Many of the world's best racehorses go toe-to-toe on FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin on Sunday.
There are three Group 1s across an exceptional 11-race card, including the feature QEII Cup where hometown hero Romantic Warrior to clash with Japanese superstar Masquerade Ball.
Ka Ying Rising - the highest rated horse in the world - takes aim at a 20th straight win when he lines up in the Chairman's Sprint Prize a little earlier in the day.
Viewers from the UK will have to set an alarm for the early hours with action set to get underway at 05:30 GMT.
FWD Champions Day racecard
Race | Time | Distance | Prize Money |
FWD Insurance Private Handicap | 05:30 | 1200m | £110,670 |
FWD Insurance GoAhead Handicap | 06:00 | 1600m | £110,670 |
FWD Insurance ICBC Handicap | 06:30 | 1200m | £110,670 |
FWD Insurance BOCOM Handicap | 07:00 | 1400m | £110,670 |
The Chairman's Sprint Prize | 07:35 | 1200m | £2,270,160 |
FWD 1828 Handicap | 08:10 | 1200m | £175,000 |
The FWD Champions Mile | 08:45 | 1600m | £2,270,160 |
FWD Insurance CCB Handicap | 09:20 | 1400m | £175,000 |
The FWD QEII Cup | 09:55 | 2000m | £2,837,000 |
FWD Insurance NCB Handicap | 10:35 | 1600m | £193,000 |
FWD Insurance CMB Handicap | 11:10 | 1400m | £268,000 |
*All times given in BST
FWD Champions Day highlights
07:35 - The Chairman's Sprint Prize
Whilst this doesn't look like the most competitive heat of the day, any opportunity to watch Ka Ying Rising strut his stuff should be taken advantage of.
He arrives here off the back of what was potentially a career best performance in the Group 2 Sprint Cup earlier this month and is sure to go off an extremely short-price favourite.
Regular rival Helios Express is back to try and upset the jolly, but his most credible opponent may be Satono Reve who landed a top-level sprint in Japan last time out.
08:45 - The FWD Champions Mile
UK interest comes in the form of Docklands, fresh off the back of his Doncaster success on Lincoln day.
Harry Eustace sends his star miler halfway across the world for a third run at Sha Tin, four months on from his admirable performance in defeat to Voyage Bubble in the Hong Kong Mile.
Voyage Bubble will again be in opposition, however, Jantar Mantar and Galaxy Patch might be the ones to beat this weekend.
09:55 - The FWD QEII Cup
The feature race of the day looks absolutely certain to live up to its billing, bringing together four of the middle-distance performers the world has to offer.
While Romantic Warrior and Masquerade Ball will dominate a lot of the pre-race discussion, each of Sosie, Royal Champion and Numbers are all capable of an effort good enough to win this.
