Beauty Generation has a clear path to the perfect Hong Kong season after scaring off any international raiders for the Group One FWD Champions Mile.

John Moore’s superstar will face just six rivals in the HK$18 million feature – all locals who he has comfortably accounted for in the past – meaning history beckons on April 28.

With victory in the Champions Mile, Beauty Generation will become the first horse to win eight races in a Hong Kong season, as well as breaking Viva Pataca’s all-time prize money record of HK$83,197,500 (he will go to HK$84,770,000). It has been 12 months since he last lost a race.

While Beauty Generation is the headline act for Champions Day, the race itself looks to be no contest, but the two other Group Ones on the card do boast an international flavour and should be more competitive.

Beauty Generation is a ‘Ferrari’, dominates rivals in Sha Tin drive-by

Five overseas visitors will line up in the QE II Cup (2,000m) – three from Japan, one from Australia and one from Britain.

The Japanese have won the race on four previous occasions and their contingent is led by Longines Hong Kong Cup runner-up Deirdre and Hong Kong Vase second placegetter Lys Gracieux, alongside Win Bright, who won Group Two Nakayama Kinen last start.

Two-time Australian Cup winner Harlem, prepared by former Hong Kong trainer David Hayes, is also making the trip after interim quarantine measures were put in place, as is Sir Mark Todd’s globetrotter Eminent, who ran second in the Group One Ranvet Stakes in Sydney last start.

From a Hong Kong perspective, Frankie Lor Fu-chuen has the strongest hand with Hong Kong Cup champion Glorious Forever alongside his star four-year-olds – the Derby hero Furore and rising star Dark Dream.

Tony Cruz will saddle up a pair of dual Group One winners in Exultant and Time Warp, the popular Pakistan Star is there for Paul O’Sullivan, as is Eagle Way (John Moore), Southern Legend (Caspar Fownes) and Waikuku (John Size).

The strength in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1,200m) comes from Australia, which last won the race with Chautauqua in 2016, with the country’s best short-course horse Santa Ana Lane making the trip after winning the T J Smith Stakes, while two-time Group One winner Viddora is also flying the flag after running fourth in the Al Quoz Sprint in Dubai.

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Leading New Zealand sprinter Enzo’s Lad (Michael Pitman) adds another layer to the race after landing back-to-back victories in the Group One Telegraph in January while Japanese mare Nac Venus won the Group Three Keeneland Cup in August.

For the home side, the top two hopes remain Lor’s Mr Stunning and Size’s Beat The Clock, despite being upset by the Richard Gibson-trained Rattan in Sunday’s Group Two Sprint Cup.

“The line-up of 34 horses across the three races this time includes a total of 17 individual Group One winners, including those from Japan, Australia, Britain and New Zealand. It is a pleasure to welcome our Australian friends back to Sha Tin and the sprinters, in particular, will be a force in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize,” Jockey Club executive director of racing Andrew Harding said.

“From a Hong Kong perspective, the day will hold added significance if our incredible champion Beauty Generation can set a new all-time record for career prize money.”

HK$24 million QE II Cup (2,000m):

EXULTANT (IRE) Tony Cruz

TIME WARP (GB) Tony Cruz

GLORIOUS FOREVER (GB) Frankie Lor

WIN BRIGHT (JPN) Yoshihiro Hatakeyama

HARLEM (GB) David Hayes

PAKISTAN STAR (GER) Paul O’Sullivan

SOUTHERN LEGEND (AUS) Caspar Fownes

EAGLE WAY (AUS) John Moore

EMINENT (IRE) Sir Mark Todd

FURORE (NZ) Frankie Lor

DARK DREAM (AUS) Frankie Lor

WAIKUKU (IRE) John Size

LYS GRACIEUX (JPN) Yoshito Yahagi

DEIRDRE (JPN) Mitsuru Hashida

HK$18 million Champions Mile (1,600m):

BEAUTY GENERATION (NZ) John Moore

CONTE (AUS) John Size

SEASONS BLOOM (AUS) Danny Shum

SIMPLY BRILLIANT (GB) Frankie Lor

SINGAPORE SLING (SAF) Tony Millard

RISE HIGH (FR) Caspar Fownes

ROMANTIC TOUCH (AUS) Tony Cruz

HK$16 million Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1,200m):

SANTA ANA LANE (AUS) Anthony Freedman

MR STUNNING (AUS) Frankie Lor

BEAT THE CLOCK (AUS) John Size

LITTLE GIANT (NZ) David Hall

RATTAN (NZ) Richard Gibson

FIFTY FIFTY (NZ) Peter Ho

ENZO’S LAD (AUS) Michael Pitman

WINNER’S WAY (AUS) Tony Cruz

WISHFUL THINKER (AUS) Richard Gibson

PINGWU SPARK (NZ) Benno Yung

GUNNISON (AUS) John Size

VIDDORA (AUS) Lloyd Kennewell

NAC VENUS (JPN) Hiroaki Sugiura