information at all about the Hong Kong prize split I have used 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00%. In other cases I have formed a view about which of bloodhound.net.au, racingnsw.com.au or racingpost.com is likely to best reflect the Hong Kong prizemoney split to apportion total Hong Kong prizemoney. Note Australian earnings of AUD 20,150 equate to HKD 163,141)
Ambitious Dragon (NZ) 2006 HKD 58,722,850 USD 7,559,429 GBP 4,735,080 EUR 5,615,169 AUD 7,340,563 JPY 627,388,492
(Career Record: Starts 30: 13-5-2-10; Hong Kong: Starts: 29: 13-5-2-9 for HKD 58,722,850 (inc HKD 2,000,000 triple crown bonus earned 26 Feb 2012); UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for USD 0.00).
(hkjc.com has identical career earnings of HKD 58,722,850. I have followed the racinpost.com prizemoney split for Hong Kong prizemoney beginning at start 10 to allocate total race prizemoney (racingpost.com did not publish full details of earlier starts). For the first 9 starts in Hong Kong I used the following percentages: 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00% to allocate total race prizemoney. Note racingpost.com does not include bonuses whereas equibase.com does. The equibase.com earnings are USD 7,560,756 whereas I have USD 7,559,429 the difference likely due to the forex rates used.)
Lucky Nine (IRE) 2007 (late Luck or Design) HKD 52,609,870 USD 6,756,394 GBP 4,262,992 EUR 5,086,507 AUD 6,891,417 JPY 596,754,300
(Career Record: Starts 51: 14-9-7-21; Ireland: Starts: 3: 1-1-1-0 for EUR 14,415; Hong Kong: Starts: 37: 11-6-4-16 for HKD 37,360,375; Japan: Starts: 4: 0-1-0-3 for JPY 42,312,000; UAE (Dubai): Starts: 2: 0-0-1-1 for USD 200,000; Singapo Starts: 3: 2-0-1-0 for SGD 1,242,500; Australia: Starts: 2: 0-1-0-1 for AUD 200,000).
(hkjc.com has earnings of HKD 52,355,679 for 37 starts in Hong Kong, 4 starts in Japan, 2 starts in UAE (Dubai), 3 starts in Singapore and 2 starts in Australia (total 48 starts) and HKD 160,256 for 3 pre import starts in Ireland for a total career earnings of HKD 52,515,959. I have HKD 52,443,614 for those same 48 starts and 166,256 for the 3 pre import starts for total career earnings of HKD 52,609,870 which is HKD 93,941 more. I have estimated Hong Kong earnings on the basis that prizemoney for all group 1 races is split 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 10.00%, 4th 5.70%, 5th 3.30%, 6th 2.00% and for all other races 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00%. My Hong Kong individual race earnings are identical with the Hong Kong earnings on punters.com.au noting that not all Hong Kong races on that website are in HKD. My Singapore race earnings in GBP are almost the same as the GBP earnings on racingpost.com. When comparing individual differences between racingpost.com GBP race earnings and my GBP individual race earnings I think the better view is that any difference is mostly due to differing forex rates used noting that racingpost.com did not include the first 6 Hong Kong starts where I have calculated GBP 205,275 was earned.
Beat The Clock (AUS) 2013 (to 19 Jan 2020) HKD 52,891,525 USD 6,761,318 GBP 5,157,413 EUR 5,968,110 AUD 9,435,768 JPY 744,198,359
(Career Record: Hong Kong: Starts 25: 10-8-6-1 for HKD 52,891,525 including High Achievement Bonus of HKD 750,000 earned 11 June 2017 and Top-up Bonus of HKD 250,000 earned 8 April 2018)
(Hong Kong earnings of HKD 52,891,525 equals the total recorded by hjkc.com).
Blazing Speed (GB) 2009 HKD 51,517,013 USD 6,640,695 GBP 4,434,179 EUR 5,661,674 AUD 8,235,437 JPY 738,720,173
(Career Record: Starts 48: 10-8-4-26; United Kingdom: Starts: 4: 2-0-0-2 for GBP 15,601.55; Hong Kong: Starts: 43: 8-8-4-23 for HKD 49,322,750 (estimated) and bonus of HKD 2,000,000 earned 25 May 2014 for winning two legs of a three-race series; UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for USD 0.00).
(I have calculated Hong Kong earnings on the basis that prizemoney for all group 1 races including HKG1 races is split: 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 10.00%, 4th 5.70%, 5th 3.30%, 6th 2.00% with 2 exceptions being 23 Feb 2014 where 4th is 6% and 25 May 2014 where 1st is 50% which accords with both the racingpost.com split and the punters.com.au amounts. For all other races the prizemoney split is 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00%.
hkjc.com has total earnings of HKD 51,322,750 (inc HKD 2,000,000 bonus) for 44 starts in Hong Kong and 1 start in UAE (Dubai) and HKD 193,010 for pre import UK earnings for a total of HKD 51,515.760. I have pre import UK earnings of HKD 194,263 resulting in an overall difference of HKD 1,253 which is due to forex rates used otherwise the hkjc.com total is identical with mine. )
California Memory (USA) 2006 (late Portus Blendium) HKD 51,457,594 USD 6,625,718 GBP 4,176,026 EUR 4,967,048 AUD 6,506,458 JPY 560,062,393
(Career Record: Starts 47: 12-5-7-23; Spain: Starts: 2: 0-2-0-0 for EUR 5,200; France: Starts: 6: 3-1-2-0 for EUR 65,300; Hong Kong: Starts: 36: 9-2-5-20 for HKD 50,319,750; Singapo Starts: 2: 0-0-0-2 for SGD 60,000; UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for USD 0)
(hkjc.com has career earnings of HKD 50,696,050 for 36 starts in Hong Kong, 2 starts in Singapore and 1 start in UAE (Dubai) (total 39 starts) and HKD 783,740 for 2 pre import starts in Spain and 6 pre import starts in France for total career earnings of HKD 51,479,790. I have HKD 50,691,219 for those same 39 starts and 766,374 for the 8 pre import starts for total career earnings of HKD 51,457,594 which is HKD 22,196 less. I have estimated Hong Kong earnings on the basis that prizemoney for all group 1 races is split 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 10.00%, 4th 5.70%, 5th 3.30%, 6th 2.00% and for all other races 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00% unless the racinpost.com prizemoney split indicates otherwise the notable exception being the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup of 2013 and 2014 where I followed the racingpost.com split. When comparing individual differences between racingpost.com GBP race earnings and my GBP individual race earnings I think the better view is that any difference is mostly due to differing forex rates used noting that racingpost.com did not report starts 2 to 7 in Hong Kong.
Dan Excel (IRE) 2008 (late Dunboyne Express) HKD 48,397,574 USD 6,239,631 GBP 3,898,111 EUR 4,863,317 AUD 6,754,333 JPY 639,854,097
(Career Record: Starts 48: 7-10-4-27; Ireland: Starts: 8: 3-2-0-3 for EUR 187,650; United Kingdom: Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for GBP 6,671.20; France: Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for EUR 0.00; Hong Kong: Starts: 35: 2-7-4-22 for HKD 21,937,000; Singapo Starts: 3: 2-1-0-0 for SGD 4,027,500; UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for USD 0.00)
(hkjc.com has HKD 47,156,070 for 35 starts in Hong Kong and 3 starts in Singapore (total 38 starts) and HKD 2,061,070 for 10 pre import starts for a total of HKD 49,217,140. I have HKD 46,295,517 for those same 38 starts and 2,102,057 for the 10 pre import starts for a total of HKD 48,397,574 which is HKD 819,566 less. I have estimated Hong Kong earnings on the basis that prizemoney for all group 1 races is split 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 10.00%, 4th 5.70%, 5th 3.30%, 6th 2.00% and for all other races 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00%. I have not been able to locate details of a bonus which might help explain the difference. My Hong Kong individual race earnings also accord with the racingpost.com split of total prizemoney for each race for which racingpost.com published a result.
(My Singapore earnings for 3 starts there are based on those published at
http://www.siacup.sg/HorsemensGuide..2015... which are SGD 240,750 greater than those published by bloodhound.net.au. racingpost.com GBP earnings from the 3 Singapore starts is about GBP 800.00 more than my GBP total of GBP 1,950,240 whereas the bloodhound total is over GBP 100,000 less than the racingpost.com Singapore total suggesting bloodhound is wrong.)
(I have Dan Excel winning more from 3 starts in Singapore (HKD 24,358,517) than he did from 35 starts in Hong Kong (HKD 21,937,000).)
Gold-Fun (IRE) 2009 (late Strada Colorato) HKD 47,731,038 USD 6,153,517 GBP 3,929,030 EUR 4,984,414 AUD 7,258,212 JPY 666,623,800
(Career Record: Starts 26: 13-5-4-4; Ireland: Starts: 2: 1-1-0-0 for EUR 9,890.00; Hong Kong: Starts: 28: 10-8-2-8 for HKD 46,200,750; United Kingdom: Starts: 1: 0-1-0-0 for GBP 129,000.00, France: Starts: 1: 0-0-0-0 for EUR 0.00).
(hkjc.com has HKD 104,370 for 2 pre import starts in Ireland plus a post import total of HKD 47,676,627 for 28 starts in Hong Kong, 1 start in UK and I start in France for a pre and post import total of HKD 47,780,997. I have HKD 103,650 for the 2 starts in Ireland and 47,627,388 for the 30 post import starts. My total is HKD 49,959 less than the hkjc.com total and this could be due to different forex rates used to convert GBP 129,000 in HKD but that is speculation.
I have estimated Hong Kong earnings on the basis that prizemoney for all group 1 races including HKG1 races is split 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 10.00%, 4th 5.70%, 5th 3.30%, 6th 2.00% with the exception of 17 Feb 2013 where 4th is 6.00%, 5 May 2013 where 5th is HKD 400,000 (or @3.33%) and 19 Jan 2014 where 6th is 0.00%. For all other races: 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00%.
Earnings for each Hong Kong race align with the racingpost.com percentages and are the same as the punters.com.au amounts.
Beauty Only (IRE) 2011 HKD 46,141,969 USD 5,937,460 GBP 4,372,882 EUR 5,316,207 AUD 7,816,790 JPY 672,506,365
(Career Record: Starts 51: 11-8-4-28; Italy: Starts: 4: 3-0-0-1 for EUR 53,500; Hong Kong: Starts: 48: 8-8-4-26 for HKD 45,599,950 including High Achievement Bonus of HKD 750, 000 earned 9 Nov 2014; Japan: Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for JPY 0).
(I am unable to reconcile my HKD earnings of HKD 45,599,950 with the hkjc.com total of HKD 46,179,222 for 47 starts (excludes 4 starts in Italy). Typically the hkjc.com excludes earnings from racing before import into Hong Kong but usually set out the pre Hong Kong results in a separate pdf attached to the on-line record. In this case the attached pdf states that Beauty Only earned HKD 536,420 in Italy (converted from EUR 53,500.00). In this case it may be that hkjc.com has included the Italy earnings in the amount of HKD 46,179,222 contrary to the usual practice. I cannot find anything that suggests 6th prize was paid in Japan. My USD calendar year totals are very close to the equibase.com USD figures except for the 2014 where it seems equibase.com has not included the HKD 750,000 (or USD 96,739) bonus so equibase earnings are understated by about that amount. For Hong Kong earnings my amounts earned at each start agree with the figures on punters.com.au save that punters.com.au omits the HKD 750,000 bonus. The racingpost.com record omits 11 starts.)
Sacred Kingdom (AUS) 2003 HKD 45,641,904 USD 5,870,095 GBP 3,385,788 EUR 4,156,317 AUD 6,653,857 JPY 575,310,054
(Career Record: Starts 36: 17-7-2-10; Hong Kong: Starts: 33: 16-7-2-8 for HKD 42,202,700; Singapo Starts: 2: 1-0-0-1 for SGD 580,000; United Kingdom: Starts: 1: 0-0-0-1 for GBP 13,194.45).
(hkjc.com has career earnings of HKD 45,831,444 from 36 starts which is HKD 189,240 more than my total of HKD 45,691,904. I have followed the racinpost.com prizemoney split for Hong Kong prizemoney except for start 25 on 21 Nov 2010 where the prizemoney is clearly wrong. For start 25 in Hong Kong I used the following percentages: 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00% to allocate total race prizemoney. Singapore prizemoney assumes the split for the 2009 and 2011 KrisFlyer International Sprint races is the same for 2015 as set out in:
http://www.siacup.sg/HorsemensGuide/HorsemensGuideinPDFFormat/Documents/2015_HMG_SAIC.pdf)
Aerovelocity (NZ) 2008 (late Naisoso Warrior) HKD 45,290,522 USD 5,837,562 GBP 3,993,359 EUR 5,055,481 AUD 7,351,798 JPY 672,076,868
(Career Record: Starts 25: 12-4-3-6; New Zealand: Starts: 1: 1-0-0-0 for NZD 7,810; Hong Kong: Starts: 22: 9-4-3-6 for HKD 35,474,750; Japan: Starts: 1: 1-0-0-0 for JPY 98,780,000; Singapo Starts: 1: 1-0-0-1 for SGD 570,000).
(hkjc.com has HKD 45,252,368 for 22 starts in Hong Kong, 1 start in Japan and 1 start in Singapore (total 24 starts) and HKD 49,240 for 1 pre import start (New Zealand) for a total of HKD 45,301,608. I have HKD 45,241,318 for those same 24 starts and 49,204 for the 1 pre import start for a total of HKD 45,290,522 which is HKD 11,086 less. I have estimated Hong Kong earnings on the basis that prizemoney for all group 1 races is split 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 10.00%, 4th 5.70%, 5th 3.30%, 6th 2.00% and for all other races 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00%. My Hong Kong individual race eearnings are identical with the earnings on punters.com.au. My Singapore race earnings also accord with the racingpost.com split of total prizemoney. The small difference in total earnings probable reflects slightly different forex rates used.
Southern Legend (AUS) 2012 (to 26 April 2020) HKD 42,262,778 USD 5,412,474 GBP 4,197,945 EUR 4,799,352 AUD 7,733,342 JPY 592,867,305
(Career Record: Starts: 40: 12-3-7-18; Australia: Starts: 9: 4-0-2-3 for AUD 245,580; Hong Kong: Starts 28: 6-3-5-14 for HKD 30,025,025; Singapo Starts 2: 2-0-0-0 for SGD 1,710,000; Dubai (UAE): Starts 1: 0-0-0-1 for USD 120.000)
My HKD amount for earnings in Australia is HKD 1,429,016. The hkjc.com has pre import earnings of HKD 1,387,820 for Australia. Pre import earnings are not included in the hkjc.com online record. The hkjc.com online earnings post importation should be HKD 29,564,883 when updated for third place on 5 Apr 2020 and I am not able to provide a split between Hong Kong, Singapore and (UAE (Dubai). I have a post importaton total of HKD 28,945,012 split as follows: Hong Kong HKD 18,625,025 (as above), Singapore HKD 9,866,736 and UAE (Dubai) HKD 942,001. I assume the difference between the hkjc.com HKD amounts and my HKD amounts is due to forex rate differences.
Fairy King Prawn (AUS) 1995 HKD 36,598,466 USD 4,700,463 GBP 3,101,097 EUR N/A AUD 8,276,699 JPY 540,131,656
(Career Record: Starts 26: 12-10-0-4; Hong Kong: Starts 23: 11-9-0-3 for HKD 25,644,587 (est.) and Bonus of HKD 800,000 earned 22/04/2001 as a consolation prize for winning two out of three legs of The Champion Sprint Series in 2000/2001 season; Japan: Starts: 2: 1-0-0-1 for JPY 97,864,000; UAE (Dubai): Starts: 1: 0-1-0-0 for USD 400,000)
(The hkjc.com has Hong Kong only race earnings of HKD 26,797,587 which is HKD 1,153,000 more than my figure (excluding the HKD 800,000 bonus). My USD earnings for all 26 races inc bonus of USD 4,700,463 is just under USD 4,000 less than the equibase.com figure of USD 4,704,080 for the same and my calendar year USD earnings are also close to the equibase.com USD calendar year earnings for the same suggesting equibase.com and I are in agreement as to both the timing and amount of Hong Kong only earnings when converted into USD using our respective forex rates. The Hong Kong only race earnings difference is inexplicable.)
Elegant Fashion (AUS) 1998 HKD 32,116,517 USD 4,122,153 GBP 2,498,733 EUR 3,703,716 AUD 6,367,833 JPY 477,758,744
(Career Record: Starts 37: 8-7-8-14; Australia: Starts: 13: 4-2-1-6 for AUD 842,600; Hong Kong: Starts 24: 4-5-7-8 for HKD 28,626,000 (est.))
(Hong Kong prizemoney estimates based on following formula: Group 1 percentages: 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 10.00%, 4th 5.70%, 5th 3.30%, 6th 2.00% (i.e. all races with total prizemoney of HKD 8,00,000 or more (per hkjc.com)) and for all other Hong Kong races: 1st 57.00%, 2nd 22.00%, 3rd 11.50%, 4th 6.00%, 5th 3.50%, 6th 0.00%.)
(I have estmated Hong Kong racing earnings (no bonuses) for 24 starts at HKD 28,626,000 whereas hkjc.com earnings for the same 24 starts is in the vicinity HKD 29,555,000 (ignoring 2 races in Australia for AUD 20,000 (or HKD 116,092)) or HKD 929,000 more. 'bloodhound.net.au' has Hong Kong 24 individual race earnings total of HKD 28,202,000 (or HKD 1,353,000 less than the hkjc.com total) and while I disagree with 6 race bloodhound results I find the hkjc.com total inexplicable.)