Horse of the Year is the most prestigious honor in Thoroughbred horse racing given by racing organizations in a variety of countries around the world.
In Hong Kong, the voting for Horse of the Year is organized by the Hong Kong Jockey Club as part of its annual Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards. The Judging Panel consists of six members from the Hong Kong Jockey Club and the Association of Hong Kong Racing Journalists. Past winners of the award include:
- 2022-23: Golden Sixty
- 2021-22: Golden Sixty
- 2020-21: Golden Sixty
- 2019-20: Exultant
- 2018-19: Beauty Generation
- 2017-18: Beauty Generation
- 2016-17: Rapper Dragon
- 2015-16: Werther
- 2014-15: Able Friend
- 2013-14: Designs On Rome
- 2012-13: Military Attack
- 2011-12: Ambitious Dragon
- 2010-11: Ambitious Dragon
- 2009-10: Sacred Kingdom
- 2008-09: Viva Pataca
- 2007-08: Good Ba Ba
- 2006-07: Vengeance of Rain
- 2005-06: Bullish Luck
- 2004-05: Silent Witness
- 2003-04: Silent Witness
- 2002-03: Grand Delight
- 2001-02: Electronic Unicorn
- 2000-01: Fairy King Prawn
- 1999-00: Fairy King Prawn
- 1998-99: Indigenous
- 1997-98: Oriental Express
- 1996-97: Privilege
- 1995-96: Mr Vitality
- 1994-95: Makarpura Star
- 1993-94: River Verdon
- 1992-93: Helene Star
- 1991-92: River Verdon
- 1990-91: River Verdon
- 1989-90: Quicken Away
- 1988-89: Quicken Away
- 1987-88: Top Grade
- 1986-87: Flying Dancer
- 1985-86: Yuno When
- 1984-85: Mystic
- 1983-84: Co-Tack
- 1982-83: Co-Tack
- 1981-82: Football
- 1980-81: Silver Lining
- 1979-80: Top Gain
- 1978-79: Silver Lining
- 1977-78: Silver Lining