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The Hong Kong Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Hong Kong which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 2000 metres (about 1¼ miles) at Sha Tin and it is scheduled to take place each year in mid December.The race was first run on 24 January 1988 and its distance was initially set at 1800 metres.[citation needed] The inaugural running was restricted to horses trained in Hong Kong Malaysia and Singapore.