abstract:The Champions Mile is a Group 1 flat horse race in Hong Kong for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) on the turf at Sha Tin Racecourse.
They could hardly have hoped for a better night against 1983 European champions, especially following their 600-mile drive to the match enforced by the closure of British airspace earlier this week.